Of summits, walls and ‘pigs’
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, divisions between the East and West remain too wide
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Re-booting Europe?s Iraq Policy
With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a two-day visit to Iraq it is high time for the EU to revamp its five-year old Iraq strategy
Serbia, mon amour
Spain should have nothing to fear from Kosovo?s independence, writes Jose Ignacio Torreblanca
Europe retreats
Europe’s military is beating the retreat just as the world’s emerging powers are expanding their presence ? an early sign perhaps of a new international order
Blame the policy, not the army
As the British Army?s problems deepen, Nick Witney blames a defence policy too fixated on the US
Hammers and nails
As the US plans to beef up its foreign service, Europe should also consider instilling life to the idea of an integrated diplomatic service, argues Jos? Ignacio Torreblanca
Die neue Au?enpolitik der USA
Pr?sident Obama muss die dringenden au?enpolitischen Herausforderungen sofort nach seiner Angelobung angehen
Czechs must guide the EU through choppy waters
The purgatory between two Treaties will be a difficult time for the EU. Andrew Duff MEP explains what the Czechs, who have yet to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, face at the start of their EU Presidency.
European Defence – now with added elan?
Nick Witney assesses the outcome of the French Presidency’s efforts on the ‘new impetus? for European defence
Theme park Europe
Few outside Europe, from the CIA to world public opinion, believe that the EU will be a relevant world actor in 2025