Three fault lines
Pakistan, Congo and Ukraine are three fault lines separating us from the future
Asia
Enhancing the EU’s role in Afghanistan
A new US president will want to see a significant enhancement of the European effort in Afghanistan. The issue is likely to be viewed in Washington as a litmus test of whether Europeans should be taken seriously as strategic partners.
China – a challenge for the long term
The basis of a new EU-US partnership should be close trans-Atlantic coordination and cooperation on China at every level, harmonising positions and pooling leverage and influence
From Atocha to Waziristan
Germany?s decision to increase its troops in Afghanistan is both courageous and necessary: the security of both European and Afghan citizens is inseparable
Europe is repeating the errors of Asia 10 years ago
Even if global action by central banks saves the day, Europe will have taken a step backwards. Yet crises are opportunities for political creativity.
Losing the ‘good’ war
Afghanistan was always the ?good? war and Iraq, the bad one. But what if Bush?s legacy becomes losing the good war and winning the bad one?
The trouble with India
The EU may have to base partnership with the world’s largest democracy not on values, but on dealing with Afghanistan
Can China save Afghanistan?
With Afghanistan’s reconstruction on the brink, what could the EU and U.S ask Beijing to do?
China Olympics blog
A daily blog following key political stories in China during the Beijing Olympics
French deaths highlight NATO’s other challenge
French combat deaths underscore the challenge in Afghanistan and the need for a new politically-accented and regionally-focused strategy