Mary Dejevsky
One of the country’s most respected commentators on Russia, the EU and the US, Mary Dejevsky has worked as a foreign correspondent all over the world, including Washington, Paris and Moscow. She is now the chief editorial writer and a columnist at The Independent and regularly appears on radio and television.
Mary Dejevsky: Critics of Barack Obama's foreign policy need to get real
Why has there been for so long such a clamour for world leadership?
Recently by Mary Dejevsky
Mary Dejevsky: If I try to make a complaint, bureaucracy gets in the way
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
This excessive formalisation of the feedback process is spreading
Mary Dejevsky: This is the place for Euro passion
Monday, 8 June 2009
Bucharest Notebook: There were real, live Euro issues being fought over, as they related to Romania
Mary Dejevsky: The revolutions of 1989 will shape the leaders of tomorrow
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
China's students found inspiration in Russia, but also closer to home
Mary Dejevsky: My generation has failed to promote vision of Europe
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
We knew the EU was a good thing, but did not realise we had to 'sell' it
Mary Dejevsky: MPs are less corrupt than out of date
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Those not on the take may be tarred, quite unjustly, with that brush
Mary Dejevsky: Foreign policy should not be dictated by exiles living here
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Efforts to influence policy are not unique to Tamil exiles
Mary Dejevsky: Keeping cool is a precious national asset
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Far be it from me to be name-ist, but Ian Dalton has one of those solid, boring-sounding names that inspires confidence the moment you say it. Which could be a colossal advantage in his new job. Currently chief executive of NHS North East, he was yesterday named National Director for NHS Flu Resilience, or, in common parlance, "flu tsar". The appointment takes effect forthwith.
Mary Dejevsky: Top-rate taxpayers should stop whingeing and cough up
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The arguments the rich avoid are those of fairness and morality
Mary Dejevsky: The US relies on experts – the British just ignore them
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
US academics have a world savvy from being needed outside the ivory tower
Mary Dejevsky: A failed meritocracy that leaves too many out of the loop
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
What is networking, if not work experience for adults?
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: A cloth-eared Prime Minister and a pantomime of disunity
Two unrelated sagas from recent days shine more light on Brown's weakness
• Johann Hari: Widdecombe would win my vote
Her politics are the polar opposite of mine. But she is the best candidate for Speaker
• Terence Blacker: At least we've oopsification to cheer us up
For a few happy weeks, it was possible to forget how broke and scared most of us were feeling
Most popular in Opinion
Read
1 Robert Fisk: Secret letter 'proves Mousavi won poll'
2 Robert Fisk: The dead of Iran are mourned – but the fight goes on
4 Johann Hari: Widdecombe would win my vote
5 Steve Richards: A cloth-eared Prime Minister and a pantomime of disunity
6 Andrew Grice: How a duck island changed politics for a generation
7 Brian Binley: My conscience is clear – this is just a witch hunt
8 Robert Fisk: Fear has gone in a land that has tasted freedom
9 Andreas Whittam Smith: It is not only Brown who is losing all authority
10 Johann Hari: They were great at first – but then the creativity dries up
Emailed
2 Robert Fisk: The dead of Iran are mourned – but the fight goes on
3 Andrew Grice: How a duck island changed politics for a generation
4 Andreas Whittam Smith: It is not only Brown who is losing all authority
5 Michael Axworthy: The Islamic Republic may need Mousavi to survive
6 Johann Hari: They were great at first – but then the creativity dries up
7 Robert Fisk’s World: The world may be one but you need a visa to get around it
8 John Lichfield: Sarkozy shows off his new best friend
9 Brian Viner: Unsaintly duo still pull no punches
10 Terence Blacker: At least we've oopsification to cheer us up





