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How can the European Union and its member countries increase their global reach? How should the EU pursue its interests and values through trade and aid policies? Can European civilian and military capabilities be deployed with greater effectiveness in the world’s conflict zones?
Publications
Towards a post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations by Nick Witney & Jeremy Shapiro
Europe has the US president it wished for, but does Barack Obama have the strong transatlantic partner he wants?
Can the EU rebuild failing states? A review of Europe’s civilian capacities.
Have broken promises and treating Afghanistan, DR Congo and Iraq like Bosnia left the EU without the capacity to prevent fragile states from becoming failing states?
Re-wiring the US-EU relationship
With the pivotal change of leadership in Washington, the US and the EU may have an ideal moment to strengthen the US-EU institutional bond.
Re-energising Europe's Security and Defence Policy
European governments cannot afford to move at the speed of the slowest, argues Nick Witney, and should push for a 'multi-speed' Europe on ESDP
New World Order: The balance of soft power and the rise of herbivorous powers
A global public opinion survey shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and 35% of world citizens would like to see the EU’s influence to grow.
In the Press
Les Echos - 01 Sep 10
Thomas Klau on Germany’s linchpin role in the eurozone governance debate.
Wall Street Journal - 30 Aug 10
Ulrike Guerot on Germany's place in Europe, post euro crisis.
Radio Free Europe - 24 Aug 10
Andrew Wilson says Ukraine's greatest success has been its 'survival'.
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Commentary
Europe would welcome a surprise act of statesmanship
The historic reordering of British politics has been overshadowed by the world’s worst financial crisis in generations. The rest of Europe waits to see what David Cameron will do.
Old partners, new challenges
What’s the verdict on the EU-Latin American summit, held in Spain earlier this week? For one thing: Latin American matters to Europe. And trade seems to have been a winner too.
Hedgehog Europe?
What is defence really for and what should Europe do after defence budgets have been ravaged by the economic crisis? In the second of a two part series of podcasts, Daniel Korski talks to Nick Witney about how European security will have to be rethought from the ground up after the economic crisis - and how the best option might be to become a spikey, hedgehog-like larger version of Switzerland.
EU policy makers need a political reality check
The European Commission’s budget monitoring proposals are sensible, but to succeed they must be firmly rooted in the democratic procedures of member states.
What is a Cleggservative foreign policy?
Forget reputations. Britain’s new coalition government of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats will temper its foreign policy approach with a healthy dose of pragmatism.
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