The soft power of hard states
It’s tempting to think that hard states like China and Russia cannot offer anything in terms of soft power. But Europe and the US need to understand that this viewpoint is no longer valid
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Tomatoes and foreign policy
Europe has to make up its mind: it’s either tomatoes or immigrants
Yanukovych and Nixon
President Yanukovych could be a ?Ukrainian Nixon’: Just as Nixon used his anti-communist credentials to pave his engagement with China, Yanukovych could use his pro-Russian credentials to reassure Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population while reaching out to Europe
Dealing with Yanukovych?s Ukraine: a policy brief
The Yanukovych Paradox ? How the new Ukrainian president can be good news for Europe
Incompetent multilateralism?
The Economist?s Charlemagne asks: if Obama’s American can’t make soft power work, what hope does Europe have? Richard Gowan answers: it has to work. Europe has no other option
A Kosovan eye-opener
There is no way back from Kosovo’s declaration of independence – we must accept this and start helping to build a prosperous nation
The United States and Asia in 2009: public diplomacy and strategic continuity
“Whatever works”. Is this Obama’s key Asia policy?
Bosnia: The end of integration?
Debate over how to help a crisis-striken Bosnia ranges from involvement to encouragement. But a third, unpalatable option for a frustrated EU may lurk just behind the scenes: abandonment
Why the euro will continue to weaken
We have always known a monetary union cannot exist without political union in the long run
If Sun Tzu went to Gymnich
European foreign ministers at the informal Gymnich meeting should take a leaf out of Sun Tzu’s book, and discuss the larger trends shaping Europe’s place in the world rather than institutions and methods