Does the G20 still matter?

July 14, 2019 00:30 am

While G20 has been very good at issuing grandiose communiqués to acknowledge the existence of global challenges, it has proven utterly incapable of advancing any solutions to them

Agenda for Europe

May 6, 2019 00:25 am

AMSTERDAM – The European Union has spent much of the past decade managing crises, and has even faced a possible threat to its continued existence. Popular attitudes toward the EU have soured, too. Whereas citizens were generally positive about the first two waves of European integration in the 1950s and 1980s, they have been increasingly critical of the EU since at least 2008-2009, if not earlier. The key question in Europe nowadays is this: are we better off with or without each other?

Why New Zealand looks to Europe

January 29, 2019 00:30 am

New Zealand has never shirked from playing its part on the global stage. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Europe in meeting the biggest global challenges