The European Union spends €55 billion a year on farm subsidies. Until recently the question of where the money goes was a closely-guarded secret. But thanks to a campaign by journalists, … Continue Reading…

WASHINGTON — World leaders meeting in London to discuss Afghanistan’s future have dealt themselves a weak hand.  The principal obstacles to success in Afghanistan have not been the adversary’s strength or any lack of support for the international mission by the Afghan public.  Rather, the primary obstacles to victory have … Continue Reading…

In a GMF video feature, Senior Fellow Dan Twining explains the importance of the Afghanistan conference on January 28, and the key topics shaping the discussion.

PARIS — On November 18, the European Council selected Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton to become, respectively, President of the European Council for a two and a half year-term, and High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission for external affairs for a five-year term. In Europe and beyond, comments have ranged … Continue Reading…

BRUSSELS — To many people outside of Brussels, the process that resulted in the selection of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council and Catherine Ashton to the dual-hatted position as High Representative for External Affairs and Vice President of the European Commission was a … Continue Reading…

BRUSSELS — For a supposedly stillborn concept, talk of a G2 — actual or potential — has proved remarkably durable. Why, despite the implausibility of the notion, does it continue? Anyone looking for signs of an emerging Sino-American global condominium in Tuesday’s comprehensive joint declaration would indeed have had slim … Continue Reading…

BRUSSELS — On November 3, the Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court ruled that the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty is compatible with the country’s constitution. President Vaclav Klaus signed the document on the same day, the last of the 27 EU leaders to do so. The Treaty is now expected to come … Continue Reading…

In light of the highly-publicized murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman in Germany, GMF Program Associate Delancy Gustin discusses Muslim integration in France, Germany and the United Kingdom with Daljit Dhaliwal.

After years of neglecting the links between farming, insecurity and poverty, last week G8 leaders committed to shifting development policy away from food aid toward food production in the world’s poorest countries. They seek to address the negative fallout from declining foreign direct investment, exports, and remittance flows and the … Continue Reading…

Despite promises by European governments and the Obama administration to conclude a global climate agreement later this year, the odds of a major breakthrough in December at the Copenhagen climate conference appear to be shrinking.  The official negotiating text for the envisioned Copenhagen agreement is hopelessly complex and riddled with … Continue Reading…