The Iraq issue almost derailed the European Security and Defence Policy, but now it presents a chance to show how far the EU has come in learning how to stabilise war-damaged states. The divisions within the EU over Iraq made it look all too foolish in 2003, so now it’s time to get serious
The G20 highlights the significant shift of economic gravity from the Atlantic region to Asia
All we have really done is change the decision-making body, while the causes and symptoms of the financial crisis remain unchecked
The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk
As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk
The international community needs to get serious about helping Afghanistan and stop rewarding human rights abuses
The Icelandic application for EU membership is a little bit special: propelled by the economic crisis, the EU’s eagerness will annoy other potential accession states
The political fallout of the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008 affects far more than the main combatants
Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Central and Eastern Europe is no longer at the heart of American foreign policy. A GMF policy brief
The German Constitutional Court finally approved the Lisbon Treaty this week. But why was this necessary?