Getting out of the Afghan quagmire
It is time for the West to stop dreaming and adopt more pragmatic goals in Afghanistan
It is time for the West to stop dreaming and adopt more pragmatic goals in Afghanistan
Pity the poor Sri Lankan voter. As presidential elections loom on Jan. 26, the public is faced with a choice between two candidates who openly accuse each other of war crimes.
European leaders should beware exiting Afghanistan. They have already staked their credibility there, and the balance of power in Asia is very uncertain.
Did anybody notice the recent EU-China summit that took place at the end of November in Nanjing? No? The summit only lasted an hour and forty-five minutes
President Obama’s surge deserves European backing. But in return, EU governments should demand an international commission, like the Iraq Study Group, to develop a political strategy and report back in a year.
Despite dissimilarities between them, a G2 of China and the US haunts Europe
Obama’s China-Visit was more than an episode: it symbolises the end of a long era of global US leadership. The power vacuum will have to be filled by stronger global institutions. A piece in German.
Nous sommes face ? la cons?cration d’un mythe fondateur, celui d’une superpuissance
The EU should commit itself to a ?civilian surge’, but with Afghan rather than European civilians
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