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History in Motion

Monthly Commentaries by Chris Patten

Chris Patten is a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chairman of the British Conservative Party, and was the last British Governor of Hong Kong. He is currently Chancellor of Oxford University and a member of the British House of Lords.

Should governments really never negotiate with terrorists? When and how should we recognize new nations? Do East and West confront an unbridgeable cultural divide or simply a developmental time lag?

Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, British Cabinet minister, and chairman of the Conservative Party, has built his career around addressing such challenges. Currently Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he is also co-chair of the International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations.

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Date	Title / Authors	Available Languages
June 2009	The Obama Effect by Chris Patten
May 2009	A Tale of Two Elections by Chris Patten
April 2009	The Cost of Dick Cheney by Chris Patten
March 2009	The Panthers of Identity Politics by Chris Patten
February 2009	Why Bipartisanship is Good Politics by Chris Patten
January 2009	Blind in Gaza and Jerusalem by Chris Patten
December 2008	The New Age Divide by Chris Patten
November 2008	Living in History by Chris Patten
October 2008	The American Leader We Need by Chris Patten
September 2008	The Palin Non-Factor by Chris Patten
August 2008	Putin's Gold-Medal War by Chris Patten
July 2008	Two and a Half Cheers for the Mediterranean Union by Chris Patten
June 2008	The World after Bush by Chris Patten
May 2008	Bread and Bush-Bashing by Chris Patten
April 2008	Soft Power and Hard Batons by Chris Patten

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