The real Taliban
The Taliban in Afghanistan are often portrayed as a single, monolithic entity. They’re not.
Asia
Kabul Diary
Daniel Korski writes from Afghanistan about his most recent on-the-ground observations
The G20 summit in London will be missing one great power. Guess who?
When President Barack Obama comes to London next week, he will find one great power missing at the world’s summit table: Europe. The US and China may end up carrying on as a G2.
Getting Afghanistan Off Drugs
Destroying the poppy fields hasn’t worked. The US should focus on long-term development to solve Afghanistan’s drug problem.
Nuke Proliferation Stirs
As the world is approaching a new chapter in the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Iran and North Korea require a coordinated response, warns Fran?ois Godement
Europe needs to look again at Pakistan
Pakistan is the pivot around which revolves peace on the Indian subcontinent and the success of NATO’s mission to Afghanistan, argues Korski. But EU?s policy towards that country resembles its old technocratic and apolitical approach.
Hugging the panda
There is nothing wrong in engaging China rather than antagonizing her: but Europe must coordinate its human rights policy towards Beijing
A time for China to see a coordinated Europe
In response to the Chinese Premier?s European tour, John Fox argues that Europe’s national interests must be put aside
China’s Europe tour overshadowed by US relations
Fran?ois Godement argues the Chinese Premier’s European trip will do little to mask recent diplomatic disputes
It’s Tibet, not the economy, stupid
China?s cancellation of the planned bilateral summit with the EU is a brutal and unprecedented warning of how little Europe means to China