Are sanctions enough?
The EU’s common position on Burma is up for renegotiation. Sanctions might not be effective, but are they the only option the EU has?
Human Rights
Break down these walls
The EU should reinvent its crisis management capabilities / An open letter to the 27 Permanent Representatives to the EU
The making of a strategic shambles
The West tried to help in Darfur and Chad. But by having to cooperate with governments responsible for much of the suffering, EU and UN troops ended up pawns in struggles they could not stop
Sudan, 2011
In January 2011 the people of South Sudan will vote on whether to secede from the North. Violence is expected to follow. The EU must start preparing now for an intervention in Sudan if it is to have any chance of being ready to help
Sudan: the EU?s election problem
The EU has had to withdraw its election observers from Darfur before the upcoming Sudanese election. No surprise there: Darfur remains a dangerous place. But what why did the EU get involved in this controversial poll in the first place?
The price of principle
Attention turns once again to Sri Lanka this week as the country gears up for its parliamentary elections. The EU recently decided to stop treating Sri Lanka as a preferential trading partner. What does this mean for Sri Lanka, and does it affect the EU?s clout in standing up for human rights around the world?
Ignoring the outside world
Does it really matter whether Catherine Ashton’s travel plans include Haiti, Gaza or an erupting Icelandic volcano? There must be more insightful analysis, and less idle gossip, in press coverage of EU attempts to forge a common foreign policy
Europe et op?rations ext?rieures
Daniel Korski et Richard Gowan sur la strat?gie de s?curit? civilo-militaire de l?UE. L?Europe peut-elle passer de la rh?torique ? l?action?
The Munich Security Conference: Europe’s absence
The Munich Security Conference was once again at the centre of foreign policy discussion, but Europe was an intellectual absentee
Haiti: how many Europeans does it take to assess an earthquake?
Whether Bulgaria’s Rumiana Jeleva is the right person for the EU’s humanitarian job or not, Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake shows just how badly Europe needs someone to coordinate humanitarian assistance