Grayling Blog
Ukraine makes a Prime choice in its new PM…
Posted on 11.03.2010 by Stephen Lock
On March 11, 2011 The Ukrainian Parliament appointed Mykola Azarov as its new Prime Minister. This followed a hastily assembled coalition, and even more hastily law amendment pushed through this week by Yanukovych to allow a coalition to be formed by individual MPs, as opposed to bloc factions. The new…
Arctic ice melting opens up new trade route for China
Posted on 10.03.2010 by Alfred Autischer
A different kind of thinking for a different kind of world. China has shown us what this means. The most exciting economic news of this spring comes from Oslo. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute , China is preparing to navigate and use the Arctic this summer, revolutionising…
Who do you speak to in the European Union?
Posted on 5.03.2010 by Russell Patten
I was recently asked by a friend in the US who President Obama should speak to in Europe. I was going to say Grayling of course (!) but then realised that it was going to be a lot more complicated! My explanation was as follows: “He should probably first speak…