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- Madrid view: What would Monnet do?on May 24, 2013 in Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, Reinventing Europe,Jean Monnet, the founding father of European integration, had a method: set aside abstract discussions on power, sovereignty and identities, and concentrate your energies on finding practicalRead more…...
- China - Germany: A ‘new special relationship’on May 22, 2013 in Jonas Parello-Plesner, China, Germany in Europe,This weekend, the newly appointed Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang makes his first offical visit to the EU - he travels to Berlin to meet Angela Merkel. This is a meeting of the two economicRead more…...
- Searching for a new Palestinian visionon May 22, 2013 in Hugh Lovatt , Middle East and North Africa,At a time when the two-state solution is experiencing what could be its last agonising convulsions and with negotiations seemingly unable to achieve anything other than perpetuating the status quo,Read more…...
- And the winner is … Azerbaijanon May 22, 2013 in Dimitar Bechev, Wider Europe,No, it is not Eurovision but energy in South Eastern Europe I am talking about. There is a reason why a statue of the late leader Heydar Aliev adorns a square in downtown Belgrade. BalkanRead more…...
- Signs of straits in Algeriaon May 21, 2013 in Susi Dennison , Middle East and North Africa,At the end of April as Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was flown to France for treatment, in my blog post "The perils of gerontocracy", I warned that these are testing times for theRead more…...
- Economic reform in Egypt takes another hiton May 21, 2013 in Farah Halime, Middle East and North Africa,A few weeks ago, an important player backed out of Egypt’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Hany Kadry Dimian, former deputy finance minister and the IMF’s “go-to” manRead more…...
- Madrid view: Now, Eurunemployedon May 16, 2013 in Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, Madrid view, Reinventing Europe,The European economy now lies under a shadow - the severe situation of unemployment, stagnation and cutbacks in the welfare state, bringing hardship to millions of Europeans. The magnitudes areRead more…...
- Time to get real about the European dream - and the American oneon May 16, 2013 in Michael E. Smith, Scorecard,As part of our Scorecard debate here is a new guest blog post - this time we hear from Prof. Michael E. Smith (University of Aberdeen). You can also follow him on twitter @ProfMESmith. May 9 wasRead more…...
- US - Turkey relations: a bitter honeymoonon May 16, 2013 in Dimitar Bechev, Europe and the world,Today relations between the US and Turkey are in a much better shape than a few years ago. Israel's decision to apologise to the Turks over the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident and offer financialRead more…...
- Bulgaria’s elections: change we disbelieve inon May 15, 2013 in Dimitar Bechev, Sofia view,“If elections changed anything they would have them banned”. So read a well-known piece of Sofia graffiti some years ago (inspired by political activist/anarchist Emma Goldman). Bulgaria’sRead more…...
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