Lennart Meri Lecture
Anförande vid Lennart Meri konferensen 2021 These days it’s thirty years since Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania regained their independence....
Framtidens krigsföring - nya domäner och system
Tal vid Folk och Försvars Rikskonferens 2021 Det är ofta klokt att återvända till Clausewitz. Krig är politikens fortsättning med...
The Responsibility to Report
Artikel publicerad hos Project Syndicate An unprecedented threat demands an unprecedented response. Rarely, if ever, have governments had...
Impeachment and the Wider World
Artikel publicerad hos Project Syndicate Once again, the United States is undergoing the profound drama of presidential impeachment...
Moskva förstod inte vad som hände
Artikel publicerad i Dagens Industri Jag var inte i Berlin den historiska torsdagskvällen den 9 november 1989. Att det slutgiltiga...
Remembering the Miracle of 1989
Publicerad på Project Syndicate This month marks 30 years since Europe – and human civilization generally – began to undergo a miraculous...
The end of an era in Europe
Publicerat på Project Syndicate Everyone is talking about the end of an era in Europe — and that’s correct. Angela Merkel has declared...
Winning peace
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin It was a hundred years ago a month from now that the guns fell silent on the Western Front. For four long...
The Battle for Germany’s Soul
Kolumn publicerad hos Project Syndicate For Kohl, Germany’s history and central position in Europe meant that it must never pursue...
The West's Crisis of Confidence
Publicerad på Projekt Syndicate In an age defined by US President Donald Trump’s rage, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revisionism,...
Putin is not the geopolitical genius the world makes him out to be
Kolumn i Washington Post Occasionally, people claim that Vladimir Putin is a geopolitical player of extraordinary competence and success....
100 stapplande dagar
Debattartikel i Dagens Industri Det har varit bråda dagar i Vita huset denna vecka. Med den fixering som finns i den amerikanska debatten...
The “New” Trump’s Lopsided Foreign Policy
Publicerad på Project Syndicate After a series of foreign-policy U-turns, there is now talk of a “new” Donald Trump who is far more...
Keeping the Balkan Ghosts at Bay
Publicerad på Project Syndicate European Union leaders have suddenly awoken to new realities in the Balkans. At a recent summit, they...
Restoring Faith in Globalization
Publicerad på Project Syndicate I must confess that I am a firm believer in the benefits of globalization. To my mind, the gradual...