Soft power? Hard work ahead
The EU must make its civilian capabilities work better alongside its military tools
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Troika, trio, treat, trick
After the elections for Commission president, we are now drowned in the gibberish of the Council of Europe president elections
The Rise And Fall (And Rise?) Of Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ukraine’s election campaign kicks off today – Andrew Wilson discusses Yatsenyuk’s future
Europe?s civilian failings
Prospect Magazine blog post on our latest report – A review of Europe’s civilian capacities
The EU and failing states
The EU has a disturbing ?lack of capacity? when it comes to state building and crisis missions. The EU and its member states need to stand up to help prevent fragile states turning into failed states
Klaus can?t sink the Lisbon treaty
Now it’s only Vaclas Klaus who holds out against Lisbon
No more low-hanging fruit
Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part
Чий е Европейският съюз
Закъснял с десет години, Лисабонският договор изглежда, че най-после ще види бял свят…
EU-Armenia: high-level, but low-profile
Armenia pragmatically tries to benefit from what the EU offers
Now the EU should get serious in Iraq
The Iraq issue almost derailed the European Security and Defence Policy, but now it presents a chance to show how far the EU has come in learning how to stabilise war-damaged states. The divisions within the EU over Iraq made it look all too foolish in 2003, so now it’s time to get serious