http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/european_observer <p><em>Can American global leadership be replaced or shared? How will Europe’s large and growing Muslim communities affect European policy toward the Islamic world? Will Russia’s re-emergence divide the West? Will China’s rise to superpower status make Europe rue its longing for a multi-polar world?</em></p> en 2012-02-10T06:00:39+01:00 webmaster@project-syndicate.org Dominique Moisi 1994-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 hourly http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi75/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi75/English>MOISI: Democracy in Distress</a> Is democratic time too slow to respond to crises, and too short to plan for the long term? At a time of deepening economic and social crisis in much of the world’s rich democracies, that question is more relevant than ever. Dominique Moisi 2012-01-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi74/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi74/English>MOISI: A Russian Spring?</a> Russia is not Egypt, and Moscow is not on the eve of revolution as Cairo was less than a year ago. Indeed, Russia’s powerful have at their disposal assets that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime lacked. Dominique Moisi 2011-12-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi73/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi73/English>MOISI: America in the Asian Century</a> Paradoxically, only a more confident America can accept a reduced global status, because reconciling oneself to change is always easier once one has taken the steps needed to adjust to it. Fortunately, America has a much-needed opportunity to refocus on itself – to recover its inner strength without withdrawing from the world. Dominique Moisi 2011-11-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi72/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi72/English>MOISI: Sorry States</a> National repentance is in the news again, as it has with remarkable frequency in recent years. In a globalized age, which demands transparency and posits interdependence, expressions of repentance by political leaders on behalf of their citizens can be considered an instrument of good governance. Dominique Moisi 2011-10-19T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi71/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi71/English>MOISI: The Nemesis of Turkish Power</a> Turkey, not the EU, is currently making its presence felt in the world. But Turkey needs Europe as much as Europe needs Turkey: Europe is “a principle of moderation” for Turkey, while Turkey is “a principle of energy” for Europe, even if it is currently showing that self-confidence can easily turn into hubris. Dominique Moisi 2011-09-26T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi70/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi70/English>MOISI: Who Will Help the Poor?</a> With the deepening of the economic crisis and the prospect of another recession looming large on the horizon, growing social inequality has become an increasingly urgent issue. Who will protect the weakest at a time when the state, the family, and individual philanthropy are all proving unequal to the task? Dominique Moisi 2011-08-29T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi69/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi69/English>MOISI: What Failed in Norway?</a> It would be facile to link the tragedy in Norway solely to the rise of far-right political forces there, but it would be naïve to rule out any connection between the two phenomena. We know all too well what horrors grow from the combination of fear, hatred, and de-humanization. Dominique Moisi 2011-07-29T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi68/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi68/English>MOISI: Israel’s Lonely Prosperity</a> It is difficult not to be struck by the contrast between the “Asian”-like energy of Israel’s economy and civil society and the purely defensive nature of its approach to political change, both within and outside the country. While Israel has never been so affluent, dynamic, and confident, it also has never been so isolated internationally. Dominique Moisi 2011-07-27T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi67/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi67/English>MOISI: A Europe of Women?</a> In economic-development circles, experience and common sense suggest that progress, accountability, and hard work starts with and depends on women. That seems to be as true now of European politics as it has been of economics in parts of Africa and Asia. Dominique Moisi 2011-06-22T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi66/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi66/English>MOISI: Geneva on the Rhine</a> Twenty years ago, newly reunified Germany was perceived as a threat to the European balance. Today, it is not an excess of German ambition, but rather a lack of it, that is threatening Europe. Dominique Moisi 2011-05-20T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi65/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi65/English>MOISI: The American World Turned Upside Down</a> It is dangerous to believe that the world has found in Libya the solution that it was seeking in today’s increasingly chaotic post-American order. Neither France nor Britain – not to mention the EU, which is more divided than ever when it comes to military interventions – can be seen as substitutes for the US. Dominique Moisi 2011-04-20T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi64/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi64/English>MOISI: Sarkozy Goes to War</a> In 2003, France took the lead in opposing America’s planned invasion of Iraq, whereas now it has taken the lead in intervening militarily against Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi. France’s propensity to intervene is reinforced in this case by three key factors: Sarkozy, Qaddafi, and the context of a wider Arab revolution. Dominique Moisi 2011-03-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi63/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi63/English>MOISI: The Diplomacy of the Blind</a> Why do revolutions so often take professional diplomats by surprise? As we have seen again in the Middle East, while diplomats often provide penetrating analysis, it is as if, owing to an excess of prudence, they cannot bring themselves to pursue their own arguments to their logical conclusions. Dominique Moisi 2011-02-28T00:00:00+01:00