Backsliding on human rights
The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk.
Commentary
Bringing out the big guns
The Lisbon Treaty may increase the EU’s chances of developing a foreign policy that is both coherent and strong
Russian and EU powers of attraction
Does the eastern neighbourhood want to join forces with Russia, be part of the EU or go it alone?
Open letter: the state of the Latvian economy
An open letter on the Latvian economic crisis, signed by ECFR members, including Martti Ahtisaari, Mark Leonard and George Soros
Lives at risk at the UN
As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk
No easy solution for hunger
African farmers need seeds and fertilizers – and Governments that work
EU?s credibility at risk if Turkey?s accession process stalls
Leading Europeans say resolution to Cyprus conflict is key to Turkey?s accession process
Russia?s Economic Crisis ? no cue for ?Perestroika 2.0?
Russia is resisting reform opportunities presented by the global economic crisis
Can Afghans still count on the EU?
The EU should commit itself to a ?civilian surge’, but with Afghan rather than European civilians
After Afghanistan
The Afghan experience will leave Europe?s armed forces drained and in search of a new purpose. Insufficient political will and empty state coffers will hamper rejuvenation