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Javier Solana

Javier Solana was EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of NATO, and Foreign Minister of Spain. He is currently President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics and Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution.


Commentaries by Javier Solana

  • Newsart for A New Chance for European Politics

    A New Chance for European Politics

    MADRID – Most political leaders in Europe want the European Union to emerge from its current crisis stronger and more united. But the econom…

  • Newsart for The Sino-American Test in North Korea

    The Sino-American Test in North Korea

    MADRID – Repeated threats from North Korea have turned the Korean Peninsula into one of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. But the situati…

  • Newsart for A New Business Model for Cyprus

    A New Business Model for Cyprus

    MADRID – Once again, Europe has peered into the abyss. But the tentative agreement between Cyprus and the troika (the European Commission, t…

  • Newsart for The European-American Dream

    The European-American Dream

    MADRID – Today, three European countries are among the world’s seven largest economies. Ten years from now, only two will remain. By 2030, o…

  • Newsart for A New Year of Global Conflict

    A New Year of Global Conflict

    DAVOS – In today’s world, identifying and managing hotspots is not simply a matter of pulling out a map, spotting the wildfires, and empower…

  • Newsart for Transatlantic Free Trade?

    Transatlantic Free Trade?

    MADRID – This month, the United States National Intelligence Council released a sobering report entitled Global Trends 2030: Alternative Wor…

  • Newsart for America’s Perilous Pivot

    America’s Perilous Pivot

    MADRID – The Pacific or the Middle East? For the United States, that is now the primary strategic question. The violence in Gaza, coming as …

  • Newsart for The World After November

    The World After November

    MADRID – On November 6, either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will emerge victorious after an exhausting electoral race, setting the wheels in …

  • Newsart for A Europe for the World

    A Europe for the World

    MADRID – Despite the welter of economic problems surrounding Europe, one fact should not be forgotten: the European Union remains the world’…

  • Newsart for Iran Confronts Reality

    Iran Confronts Reality

    MADRID – Who has not seen what looks like water on a highway on a hot summer’s day? Or a three-dimensional image that was actually a picture…

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Recent comment received by Javier Solana

  • A New Chance for European Politics

    Margaret Bowker: I agree that there is considerable opportunity for reform on the horizon in Europe, including implementing in full, the move to balanced reduction and growth. Interesting to see William Hague's 'red …

  • A New Chance for European Politics

    Edward Ponderer: I fear that the continuing ping pong game of opinion between growth and austerity is like being on a Island of starving people whose leaders insist on food being defined as the nearly depleted oranges…