A few weeks before Christmas, a German magazine published its front page under the heading “The lost decade”. This look back in anguish inspired many television shows of the final days of December 2009. Indeed, blazes of wars, not lightnings of hope, characterized the first ten years of the New Millennium. Irrational decisions, self inflicted mistakes and lies left their imprint on the past ten years, most probably the worst period of mankind since World War II.

My humble purpose of today is to analyze the reasons why foreign policy jumped out of the rails, and to attempt drawing lessons for the future. (…)

Tags: International, Jacques Poos, LSAP