Roland Flamini

Reaction in the Mediterranean to BP's plans to start drilling five off-shore wells off the Libyan Gulf of Sirte in October has been surprisingly low key given the British oil giant's recent track record in the Gulf of Mexico. more

Perhaps because there was so much to digest in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's review of the Obama administration's foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday, her olive branch to Europe has been largely overlooked. more

It turns out that without the Iraq war, the U.S. could well have found itself fighting in Afghanistan without NATO. more

President Barack Obama used an interview with the Milan daily Corriere della Sera to counter his reputation for being indifferent toward Europe, and even anti-European. more

Hillary Clinton's inclusion of Azerbaijan in her current round of diplomatic visits underlines the increased importance to the U.S. of good bilateral relations in the Caucasus and Central Asia. more

A Congressional report detailing how taxpayer money is going into the pockets of Afghan warlords in return for protecting NATO truck convoys has drawn attention to the immense logistical problem of resupplying NATO forces there. more

If the new turmoil in Kyrgyzstan spreads, Russia could play a central role in stabilizing the country, raising the question of whether the Manas airbase could once again be jeopardized. more

Wednesday's "No" votes by Brazil and Turkey against the U.S.-driven Iran sanctions resolution in the U.N. Security Council was a milestone in the shift to a multipolar world. more

When the Iranian revolution against the Shah Reza Pahlavi reached critical mass in late-1978, the United States found itself with very limited political leverage in Iran because of a longstanding U.S. commitment to ignore the country's opposition politicians. more

To no one's surprise, least of all the European Union, Britain's new foreign secretary,
William Hague, opted to visit Washington before setting foot in Brussels. more

Cameron may be a Conservative, but he is no heir to Thatcherism. more

On Thursday, the British electorate was asked to make its choice of who would run the country for the next four years. They gave a muffled and incoherent answer. more

When Pope Benedict XVI goes to Cyprus on June 4-6, at stake will be the future of Christianity in the Middle East. more

The Vatican used the celebrations of Easter week to stage a counteroffensive in the pedophilia scandal that has challenged its very center. more

There are still more Iraqi refugees leaving their country than returning to it. more

What the Vatican refers to as the delictum gravius (grave sin) has turned out to be not just an American aberration. more

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks in calm, measured tones, but he is clearly determined to do what it takes to pull the debt-crushed remnants of his country's economy out of the fire. more

How to get Washington's attention.
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Greece's financial crisis has brought to the surface the residual North versus South prejudice that lurks in the European Union. more

The Iron Lady faces Question Time.
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