The EU should do more to support UN peacekeeping in Africa
The EU should cooperate more with the UN in peacekeeping missions if it wants to show its ?effective multilateralism? is backed up by muscle
Human Rights
End of the ?war on terror?: what next?
Obama is redefining the fight against terrorism. But he has come up against some stiff criticism and urgently needs the EU’s help.
Sri Lanka – dealing with the legacy of a brutal war
Now that the fighting in Sri Lanka is over, attention must focus on reconciliation
A confused EU cannot fight racism
The debacle in the UN could be the precursor of more clashes over human rights, with Europe as a target
What’s Left?
The neo-liberal discourse dominant in the last three decades has collapsed. But what is the state of the European Left?
Why Gaddafi should look to Europe
The African Union could lean a lot from the EU if it wants to become a serious union of African states
Europe must fulfil its responsibility in Kosovo
Kosovo is a European problem and the EU has the prime responsibility to turn it into a success story
Hugging the panda
There is nothing wrong in engaging China rather than antagonizing her: but Europe must coordinate its human rights policy towards Beijing
Writing cheques for Gaza is easy. Politics is the tricky bit
Chris Patten argues it is time to question Europe’s historic role of financing the failure of policies laid down in Israel and the US
In defence of democracy promotion
Democracy promotion itself needs promoters – and, with judicious diplomacy, this year’s presidents of the EU could do much to change mindsets and reduce Europe’s ambivalence