
Your search for "Middle East" produced 224 items.
| 1. Middle East envoy appointed | January 23, 2012 |
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German diplomat to represent EU in peace talks between Israel and Palestine. National foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (23 January) have appointed Andreas... | |
| 2. An international dimension to learning | November 17, 2011 |
European universities are forging links in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America as a way of attracting more students. The international MBA market is becoming increasingly... |
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| 3. EU tightens sanctions against Belarus, Iran, Syria | October 10, 2011 |
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Foreign ministers also discuss Middle East, Bosnia and Herzegovina. National foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg today (10 October) have expanded sanctions against... | |
| 4. Less delight in Turkish power? | September 29, 2011 |
The prospect of a ‘Turkish summer' following the ‘Arab spring' may be luring Turkey eastward, but Turkey will still need Europe. A few days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister... |
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| 5. Internal follies leave the EU hamstrung in the Middle East | July 20, 2011 |
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The failures of the EU's foreign policy chief in the Middle East reflect the EU's own indecision. In politics, the line separating bravery from folly is sometimes very thin.... | |
| 6. A dangerous declaration | June 30, 2011 |
Committee gives a one-side view of the Middle East. In an opinion piece that appeared in your online edition on 23 June (“Partners in peace?”), Abdou Salam Diallo, the... |
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| 7. Partners in peace? | June 23, 2011 |
Europe can help bring stability to the Middle East. Delegates from around the world, as well as UN officials, national parliamentarians, and members of civil society, will... |
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| 8. EU to appoint southern Mediterranean envoy | June 20, 2011 |
Special representative expected to chair taskforce on European response to upheaval in region. Member states' foreign ministers today (20 June) welcomed a plan by Catherine... |
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| 9. Cyprus casts a shadow over EU diplomacy | May 26, 2011 |
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The EU's record of resolving conflicts has a big blot, Cyprus. Over the years, in the absence of a common foreign and security policy worthy of the name, the European Union... | |
| 10. Role model for democracy | May 19, 2011 |
Setting out why the Arab Spring strengthens Turkey's case for EU membership. As a wave of uprisings has swept across the Middle East and north Africa, Turkey's... |
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| 11. Ten topics that are vexing the EU's eastern half | March 10, 2011 |
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A trip to Bratislava brings to the surface some of the principal undercurrents in central and eastern Europe. The Globsec security conference in Bratislava is carving out... | |
| 12. The diplomacy of the blind | March 8, 2011 |
There is something in the nature of traditional diplomacy that limits diplomats' ability to see change looming. Why do revolutions so often take professional diplomats by... |
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| 13. EEAS deckchairs | March 3, 2011 |
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Is this the right time to change the man in the Middle East? A rearrangement of the deckchairs at the European External Action Service (EEAS): Tomás Dupla del Moral, the... | |
| 14. After cosiness comes confusion | March 3, 2011 |
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We are obliged to say ‘freedom' is our objective in the Middle East when really what we crave is stability. The political and social turmoil in north Africa and the Middle... | |
| 15. EU to hold summit on Libya | March 1, 2011 |
11 March meeting to focus on situation in north Africa and the Middle East. EU leaders will hold a summit in Brussels on 11 March to discuss the situation in north Africa... |
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| 16. Russia's stability in flux? | February 24, 2011 |
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Russia's presidential election may prove messy for Russia but unusually quiet for the EU. Vladimir Putin has not been a frequent visitor to Brussels. In almost 12 years as... | |
| 17. Neighbourhood policy heading south | February 24, 2011 |
EU's approach to events in Middle East criticised. The drama sweeping across north Africa and the Middle East has put the European Union on the defensive. Its response to... |
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| 18. The issues for the EU | February 24, 2011 |
Energy security and oil prices Oil prices have soared in recent days because of fears over the impact of the unrest on Libya's oil and gas supplies. Several European energy... |
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| 19. EU looks for stronger strategy in response to Arab revolutions | February 17, 2011 |
Concern over what regime will emerge in Egypt and Negative impact feared on Middle East peace process. European Union foreign ministers will meet on Sunday evening (20... |
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| 20. How 2011 could yet prove as good as 1989 | February 17, 2011 |
The EU must use the means at its disposal to encourage a positive attitude to the changes on Europe's southern border. Watching the tumult in the Middle East, it is easy for... |
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