STOCKHOLM: On a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, I could not fail to notice the increasingly frequent international calls for an “endgame” in Afghanistan. But an endgame for that country is a dangerous illusion: the game will not end, and (...)
STOCKHOLM/MEXICO CITY: Indonesia's parliament has just taken a historic step, one that makes the planet safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. The importance of Indonesia's decision to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty cannot be (...)
STOCKHOLM: There is little doubt that the embarrassing spectacle of the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — and her recent arrest on contempt charges during the proceedings — is causing great damage to her country. And there (...)
STOCKHOLM: History often moves with small steps, but such steps sometimes turn out to have big implications.
This New Year's Eve, Sweden made history in a small way by ending the last rotating foreign and security policy presidency of the (...)
STOCKHOLM: Pushing the "reset button on diplomatic relations is a popular endeavor nowadays. President Barack Obama just journeyed to Moscow in order to "reset strained United States-Russian ties. The European Union, though not in need of a "reset (...)
ROME/STOCKHOLM: The ongoing global economic crisis is shaking beliefs and approaches that have long been enshrined in European policies. Indeed, the crisis is calling into question the very foundations of the European Union. There is thus an urgent (...)
