Don’t mention the war
European defence chiefs should help improve the EU’s lacklustre performance in Afghanistan
Asia
Boycotting the China Olympics
Spielberg was right to step down but governments should look at China’s policies within a historical context, and have a strategy for influencing Beijing beyond the summer of 2008
Democratic Asia changes course
In the past few years, almost all of East Asia’s fully fledged democracies have changed leadership – but this has gone rather unnoticed by European observers who focus on China alone
What does China think?
China is emerging not just as an economic giant, but as a powerhouse of ideas about politics, economics and world order. Its own model of globalisation could re-shape much of the world.
In need of an EU approach to China
Gordon Brown, like many of his EU counterparts, focussed on national interests and commercial contracts in his China trip last week. But EU leaders need to work together not compete with each other to benefit from China’s rise.
Afghanistan: Europe’s Forgotten War
New ECFR report, to be published on Monday 21 January, criticises European efforts in Afghanistan and calls for a “grand bargain” between the United States and the EU to avert failure
Status quo in Afghanistan is untenable
After six-and-a-half years of war and the biggest NATO operation in history, Afghanistan remains in the throes of insurgency and President Hamid Karzai’s government is perilously weak. The EU needs to get a reality check, and fast.
Useful links on Afghanistan
A series of recommended texts on Afghanistan
Our Q&A on Afghanistan
A backgrounder on the problems plaguing Afghanistan’s reconstruction, and on why the war-torn country should matter to Europe
Looking for Afghanistan?s ?Anbar moment?
The U.S and Europe are casting about for Afghanistan’s “Anbar moment”. But the warring tribes to be united first are the international ones.