UK urged to push for EU foreign policy observer status role after Brexit
Proposal suggested earlier this year but there is scepticism about whether the idea will find support within European Union
November 2014
Iran nuclear talks extension raises risk of cataclysmic failure
Stop making ‘excessive demands’ of Iran in nuclear talks, Rouhani tells US
October 2014
It will take more than a quiet word in Iran’s ear to put human rights on the table
Azadeh Moaveni
Azadeh Moaveni: Ghoncheh Ghavami’s imprisonment shows how Tehran’s hardliners deal with dissent. If the west cares, it must be consistent in complaining
April 2014
Ukraine crisis: Geneva talks produce agreement on defusing conflict
US, Russia, Ukraine and EU agree measures including end of violence, disarming of illegal groups and amnesty for protesters
March 2014
EU's Catherine Ashton criticised for meeting Iranian women activists
EU foreign policy chief sparks fury by meeting six leading campaigners during landmark Tehran trip
February 2014
EU's Catherine Ashton joins mourners in Kiev's Independence Square – video
White House and EU foreign ministers consider Ukraine sanctions – video
January 2014
Iran blog
EU doesn't need a new approach to Iran - it just needs an approach
Tarja Cronberg
Iran to implement nuclear deal as Obama repeats Congress sanctions plea
December 2013
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Martin Rowson on the diplomatic tug of war for Ukraine
Martin Rowson
Ukraine torn over whether to ally itself with EU or with Russia
Ukraine 'still intends to sign EU pact' as US considers sanctions
Viktor Yanukovych made intentions clear to me, says top EU envoy amid US condemnation of crackdown on Kiev protesters
Iran deal: salute the power of patient diplomacy
Observer editorial: The engagement with Iran confirms a seriousness about negotiation long absent that could furnish a key for Syrian peace talks
Lady Ashton – once 'Lady who?', now the EU's diplomatic secret weapon
Mass villification at her appointment has been justifiably disproved by her talents, say friends, colleagues and even rivals
Shortcuts
Emotional intelligence: a clincher in Lady Ashton's diplomatic triumph
The EU foreign policy chief was credited with using great 'emotional intelligence' in the Iran nuclear talks. But what do we know of this relatively new psychological concept? And do women have higher EI than men?
How Iran nuclear deal was clinched to Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire
As negotiations overran, foreign ministers relayed messages while country-folk band played at double-booked charity concert
