
Your search for "Javier Solana" produced 862 items.
| 1. Fighting a losing battle? | January 12, 2012 |
A book that explores failures in EU foreign policy and suggests how it can rectify the situation. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the European Union's Common Foreign... |
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| 2. EU needs a southern Mediterranean strategy | January 12, 2012 |
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There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking. In the past year, democratic uprisings in the southern... | |
| 3. EU names Cyprus envoy | July 20, 2011 |
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Portuguese diplomat will support United Nations as peace talks enter critical phase. Jorge César das Neves, a former Portuguese diplomat who currently serves as an... | |
| 4. Ban Ki-moon's lessons for Catherine Ashton | April 8, 2011 |
The UN's secretary-general and the EU's foreign policy chief have similar predecessors, styles and priorities – and a common need to find a voice. If Catherine Ashton... |
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| 5. Running out of friends | March 24, 2011 |
Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is coming under attack from all sides, and that creates a problem not just for her, but for the office of the high... |
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| 6. Attaching flags to senior managers | January 20, 2011 |
Germans hold the most important jobs; Commission to report on mix of nationalities. The creation of the European External Action Service set in train a series of changes... |
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| 7. Ashton urged to step up pressure on Israel | December 10, 2010 |
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Former prime ministers and presidents call on the EU to do more to make Israel freeze settlement policy A group of 26 former of former presidents, prime ministers, and... | |
| 8. Extended mandates for special representatives | July 22, 2010 |
Member states struggle to agree on the future of the EU's special representatives. The European Union's 11 special representatives (EUSRs) to crisis spots around the world... |
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| 9. Movers & Shakers | July 8, 2010 |
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Benoît Battistelli on 1 July became the president of the European Patent Office. Battistelli, a French national, succeeds Alison Brimelow of the UK, who stepped down... | |
| 10. Socialist mastermind | May 27, 2010 |
One of the strong men of Spain is gaining an international reputation. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba is not an international figure, and does not look or behave like one.... |
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| 11. Diplomatic corps to have three directors | April 22, 2010 |
Senior EEAS officials will report to Ashton, who says board of directors will be ‘political heavyweights'. The EU's member states have agreed that the European External... |
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| 12. A dangerous Persian game | March 25, 2010 |
Unlikely to win the United Nations Security Council's backing for stronger sanctions, the EU and its Western allies ponder what to do next about Iran's nuclear programme.... |
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| 13. Should the EU subsidise Israeli security? | March 18, 2010 |
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The inclusion of Israel in the European Security Research Programme undermines the EU's commitment to even-handedness in the Middle East. Since the European Community began... | |
| 14. Ashton appoints Dane as special adviser | March 4, 2010 |
Poul Skytte Christoffersen to help Catherine Ashton setting up new foreign policy service. The decision by Catherine Ashton to appoint Poul Skytte Christoffersen to her... |
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| 15. Ashton must get a grip, and quickly | February 25, 2010 |
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The EU's foreign policy chief is not making much headway in winning over her doubters. When Catherine Ashton was appointed to the job of high representative for foreign and... | |
| 16. News in brief | February 11, 2010 |
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| 17. Ashton names team to advise on EEAS | January 28, 2010 |
Senior officials will help set up external service as MEPs are left out of preparatory team. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has set up a group... |
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| 18. Ashton gives underwhelming performance | January 11, 2010 |
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Parliamentary hearing fails to tease out specific answers from new foreign policy chief. The European Union's new foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, delivered an... | |
| 19. Facing up to uncomfortable realities in the Middle East | January 7, 2010 |
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The proclaimed ambitions of Spain's foreign minister have caused confusion about EU foreign policy, but typify the challenges it now faces. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain's... | |
| 20. Timing, timing | December 17, 2009 |
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Time for a new job for Cristina. In bureaucracy, as in politics, timing is everything. For ten years Cristina Gallach was spokesperson for Javier Solana, while he was the... | |