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?
Experts & Staff
Daniel Korski
ECFR Alumni · Former Senior Policy Fellow
Biography
Daniel Korski used to work for ECFR as Senior Policy Fellow.
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
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
Bringing out the big guns
The Lisbon Treaty may increase the EU’s chances of developing a foreign policy that is both coherent and strong
Can Afghans still count on the EU?
The EU should commit itself to a ?civilian surge’, but with Afghan rather than European civilians
Leering bear, rising dragon
“G2” is this year’s world order catchphrase. The ‘other’ international power duopoly will end in tears for Russia
A year after the Russo-Georgian war, the world looks the same even if the Caucasus are changed forever
Last year, many saw in the Russo-Georgian War signs of a new international order. But it is only the Caucasus that look different
NATO: under new leadership
Transformational leadership, not just status-quo management, is needed for NATO to bridge the chasm between its ambitions and its capacities
Staying power
Britain needs to stick to its mission in Helmand ? it is the right thing to do
The EU’s illiberal Balkan friends
After years of engagement, the EU may have helped create illiberal democracies across the Balkans
Publications
Egypt’s hybrid revolution: A bolder EU approach
How Europe can help Egypt’s move towards democracy
Beyond wait-and-see: the way forward for EU Balkan policy
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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?
Shaping Europe’s Afghan Surge
Will the military surge in Afghanistan fail without a civilian surge?
Re-wiring the US-EU relationship
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
Fact sheet on NATO deployments in Afghanistan
Read our Fact Sheet comparing NATO troop deployment figures in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Europe’s Forgotten War
Daniel Korski argues that the international coalition should overhaul their Afghanistan strategy and strike a ‘grand bargain’ to stabilise the war-torn country
Articles
Egypt’s popular putsch
It is too early to write off Egypt's revolution. Unlike in the past, politics is now a live issue across the country, and that popular force is a difficult one to control or stop, and even the steps that have been taken now seemed impossible just over a year ago.
The year of the HUBRICS
With Europe and much of the West facing a seemingly painful decline, attention continues to shift to the BRICS and the world's other rising powers. But are these countries overplaying their hands as the cracks begin to show in their economic virility?
Without military reform Egypt cannot democratise
Egypt will struggle to progress towards democracy unless some form of military reform takes place. The first challenge is to make sure that any moves towards reform are palatable to the entrenched interests of Military Inc.
Mission manual
Wars are easy to start, hard to fight, and often harder still to end. Learning the right lessons from past wars, recent and old ones, is absolutely key. In Libya the international community must also keep its focus on political rather than military aims.
What Europe needs to do on Libya
The EU needs to act on Libya. If it doesn't, the consequences for Europe – in terms of migration, energy revenues and support for terrorism – could be disasterous. Here are eight concrete steps that European leaders should consider taking.
Taming Libya’s mad dog
If there ever was a need and an opportunity for Europe to show its muscles, Colonel Gaddafi is providing one. The test is a different one for the EU after the turmoil in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond, but European leaders can no longer look the other way
The Middle East needs Germany
The fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Egypt has not so much given Israel a headache as a migraine. Europe – and Germany in particular – needs to play a leading role in reassuring Israel and keeping Middle East peace on track.
Kyrgyzstan: Russia?s Rwanda
Just as France maintained links with its former colonies in Central Africa, Moscow has maintained ties with the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia. In light of the recent violence in its backyard nation of Kyrgyzstan, what lessons can Russia learn from France?s experience in Central Africa?
Western Balkans: The way out of the EU?s waiting room
Pre-occupied with its financial troubles, the EU is no longer paying attention to the Western Balkans. As a result it is losing credibility and influence in a region that may slide back towards instability
What is a Cleggservative foreign policy?
Forget reputations. Britain’s new coalition government of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats will temper its foreign policy approach with a healthy dose of pragmatism
In the media
Daniel Korski is quoted on Serbia relation with the EU
Daniel Korski is quoted on Serbia EU candidacy
Daniel Korski discusses the EU's Balkans strategy
Daniel Korski predicts the directions Vladimir Putin may take in Russia
In an interview, Daniel Korski discusses Libya's security challenge