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1. Turkey is undervaluing the importance of values February 11, 2010

Istanbul is understandably, but mistakenly, relying on geostrategic arguments to make its case for EU membership. A string of high-ranking Turkish officials and politicians...  

Tags: Social Issues, Asia, Geography, European Union, Turkey

2. Sri Lanka to face trade restrictions December 17, 2009

Human-rights concerns could affect trade terms. Trade diplomats from the EU's member states are to discuss tomorrow (18 December) whether to back a recommendation by the...  

Tags: War-Conflict, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Civil War, Tamil Eelam

3. Eight reasons to sanction Guinea October 23, 2009

The EU must join the UN and the African Union in responding to repression in Guinea. One month ago, over 150 people were gunned down by soldiers in the West African country...  

Tags: African countries, African Union member states, United Nations, Least Developed Countries, Military dictatorship

4. Ending an endless war July 14, 2009

The UN's special representative sets out what can be done to end the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bad news travels fast: my BlackBerry has become the...  

Tags: Rwandan Genocide, War-Conflict, United Nations, Republic of the Congo, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ending an endless war

5. The Mladić (video) files June 17, 2009

The more important questions posed by video-footage of Ratko Mladić may be about Boris Tadić's grip on the Serbian security services. For a fugitive with $5 million...  

Tags: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slavic countries, Ratko Mladic, Serbia, Belgrade

6. EU's role in securing Sri Lanka's peace May 20, 2009

The international community should be asking tough questions of the supposed victors of Sri Lanka's civil war. No one should shed a tear for the collapse of the Tamil Tigers...  

Tags: War-Conflict, Red Cross, Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

EU's role in securing Sri Lanka's peace

7. Europe needs an Afghan surge, too April 1, 2009

Europe should launch its own Afghan surge to complement America's military push. The United States has an exit strategy in Afghanistan. So claimed President Barack Obama on...  

Tags: War-Conflict, Military of Afghanistan, Pashtun people, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Europe needs an Afghan surge, too

8. A furtive deal? March 19, 2009

Might the EU be about to start 'constructive engagement' with Burma? Experience suggests that would be a mistake. Fraser Cameron makes a well-worn argument for the European...  

Tags: Social Issues, ASEAN, Military dictatorship, War-Conflict, Myanmar

9. Greater commitment, less mystery is needed over Belarus March 12, 2009

The EU is right to engage with Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the president of Belarus, but it needs to enforce its conditions to achieve progress. Javier Solana's visit to Minsk on...  

Tags: Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Eastern Partnership

10. Time for the EU to change tack on Myanmar March 2, 2009

Isolating Myanmar has failed to produce change; engagement would at least create opportunities. The EU's policy towards Myanmar (Burma) is broke. Sanctions not only do...  

Tags: Military dictatorship, Politics of Burma, Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, Ibrahim Gambari

11. The great survivor February 12, 2009

The indestructible career of Miroslav Kalousek. If a Czech Rip van Winkle were to wake up and discover that Miroslav Kalousek is now finance minister and a prominent figure...  

Tags: Miroslav Kalousek, Civic Democratic Party, Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian Democrats, Karel Schwarzenberg

The great survivor

12. EU to monitor vote in Bangladesh November 18, 2008

Despite continued emergency rule, the EU will send observers to monitor elections that it hopes will return Bangladesh to full democratic, civilian rule. The EU will...  

Tags: Election monitoring, Bangladesh, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

13. Europe cannot accept defeat in Congo November 4, 2008

Congo has been the second most important testing ground for the European Security and Defence Policy; like the Congolese, the EU needs a long-lasting peacekeeping presence in...  

Tags: War-Conflict, African Union member states, European Security and Defence Policy, Least Developed Countries, Republic of the Congo

14. Killing in Congo must be halted, EU says November 3, 2008

UK and French foreign ministers warn of regional conflict after visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. David Miliband, British foreign minister, and...  

Tags: War-Conflict, African Union member states, Least Developed Countries, Rwandan Genocide, Republic of the Congo

15. Go north, my son? October 3, 2008

What a visit to Job Days reveals about Europe's (im)mobile labour market. Place Schumann is no stranger to demonstrations; queues are, though, another matter despite the...  

Tags: Economy of the European Union, Employment, Recruitment, Berlaymont building, Eures

Go north, my son?

16. Turkey's crisis calls for EU therapy July 31, 2008

The EU must help Turkey discover its political destiny. The constitutional court case against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and...  

Tags: Presidents of Turkey, Secularism, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Islamism

Turkey's crisis calls for EU therapy

17. Russia's melting-pot slowly begins to bubble July 31, 2008

Post-Soviet Russia is unlikely to fall apart, provided ethnic Russians can curb their chauvinism and heavy-handedness. As last week's Wi(l)der Europe noted, influential...  

Tags: Ethnic groups in Russia, Russia, Russian diaspora, Russian Federation

18. Turkey's ruling party survives court ruling July 30, 2008

Turkey's constitutional court decides not to ban the ruling party, but ‘warns' it against weakening the country's secular order. Turkey's constitutional court today...  

Tags: Islamism, Turkey, Justice and Development Party, Politics of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

19. Who's captive now? A question about Russia July 24, 2008

If Soviet legitimacy was based on phoney ideology, what can sustain the new Russian state's identity? Each year since 1959, in the third full week of July, the US has marked...  

Tags: Ethnic groups in Russia, Russia, Russian diaspora, Russian Federation, United States

20. Sarkozy Agonistes July 22, 2008

Why is Nicolas Sarkozy, spectacular in so many ways, also so unpopular at home? “Why do they hate us?” asked the Americans of the Islamic fundamentalists after 9/11....  

Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Government of Andorra, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Hungarian nobility, France

Sarkozy Agonistes

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