Europe?s civilian failings
Prospect Magazine blog post on our latest report – A review of Europe’s civilian capacities
Human Rights
Can the EU rebuild failing states? A review of Europe’s civilian capacities.
Have broken promises and treating Afghanistan, DR Congo and Iraq left the EU without the capacity to prevent fragile states from failing?
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.
No more low-hanging fruit
Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part.
Backsliding on human rights
The EU and their allies have to get their act together on human rights. Lives are at risk.
The EU and human rights at the UN: 2009 annual review
The EU?s ongoing loss of influence at the UN is putting lives at risk, argues the author of ECFR’s latest paper
Lives at risk at the UN
As European power at the UN declines, human rights standards drop and lives are put at risk
No easy solution for hunger
African farmers need seeds and fertilizers – and Governments that work
Stop rewarding violence in Afghanistan
The international community needs to get serious about helping Afghanistan and stop rewarding human rights abuses
Kosovo visa liberisation: an Open Letter by the Schengen White List Project
An open letter urging EU visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Signed by Giuliano Amato, Otto Schily, Gerald Knaus and Mark Leonard, among others.