european security: all articles

As the European Union enlarges, the continent as a whole - from Madrid to Moscow and Istanbul - is shadowed by terrorism. Richard Torne assesses the political fallout of a civilian massacre on a traumatised Spain. James Appathurai, a leading NATO policy official, argues that the Euro-Atlantic community now needs a confident Europe, in which Russia is a key partner, to share responsibility with the United States in meeting post-9/11 challenges.
Monday 31st March

European missile defence: the America-Russia-Iran knot

David Webb and Tom Sauer, 31 March 2008
United States military systems in Poland and the Czech Republic will provoke a new arms race
Tuesday 22nd January

Europe's Afghan test

Daniel Korski, 22 January 2008
Afghanistan's hope of progress and security is withering. It's now or never for Europe
Tuesday 16th March

ETA after Madrid: the beginning of the end?

Diego Muro, 16 March 2004
Even if it is exonerated of responsibility for the pre-election Madrid massacre, the militant Basque group that has waged a thirty-six year struggle against the Spanish state faces a difficult future.
Monday 15th March

The Madrid bombings: the 'war on terror' comes to Europe

Paul Rogers, 15 March 2004
The implications of the "11-M" bombings go far beyond the Madrid carnage. In the heart of Europe, coordinated security failed to detect the coordination of terror. The impact on Washington’s wider war will be substantial.

How to say 'no' to terrorism

Marie-Claude Souaid, 15 March 2004
The real challenge of terrorism is to the quality of Europe's democracy. A response fueled by unchecked power can become fuel for a global civil war. There is, there must be, a better way.

First lessons from Spain

Mary Kaldor, 15 March 2004
The Madrid bombings have taught us a powerful lesson: the ‘war on terror’ plays into the hands of its enemies. Politicians must learn to be modest in the face of those who perpetrate • “jihad”.

Why the Spanish government lost

Diego Hidalgo, 15 March 2004
The defeat of the ruling party in the Spanish elections three days after the attacks in Madrid on 11 March marks an extraordinary and unexpected turnaround. A founder of “El Pais”, Spain’s premier national newspaper, assesses the reasons for the government’s defeat and looks to the future of democracy in Europe.
Friday 12th March

Spain's 3/11: democracy after atrocity

Richard Torné, 12 March 2004
The death of 200 people in Spain’s worst-ever terrorist attack is a landmark in the country’s politics as well as its modern history. After three days of national mourning and the 14 March general elections, the new government will face the task of articulating a coherent political programme in a time of national trauma.
Wednesday 6th August

Russia's future in balance: Putin versus Khodorkovsky?

Charles Grant, 6 August 2003
The unofficial pact between Russia’s parliament and its business ‘oligarchs’ has been an important element in the country’s recent political stability and economic progress. Now, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is targeting executives of the giant Yukos oil corporation – including its ambitious head, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, interviewed here. Are both pact and progress now at risk?
Thursday 6th March

Liberate Iraq on the world's terms

Paul Hilder, 6 March 2003
The slogan ‘No to war: No to Saddam!’ leaves the world polarised and incapable of concerted action. What would it take to reconfigure this crippling divide so that a clear choice helps the world move forward? Could the European Union’s foreign policy coordinator, Javier Solana, lead the way?
Tuesday 20th August

Europe's security priorities: a Nato perspective

James Appathurai, 20 August 2002
The political-military environment of European states has been transformed by post-cold-war developments. A leading Nato policy official says that the Euro–Atlantic community now needs a confident Europe, in which Russia is a key partner, to take a more equal share of responsibility with the United States in meeting new challenges.
Tuesday 11th June

Europe's political aims: a military perspective

John Downey, 11 June 2002
The European movement has allowed economic and social interests to blur the wider aims of its founders, greatly reducing the influence of the EU in the world and dampening public enthusiasm for the EU project.
Thursday 7th March

Response to Pierre Bourdieu

Roger Scruton, 7 March 2002
So far the European project has involved precisely what Bourdieu deplores - namely governments progressively divesting themselves of 'the power to control economic forces'.
Wednesday 27th February

US and Europe fall out in the fight against terrorism

Kirsty Hughes, 27 February 2002
Why should the EU hugely increase its military capacities in order to argue for a non-military solution?

Europhoria

Reinhard Hesse, 27 February 2002
As a special convention on the EU’s constitutional future opens in Brussels, Reinhard Hesse argues that an active, cohesive European foreign policy is essential. The successful launch of the Euro is its own lesson: we can see Europe with fresh eyes.
Wednesday 3rd October

Towards a partnership of equals: European-US relations

Paul Gillespie, 3 October 2001
The long-term trends in transatlantic relations are towards equality. After 11 September, will they be set back by an intensification of the unilateralism of Bush’s first year? Or will current, necessary coalition-building become the harbinger of a progressive renewal?
Monday 24th September

US, EU, Russia: a new order?

Charles Grant, 24 September 2001
In the aftermath of 11 September, the world has focused on America’s diplomatic and military response. Before, other security issues – missile defence, the Balkans and the future of NATO – dominated the headlines. How will this agenda appear when it re-emerges from the smoke of battle?
Tuesday 3rd July

A speech: America's vision for Europe

George W. Bush, 3 July 2001
The US president’s transatlantic visit was marked by a major speech in Warsaw about Europe’s identity and expansion. In these extracts, George Bush challenges the “false lines” that still divide the continent, and articulates his vision of Nato enlargement to the borders of Russia.

How did Europe begin?

Judith Herrin, 3 July 2001
In the perspective of history, George W Bush’s programme for Europe is flawed, Judith Herrin argues. Byzantine reality, not classical rhetoric, is the indispensable resource for modern understanding of the European Union’s responsibilities to its citizens and neighbours.
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