Articles in this set

• Who lost Turkey?

  Everyone is to blame, if Turkey is indeed lost.
  

• The Sarkozy option

  Is Nicolas Sarkozy the first ‘Westerner' to occupy the French presidency?
  

• Will Europe rise to the challenge of an Obama presidency?

  There are five reasons not to expect too much of Barack Obama.
  

• Lincoln, Roosevelt, Churchill...Obama?

  His ‘audacity of hope' will not suffice, but the US president-elect has other cards that may prove vital: popular support and an understanding of the challenges we face.
  

• Blue Europe, Red Asia

  American presidential elections provide a near-perfect test to understand the difference between European and Asian worldviews.
  

• A 'third way' to confront Russia

  Containment is implausible; a Yalta-style conference would border on appeasement. A third, principled policy is needed.
  

• Russia's neurotic invasion

  Behind Russia's return to traditional imperialism is a glaring lack of self-confidence.
  

• Sarkozy Agonistes

  Why is Nicolas Sarkozy, spectacular in so many ways, also so unpopular at home?
  

• The hollow heart of the West

  NATO and the EU – two organisations facing a crisis of identity, two organisations that need to convince Europeans they are part of the solution in a global world.
  

• A post-American Israel

  However strong the support Barack Obama or John McCain will provide, Israel will no longer be able to rely on US backing. It needs the sympathetic interest of others.
  

• From Olympia to impasse

  Some in the West believe they may have ‘third way' out of the hypocrisy that marked the decision to grant Beijing the Olympics. But that ‘third way' requires governments' absolute determination.
  

European observer

Dominique Moïsi on European politics and geopolitics – or, to borrow the title of his latest book, “The Geopolitics of Emotion”.