Most Europeans do not know where Belarus is on the

map, but the fate of this small country of ten million

people should matter to the European Union, three of

whose members – Latvia, Lithuania and Poland –

border it. Either instability in Belarus, or declining

standards of governance, could turn the country into

a source of illegal drugs, migrants and weapons. At

the dilapidated nuclear research facility of Sosny,

where there does not appear to be much security,

scientists paid less than London cleaners conduct

experiments with enriched uranium. Much of the

Russian gas that enters the EU passes through

Belarus. Belarus is also a challenge to the liberal

political values that are now entrenched across most

of the European continent……

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ONE OF THE most significant

geopolitical events of the

decade has gone almost unnoticed

in the west: at September's

meeting of the International Atomic

Energy Agency, India joined the US

and the EU in backing a resolution condemning

Iran's nuclear programme.

In deciding to vote with the west—

rather than abstaining with Russia,

China, Brazil and South Africa—

India signalled its willingness

to join the top table of international

diplomacy and to

abandon its automatic

solidarity with the developing

world.

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For the last few years, Iran has been openly flirting with the idea of developing nuclear weapons, but a show-down has been staged for August this year.

The stakes are high: European governments are concerned that Iran's nuclear programme could set off spiral of proliferation in the Middle East (with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and even Egypt looking to acquire nuclear weapons). They also believe that a nuclear Iran could kill off the Non-Proliferation Treaty which has already been undermined by the nuclear programmes of India, Pakistan and Israel, and North Korea's decision to abandon the treaty in 2003.

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Britain must rethink the way it communicates with public opinion overseas to rebuild trust after Iraq and bridge the disputes of an increasingly divided world, according to a striking new critique of British public diplomacy.

British Public Diplomacy in the 'Age of Schisms', by Mark Leonard and Andrew Small with Martin Rose, argues that a gap is emerging between how Britain sees itself and how it is perceived overseas. Its new public diplomacy strategy should focus on rebuilding long-term trust in it as a principled power committed to multilateralism, religious tolerance and economic justice. To do so it should rely on non-governmental actors like NGOs, companies and cultural organisations, and align its professed aims with actual policies.

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With the start of negotiations with Turkey, the European Union has signalled that it will take responsibility for the geopolitical shape of its neighbourhood. Now it needs to devote the same degree of attention to the next wave of countries beyond its borders. Turkey's neighbour Georgia dramatically declared its intention of joining the West in the Rose revolution of 2003. Its role as an energy transit country, its 'frozen conflicts' and its proximity to Russia give it real importance to Europe's economic and security future. But so far the EU's response to this fragile but rapidly modernising country has been underwhelming. In advance of the Georgian foreign minister's first visit to London, Mark Leonard and Charles Grant set out an action plan for deploying Europe's 'transformative power' in a vital part of the European neighbourhood.

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At the beginning of the 21st century, the Atlantic community faces a new challenge - to help promote democracy and human development in the broader Middle East. The reasons are both strategic and moral.

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In the world of al-Jazeera, global protest and mass democracy, building relationships with overseas publics can be as important as talking to governments. The report sets out a practical agenda for public diplomacy which draws on fieldwork in six countries, hundreds of interviews with practitioners, and contributions from the experts in academia and communications - from Harvard academic Joseph Nye to Downing Street spokesman Alistair Campbell.

"First-rate. An extraordinarily important book" Joseph Nye

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