European Geostrategy

14:09, 28 November 2009

Now that the Treaty of Lisbon has entered force, the European Union should begin developing a more cohesive and active Grand Strategy. The new High Representative, working in partnership with the other European institutions, should be tasked with this endeavour, to enable Europeans to speak with a louder voice in the twenty-first century.

23:37, 23 November 2009

In a recent article, Riccardo Alcaro and Emiliano Alessandri argued that Europeans should re-engage with Russia. In a reply, James Rogers suggests that we must first jettison outdated Cold War thinking, and acquaint ourselves with new realities, not least regarding the role of the European Union as the dominant power on our continent.