Remembering Hella Pick By Michael Maclay. Hella Pick first appeared on the scene for me when the ever fertile mind of George Weidenfeld fixed on the crisis of foreign-language teaching in the...
At 75, NATO must have its own Zeitenwende To keep the Americans on board the Europeanisation of NATO is imperative, writes Margarita Mathiopoulos. Lord Ismay famous said that the raison d’être of the North Atlantic Alliance was...
A year of reckoning for European security 2024 will be a critical test for Franco-German-British cooperation as Europe faces a perfect storm, writes Peter Watkins. It’s early January – and there’s a chill in the air....
The politics of climate change Reshaping the climate conversation and a bigger role for the state are key to achieving policy success, writes Tom Burke. While both the public and most politicians have now...
To deliver results, French diplomacy needs less grand posturing President Macron’s recent overseas visits have stirred up partners but his strategic objectives are right, writes François Le Goff. First, it was DRC President Felix Tshisekedi who told French...
Making the most of the UK-EU reset With agreement on the Windsor Framework, relations between Britain and the EU have shifted to a more positive trajectory, writes Sarah Raine. The UK government will now look to...
Ukraine war shows urgency of building a new security architecture for Europe NATO is already over-extended and US commitment to Europe will not last forever, writes Sir David Logan. You do not usually start a war that you do not think...
Giorgia on my mind Giorgia Meloni’s reassuring tone on Europe and the economy are welcome but the far-right leader faces a tough balancing act, writes Bernard Spitz. As expected, Italy has tipped over,...
Volte-face of Turkish foreign policy Turkey’s return to its traditional foreign policy should be encouraged by its Western partners, writes Ambassador Selim Yenel. As Turkey’s effort and cooperation with the United Nations to solve...
The cost to Ukraine of the conflict with Russia Lost output between 2014 and 2020 amounts to US$280bn, nearly 20% of Ukraine’s pre-conflict GDP, writes Douglas McWilliams. My colleagues at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr)...
