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Europe’s Choice - Podiumsdiskussion zum 5-jährigen Jubiläum des ECFR - 30 May 12

Wie kann Europa neue Anreize schaffen um Regierungen und Bürger von europäischen Lösungen für die Reform von Politik, Wirtschaft und der europäischen Institutionen zu überzeugen? 


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Turkey Eurozone crisis

Institutions, Money and Power

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

European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012

01 Feb 12

How well did European foreign policy perform over the last year?

How to stop the demilitarisation of Europe

08 Nov 11

Building sustainable EU military power at a time of defence cuts

The European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010

30 Mar 11

A survey of 80 European foreign policy components over 6 issues

Towards a post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations by Nick Witney & Jeremy Shapiro

02 Nov 09

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.

16 Oct 09

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

20 Jan 09

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

29 Jul 08

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

24 Oct 07

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.

Commentary

Re-booting Europe?s Iraq Policy

Daniel Korski, - 18 Feb 09
With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a two-day visit to Iraq it is high time for the EU to revamp its five-year old Iraq strategy.

The eurozone needs a government bond market

George Soros - 18 Feb 09
George Soros argues that a eurozone government bond market would bring immediate and vital benefits.

Serbia, mon amour

Spain should have nothing to fear from Kosovo?s independence, writes Jose Ignacio Torreblanca.

How to avoid the ruin of the European market

Taskforces chaired by the European Commission should co-ordinate state aid, making sure that national measures reinforce each other to the greater benefit of the sectors concerned and avoid bending competition rules, writes Giuliano Amato and Emma Bonino.

Will the difference really make a difference?

Ulrike Guérot, - 11 Feb 09
In her review of the Munich Security Conference, Ulrike Gu?rot argues that the US reassured Europe of its commitment to a multilateral approach to foreign policy. But how visible, deep and quick will the change in transatlantic relations be?

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Reinvention of Europe

In the Press

Presseurop
22 May 12

ECFR's policy brief on China and Germany is discussed

Le Monde
21 May 12

ECFR's policy brief on China and Germany quoted

The Moscow News
21 May 12

Nick Witney quoted on NATO Chicago Summit and missile shield

Deutsche Welle
20 May 12

"Merkel's so-called opposition to growth has been overemphasized" comments Thomas Klau

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