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India's refusal to condemn the Syrian regime is the latest example of how it differs from the EU on major international questions.

Some the challenges facing Libya and the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan for theinternational community. While NATO probably will not want to replicate its Libya...

Sometimes the stakes are too high for the value of transparency to be left to the judgement of WikiLeaks. As a British court weighs whether Julian Assange should be...

Osama bin Laden's death offers opportunity for ‘new era' in campaign against terror. The death of Osama bin Laden, especially when taken in combination with the ongoing...

Pino Arlacchi is not afraid to take risks and has some very grand plans. Even to his detractors, Pino Arlacchi is a man of extraordinary qualities. As a budding sociologist...

Indian diplomats would happily avoid the EU summit. Here are some ways to change that attitude. This month, young Europeans are preparing for Christmas with elderly...

Obama to hold talks with Barroso and Van Rompuy at first EU summit with US since Lisbon treaty took effect. Barack Obama, the president of the United States, is to meet EU...

Europe has failed NATO's existential test in Afghanistan, Smiles on stage but sighs behind the scenes will be the story of the NATO summit at Lisbon on 20 November....

Italian MEP pulls no punches in Afghanistan report. Pino Arlacchi is a liberal Italian MEP who arrived at the European Parliament last year with an extraordinary record of...

Strong leadership is desperately needed to give us all some hope. The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners, from what was feared would be their tomb, gave the world something to...

NATO allies told all members must contribute. Hillary Clinton, the United States secretary of state, has warned the European members of NATO against making excessive cuts in...

While the Afghan war has tested NATO's capacity and resolve, Europeans are still supportive of the alliance. Afghanistan is an increasingly divisive issue in transatlantic...

Decision had been in the offing for months before the current monsoon floods. The European Commission has committed humanitarian assistance worth €30 million to...

The establishment of the European External Action Service will result in major changes to the way the EU deals with development. The biggest institutional innovation to come...

Our efforts in Afghanistan are too focused on military security. We read with interest your profile of Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU's new special representative to Afghanistan...

Domestic problems on either side of the Atlantic means that decisions on big issues have ground to a halt. It is regrettable that today's “exchange of views” between...

Vygaudas Ušackas, the new EU special representative to Afghanistan, is the latest diplomat to be exiled abroad by Lithuania's president. The joke in Vilnius is that if...

The collapse of the Dutch government over keeping troops in Afghanistan could lead to other countries pulling out of NATO's mission. The Netherlands has done neither the...

Catherine Ashton makes her first special representative nomination. At a meeting of the EU's foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday (22 February), Catherine Ashton...

Former Lithuanian foreign minister to be special representative. Vygaudas Ušackas was appointed as the European Union's next special representative for Afghanistan at a...