Global Dashboard - Blog covering International affairs and global risks » Gorbachev http://www.globaldashboard.org Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:30:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 On the web: EU top jobs, US-UK relations over Afghanistan, and modern foreign policy… http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/11/20/gddigest201109/ http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/11/20/gddigest201109/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:31 +0000 Michael Harvey http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=12246 - With the new EU President and High Representative finally decided, the FT wonders whether current Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, is the true victor from all the horse-trading. The Times has news that, consistent with the Lisbon reforms, the EU is attempting to strengthen its presence at the UN. Sunder Katwala, meanwhile, suggests that European member states still lack a fundamental sense of what they want to achieve as one in the global arena.

- As President Obama continues to review Afghan strategy, the WSJ assesses the impact on US-UK relations. Con Coughlin, meanwhile, paints a more pessimistic picture of the “exclusivity of [Obama’s] style of decision-making”.

- Elsewhere, Fyodor Lukyanov heralds Mikhail Gorbachev’s idealism, suggesting he was “the last Wilsonian of the 20th century”. Richard Haass, meanwhile, explains how lessons drawn from the Cold War could help address contemporary global challenges.

- Finally, World Politics Review has a series of articles on modernising the US State Department and creating a more integrated national security architecture. The Guardian, meanwhile, surveys the UK Foreign Office’s growing “brave new world of blogger ambassadors”.

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