Charles Tannock is Foreign Affairs Coordinator for the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament.
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Charles Tannock
Commentaries by Charles Tannock
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Overcoming East Asia’s Sovereignty Disputes
BRUSSELS – China’s recent elevation of its claim to the Diaoyu Islands to a “core interest” has made the prospect of resolving its sovereign…
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Africa’s Dictator-Diplomat
BRUSSELS – The recent death in Brussels of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi finally brings to light what lay behind his mysterious two-…
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Putin’s Choice
BRUSSELS – Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin as Russia’s president was always a foregone conclusion. But, when he is sworn in on May 7,…
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Democracy in the Congo?
LONDON – Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer strangers to Africa. Indeed, they have become a regular occurrence. …
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Independence or War
STRASBOURG – In the 1990’s, the world averted its eyes to genocide in Rwanda, and to the “Great Lakes War” in eastern Congo, which claimed u…
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Land for Peace in Kosovo
BELGRADE – Chasing impossible dreams has driven Serbia and Kosovo into a corner. A return to armed conflict may be impossible – at least for…
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The Dark Side of Defending Freedom
BRUSSELS – The price of freedom, it is said, is eternal vigilance. But that price can take the form of morally squalid decisions in which in…
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The Ethiopia Card
BRUSSELS – Two decades ago, Ethiopia was a Cold War battlefield. On the ideological map of the world, it was Soviet territory, a land of fa…
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Stabilizing the Horn
STRASBOURG – After almost two decades as a failed state torn by civil war, perhaps the world should begin to admit that Somalia – as it is c…
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Bringing Europe’s Last Dictator in From the Cold
Strasbourg – The European Union recently embarked on a policy of “constructive engagement” with Belarus. None too soon. Previously, EU polic…
