http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/quentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/quentinpeelFT.com - Quentin Peelen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:57 GMTMon, 9 Nov 2009 16:24:07 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/quentinpeel(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6083bbca-c586-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fquentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6083bbca-c586-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.htmlIf Downing Street and the Foreign Office are tone deaf on European politics, the UK Conservative party seems to be stone deaf, writes Quentin Peel Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:57 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe5942-c24c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fquentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bfe5942-c24c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlIn the long run, the alliance's key question is how to deal with Moscow. This has the potential to open up divisions not only between the US and Europe but within Europe – between its east and westMon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0915d9e2-b9b3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fquentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0915d9e2-b9b3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlNato and the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation – China and Russia, plus several central Asian states – have every reason to co-operate on stabilising Afghanistan but neither wants to make the first moveThu, 15 Oct 2009 20:45 BSThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cef1830c-b42f-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fquentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cef1830c-b42f-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlThe German chancellor is a 'marathon runner': she does deals, and forges coalitions, but never loses sight of her goals. Getting Lisbon approved is a big one, writes Quentin Peel Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:51 BSThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e2e40e6-ad1b-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fquentinpeelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e2e40e6-ad1b-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.htmlAcross the main capitals, the traditional parties of the centre-left are in retreat. Germany's Social Democratic party has gone down to its worst postwar defeat and the UK Labour party is struggling in the pollsTue, 29 Sep 2009 18:42 BST