Carl Bildt

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Carl Bildt was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994, when he negotiated Sweden’s EU accession. A renowned international diplomat, he served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference. He is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?
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Has Australia’s Luck Run Out?

Feb 21, 2020 Carl Bildt sees the country as a canary in a coal mine in confronting climate change and a rising China.

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Hostages of History
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Hostages of History

Jan 17, 2020 Carl Bildt says that the sooner the US and Iran put common sense ahead of past grievances, the better off everyone will be.

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Which Way for Europe on China?
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Which Way for Europe on China?

Dec 12, 2019 Carl Bildt counsels the European Union against adopting the United States' position of broad-based confrontation.

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Impeachment and the Wider World
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Impeachment and the Wider World

Nov 20, 2019 Carl Bildt anticipates that the proceedings against US President Donald Trump will have global implications.

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Time to Bite the Bullet in Syria
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Time to Bite the Bullet in Syria

Oct 18, 2019 Carl Bildt advocates a political process based on real-world conditions, rather than Western pipe dreams.

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Renewing Europe
Mar 6, 2019

President Macron gives new impetus to the necessary debate about Europe’s future challenges. On present trajectory we risk become a play-board, rather than being a player, in the global great power competition. President Macron helps us to see the necessity of doing better.

A COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

Larry Hatheway

The rapid escalation of the COVID-19 crisis may be setting the stage for a global recession. Economic policymakers have no time to waste in preparing a response – preferably one that makes full use of low and falling bond yields, below-target inflation, and the lessons of the last recession.

The West’s Final Countdown?

Joschka Fischer

With the US presidential election approaching, no one can say they didn't foresee the possibility of Donald Trump winning a second term – an event that would pose an existential threat to the very idea of "the West." So why are European leaders spending their time squabbling over agriculture subsidies?