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Fifteen years after the Dayton accords were signed to end hostilities in Bosnia, the international community still lives with its errors. Fifteen years ago this month, one...

Fifteen years ago this week, the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia were holed up at a US Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, and cajoled by Richard...

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...

Meetings with Van Rompuy and Ashton to focus on next steps in region Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, is to discuss Pakistan and the Balkans during talks with...

EU and US set to improve civilian support in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The EU and the US are moving swiftly to increase civilian support for the development of Afghanistan...

The EU cannot plausibly pussyfoot around building a European External Action Service while Afghanistan and Pakistan go to blazes. It has been so long in coming that the...

EU and US press candidates not to claim victory; European monitors' report due tomorrow. The European Commission today joined the US government in calling on candidates in...

The EU and the US have changed the way they discuss the situation in Afghanistan and that offers some hope of a breakthrough in the region. Over the past few years,...

They have different visions on some issues, but the EU and the US will continue to work together where they can, or compromise where their visions do not overlap. Barack...

Who the new US president chooses for top foreign policy jobs has the world watching. With Barack Obama's presidency less than three months old, it is too early to assess how...

Concern that Afghanistan could dominate summit; hopes of a new US policy on Iran. Joe Biden, the US vice president, told a security conference in Munich last month that it...

The EU's current policy is an example of its old technocratic and apolitical approach. Pakistan is the pivot around which revolves not only peace on the Indian subcontinent...

Vice-president to help US erect ‘big tent' on Afghanistan – belatedly, some NATO allies believe. Joseph Biden, the US vice-president, is to meet ambassadors of NATO...

Now that the US is, at last, taking steps to deal with the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is time for the European Union to do the same. One of the most...

Afghanistan to test transatlantic relations; Barack Obama wants new approach to security. The EU's willingness to contribute to establishing security in Afghanistan will be...

Secrecy and a big cast make predicting Barack Obama's team a complex parlour-game. Though only freshly minted as president-elect, Barack Obama has faced the challenge of...

Relations with the Western Balkans are to be high on the agenda of the Austrian EU presidency, starting on 1 January 2006. The Austrian government is planning to organise a...

BEATING out George W. Bush in the hearts and minds of Europeans would not exactly be a tough task for most US presidential hopefuls. But for John Kerry, it should be a...

“GUESS the name of your local member of the European Parliament. Go on – I challenge you. Don't know? Never mind, you're in good company.” Those are the provocative...

THE EU faces some tough decisions ahead of next week's Copenhagen summit – with the pressure fully on. Several candidate countries, notably Poland, are demanding an...