Backsliding on human rights
The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk
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Lives at risk at the UN
As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk
Stop rewarding violence in Afghanistan
The international community needs to get serious about helping Afghanistan and stop rewarding human rights abuses
Iceland in the EU? Yes, but?.
The Icelandic application for EU membership is a little bit special: propelled by the economic crisis, the EU’s eagerness will annoy other potential accession states
The guns of August: non-event with consequences
The political fallout of the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008 affects far more than the main combatants
Why the Obama Administration should not take central and Eastern Europe for granted
Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Central and Eastern Europe is no longer at the heart of American foreign policy. A GMF policy brief
Right problem, wrong solution
The German Constitutional Court finally approved the Lisbon Treaty this week. But why was this necessary?
Is Sweden up to the challenge?
Financial crisis, the stalement created by the Czech presidency, the uncertainty surrounding Lisbon and EU institutions: there is certainly a lot on the Swedish Presidency plate
A Swedish-led listening tour of the East
The EU should start listening and involving the small and fragile states of the eastern neighbourhood, and the Swedish Presidency should be the body lead this “listening tour” charge
Reinvigorating the EU?s Eastern Policy
There will be dire consequences on the EU’s eastern border unless the EU rethinks its eastern neighbourhood strategy