No, I haven’t given up writing this blog. I’m just really busy right now, writing papers, doing funding applications, and all other sorts of stuff. I’ll be back in due course. Anyway, here are some things that I would comment on if I had more time and energy:

• The recent NATO summit and its implications (especially for the EU). Joschka Fischer comments on it in Die Zeit Online (in German) and The Economist also takes stock.
• Super Sarko strikes again: This time, he is sending a humanitarian mission to Colombia to free FARC hostage Íngrid Betancourt. El País comments on the popularity contest emerging between Sarkozy and Chávez over who gets to negotiate and - potentially - take credit for her liberation.

Enjoy!