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Richard Gowan
Richard Gowan coordinates the International Security Institutions program at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. He is also the UN Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and an associate of the Foreign Policy Center (London).
Europe’s retreat: about to speed up?
In February, I published a piece entitled "Europe Retreats" arguing that, as the financial crisis bites, European countries will cut back on military...
The worst academic conference ever (Stalinist division)
I received an unexpected invitation by e-mail this morning: We are glad to inform You that Academy of Strategic Research, Information and High Tech,...
Musharraf boosts Obama… and stuffed crust pizza
Der Spiegel has a fascinating interview with Pakistan's former dictator statesman Pervez Musharraf: SPIEGEL: Are you disappointed by Obama? Musharraf: No, he...
Obama totally flunks Sarkozy’s Egyptian style test
OK, Barack Obama may have given the best speech of his presidency to date in Cairo. And fine, maybe it creates a new opening with the entire Muslim world. ...
A global risk of a cocktail
It's summer and that means cocktails! I've been searching for a tipple that reflects the cosmopolitan character of Global Dashboard (excluding, of course,...
British foreign policy explained in full
From a recent speech by General Sir Mike Jackson: It takes more than soldiers to win wars. DFID’s aims are to relieve poverty, unqualified from geography and...
Can the EU play Battleships?
European security policy doesn't exactly inspire big new ideas every day. So hats off to James Rogers, who has a very big idea indeed: the EU has been...
Obama administration now having to do, like… literally EVERYTHING around here
Who said Britain was in decline? Here's the NYT. The Obama administration is working with their French counterparts to make sure that Britain’s Queen...
How UN consultants get laid
Chris Blattman, a political scientist who moonlights as a UN consultant and blogger, is worried by the way international officials insist on flying business...
Oh, those crazy Russians
Living in the U.S., I had overlooked the fact that it's the week of the Eurovision Song Contest - being held, for the first time ever, in Russia. A quick...
FLU TIPS: raise your pork-barrel spending
From Indrani Sen at the NYT: Swine flu, or H1N1 flu, cannot be transmitted through pork or pork products, experts and public health officials have repeatedly...
EU more popular in America than UK
An intriguing graphic from E!Sharp, the European policy magazine:
Labour takes battle with far right to new level
There is growing concern that Labour party in-fighting may benefit the far right British National Party in forthcoming elections. So a media wrangler should...
FLU TIPS: don’t fall into Helena Christensen’s arms. Or ask Salman Rushdie to banter.
New York magazine has been asking celebrities how they are warding off swine flu. To select a couple of responses at random (or, more accurately, quote the...
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
Kids say the funniest things! Condoleezza Rice faced another barrage of unmerciful student probing yesterday ... at the Jewish Primary Day School of the...
100 days of not Sarah Palin
Just think, if it had all gone a bit differently - well, a few million votes differently - we'd be celebrating 100 days of McCain/Palin. As it is, the...
One day, these animals will save you from anthrax
No, really: Llama blood may one day be able to help soldiers, scientists and city officials set up an early-warning system against the tiniest weapons of...
Rock of Steel!
Some good news from the UN in the DR Congo: The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today that most of the objectives of its joint...
Durban II: not awful but pointless?
Further to David's post on right-wing reactions to the UN's "Durban II" conference on racism, what's the real verdict on the last week's diplomacy in Geneva? ...
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