Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking and saying about the US. For if you follow that, you realise that the erosion of… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
I'm a historian by training and by conviction. And so the thing that has throughout informed my thinking about international relations is history. I… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
America should do a reverse Columbus. The world no longer needs to discover America; but America urgently needs to discover the world's view of… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this material is… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Europe is a woman, now middle-aged, who has already had a number of heart attacks and is currently experiencing the biggest health crisis of… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
What is the elephant in all our rooms? It is the global triumph of capitalism. Democracy is fiercely disputed. Freedom is under threat even… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Every step that produces a single job for a currently unemployed European should be taken. Every centimetre of red tape that puts someone out… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
