The Importance of Being Envoy: Advice to the new UN Representative to Yemen
Martin Griffiths has an opportunity to serve as a bridge between international and regional actors and to benefit from European diplomatic initiatives
Multilateralism
John Bolton: Don’t Mention the Norms
Brutal transactional talks is the only language the new National Security Advisor understands
Time for the Sleeping Beauty to wake
Whether Europe will be able to make a difference in foreign policy depends on whether member states can fulfil PESCO’s commitments
Lonely at the top
Running the United Nations is a lonely job for António Guterres – and he seems to prefer it that way.
The Hamburg G20: A clash of competing visions of world affairs
Europe's multilateral vision for the G20 appears to be merely a side show to the traditional struggle for national power
Why the G7 can’t agree a response to Syria
The group could not make a decision on sanctions against Russia
With Trump, the spectre of John Bolton returns to the UN
Before January, Europeans should make preparations to safeguard the UN, again
EU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage
There are still, for now, some very serious European contenders with real chances of success.
Disillusion at the UN: From Srebrenica to Aleppo
Confidence in the UN could fall to an all time low if Moscow continues to manipulate the Syria peace process to its military advantage
COP21: A la carte climate politics
Paris climate deal reflects the modern, less legalistic environment for international deal-making