Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part.

The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk.

As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk.

African farmers need seeds and fertilizers - and Governments that work.

The international community needs to get serious about helping Afghanistan and stop rewarding human rights abuses.

An open letter urging EU visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Signed by Giuliano Amato, Otto Schily, Gerald Knaus and Mark Leonard, among others.

La desuni?n transatl?ntica en materia antiterrorista ha causado problemas legales y ha impedido emitir un mensaje que redujera el atractivo de Al Qaeda.

Equatorial Guinea is a deplorable tyranny, and that Obiang has no intention of building a democracy.

The Honduras coup is intolerable. The EU should remain aware of its responsibilities and capacity for influence in conflicts that have international repercussions.

Bulgarians go to polls on Sunday. Instead of enhancing the fledgling democracy, the elections have increased feelings of uncertainty concerning Bulgaria?s democratic future.

Iran's political fate carries great implications for Europeans, and the EU's traditional negotiation methods might not be enough.

Europe must seize the opportunity presented by Obama's desire to close Guantanamo.

Twenty years after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, the EU should must help enforce the rule of law in China.

The EU should cooperate more with the UN in peacekeeping missions if it wants to show its ?effective multilateralism? is backed up by muscle.

Obama is redefining the fight against terrorism. But he has come up against some stiff criticism and urgently needs the EU's help.