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Editorial

Simon O'Connor

The accidental diplomat

The goal of the EU’s foreign policy must be to bring something truly unique and different to international relations, Catherine Ashton tells Simon O’Connor

Foreign Service test

One of the first – and biggest – challenges facing Catherine Ashton will be to turn the European External Action Service from concept to reality, as David Charter reports

Capital E

Europeans ambivalent about the Afghan war are only following their governments’ lead, argues Philip Stephens

Players in the new team

Tim Heritage looks at the individuals – and the politics behind their appointments – set to define the prospects for the next European Commission

The soft-power broker

Tony Barber charts the unexpected elevation of Herman Van Rompuy to European Council president and assesses the prospects for the quiet but wily Belgian’s term

Global Eyes

On climate change and Afghanistan, Brussels and Washington are an ocean apart, writes David Rennie

Clean new town

From constructing cycle paths to making municipal buildings more energy efficient, Europe’s cities and villages are on the front line in the battle to cut emissions. Joshua Chaffin reports

Another Angle

Europe enters the new decade unsure of itself and uncertain of its future, writes Gavin Hewitt

Talking to Moscow

President Medvedev’s proposed European security treaty is flawed, but the West must still engage with Russia on the subject, argues Dmitri Trenin

Russian Revelation

A view on the EU’s eastern neighbour by Andrew Osborn

Winter in Sarajevo

Bosnia may not be about to sink back into violence, but its chances of becoming a functioning state have seldom seemed so remote, writes Ian Traynor

Outside the Box

Heather Grabbe asks whether Viviane Reding will prove to be a new champion for Europeans’ rights

Don’t do as we do…

While Brussels applies ever more stringent conditions to EU candidates, certain current members are slipping down global rankings for press freedom and probity. A blatant case of double standards? Vanessa Mock reports

American Pie

An insider’s view of people and politics in Washington DC by Susan Milligan

The least bad option

Few believe that the latest influx of Western troops will bring a rapid end to three decades of conflict in benighted Afghanistan, writes Christina Lamb

Made in China

Clifford Coonan shares his front-row seat to this generation’s greatest story of change

Obama's eastern partnership

The White House is far more strongly engaged in central and eastern Europe than its critics realise, argues Tyson Barker

Don't mention the wars

Are Germans really humourless, yet uniquely adept at claiming the best-placed sun-loungers? Does France really supply the world’s worst waiters and its best lovers? Tony Connelly seeks out the truth behind Europe’s stereotypes

Hidden Europe

Sea travel provides a greener and less stressful alternative to crowded airports and jammed motorways, writes Nicky Gardner

Euroville

Geoff Meade gets to the bottom of things in the EU capital






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