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Macedonia complicit in abduction and torture of German citizen, court finds and awards damages. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found that Macedonia...

Kofi Annan's memoirs are more concerned with shaping his legacy than tackling the hard questions faced by the UN Six years after stepping down as secretary-general of the...

There is no fiscal cliff – only a fiscal slope that Barack Obama should be prepared to lead Americans down. China and the American dream In early 2012, the chairman...

A fine account of how sanctions became more important than diplomacy in the international community's efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme Will the stand-off over...

A round-up of the European press on Wednesday, 31 October. “The EU moves at a desperately slow pace” is an assessment by Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

For central and eastern Europe, the current president would be better. After four years of drift and betrayal, surely the United States's most loyal European allies are...

Europeans may not get to vote in the US election, but their opinion of the US president could still matter. In less than two months, Americans will choose a new president. If...

Why do US fiscal conservatives care less about government debt than their European counterparts? In most countries, to be ‘fiscally conservative' means to worry a great...

Why the EU's bid for observer status in the Arctic Council is proving tricky. For the European Union to gain a place at the table on Arctic issues means – at this point –...

The selection of Jim Yong Kim gives cause for concern. The selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as president of the World Bank, over Nigeria's finance minister,...

The killer of Toulouse was born, raised, and distorted in France. “One must fight both terrorists and the causes of terrorism with the same determination.” That formula,...

Iranian exile group has heavyweight support. The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI), an organisation with the declared aim of overthrowing Iran's Islamist regime, has hundreds...

Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still. In its first two years in office, the administration of US President Barack Obama was...

The Czechs are habitually portrayed as among the most Eurosceptical in the EU. A recent survey suggests this might be nothing but a myth. It has become conventional wisdom to...

A new survey shows that Americans view Asian countries, not European ones, as the most important partners for the US. Europeans who found themselves discounted and ignored a...

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States did lasting damage to the European Union. In the initial aftermath of the attacks, the European Union...

The five principles we should apply in considering the use of force. All the world hates a hypocrite. When states preach virtues they do not practice, or set lower hurdles...

There are plenty of advocates of a low-carbon future, but much less agreement over how to make it happen. The European political project was forged on the heroic, polluting...

Welfare systems and optimism help to explain the EU-US split in economic policy – and why it will persist. Like brothers in arms united in combat but divided in peace,...

The ‘war on terror' poisoned some silos of intelligence co-operation. Now WikiLeaks is a pest on the whole farm. The greatest victim in the WikiLeaks affair threatens to...