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Injecting optimism into the EU
Jan08

Injecting optimism into the EU

Optimism is summoned up in the business world by its most popular question: “what does success look like?” and by its most overused dictum: “every challenge is an opportunity”. Though some will think it inappropriate, this is the time of year to make an effort to inject optimism into reflections on how the European Union will fare in the next 12...

Can the EU forge a new relationship with Russia?
Jan08

Can the EU forge a new relationship with Russia?

United States president Barack Obama’s intelligence services have told him that Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, when talking to his cronies, refers to the American president using vile racial insults. David Cameron, the United Kingdom’s prime minister, can barely manage to shake the Russian leader’s hand, now that his...

A series of inexcusable international failures
Jan08

A series of inexcusable international failures

It has been nearly four years since the first uprisings in Damascus and the beginning of the Syrian civil war. Across the country, more than 240,000 people have died. Another 7.5 million have lost their homes or fled the country, becoming refugees. Syria is drowning in a bloody, cruel, and pointless conflict. It is time to say ‘enough’ –...

Sanctions against Russia should stay in place | Observador – Portugal
Jan07

Sanctions against Russia should stay in place | Observador – Portugal

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[Opinion] Eastern partnership countries: Democracy in limbo
Jan06

[Opinion] Eastern partnership countries: Democracy in limbo

While in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine commitment to European integration and political will to reform seem to have fostered democratisation, prospects in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus remain gloomy. …read more Source:...

France: EU-Russia sanctions ‘must stop now’
Jan06

France: EU-Russia sanctions ‘must stop now’

Hollande has dangled the prospect of lifting EU sanctions on Russia ahead of the year’s first Ukraine summit. …read more Source:...

The EU’s foreign policy agenda in 2015
Jan02

The EU’s foreign policy agenda in 2015

The makers of the European Union’s foreign policy have a bewildering array of uncertainties before them as they head into a new year. For the European External Action Service, which in practical terms came into being on 1 January four years ago, this could be an important year for rebalancing its relationship with the other EU institutions....

Russia calls for EU talks with newly born Eurasian Union
Jan02

Russia calls for EU talks with newly born Eurasian Union

Russia’s EU ambassador has urged Brussels to launch talks with the newly born Eurasian Economic Union despite the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...

No to discussions with Moscow | Berlingske – Denmark
Jan02

No to discussions with Moscow | Berlingske – Denmark

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US to station 150 armored vehicles in Eastern Europe
Dec31

US to station 150 armored vehicles in Eastern Europe

Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51651510.jpg As Russia identified NATO as the nation’s main military threat, the United States announced plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe. NATO denies it is a threat to Russia and, amid tensions over Ukraine, accuses Moscow of undermining European security....