Moisés Naim
Moisés Naim (b. 1952), a writer and columnist of Venezuelan origin, was editor-in-chief of the US monthly Foreign Policy from 1996 to 2010. He writes a weekly column on international affairs in the Spanish daily El País and contributes regularly to the Financial Times, The New York Times, Il Corriere della Sera, Le Monde, Die Berliner Zeitung and other periodicals of global reach. He has written several books, including Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy, which have already been translated into 14 languages.
The debt crisis has plunged the eurozone into a situation similar to that experienced by Latin America in the 90's. To emerge from it, Europeans should learn from the mistakes made at the time, writes columnist and former Venezuelan Minister Moises Naim. 
The euro crisis and enduring political divisions between Europeans have undermined the Old Continent’s standing in a globalised world. It’s time to save the European way, urges Venezuelan columnist Moisés Naim: the alternatives – US hegemony, Chinese capitalist communism or Russian autocracy – are far worse. 
If and when definitively ratified, the Lisbon treaty should give the EU the means to achieve its current political and economic agenda. But it will have to pool its forces and try new approaches if it is to hold its own against the growing powerhouses of the East, foresees Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím in El País.