Sacking Sarkozy won’t be enough
The new French president will have to make a decision about a European treaty that would demand still greater austerity. The choice will affect the future of France, and of...
Cameron’s Munich?
Is this David Cameron’s Munich? It is not without historical irony that the only other country to stand with Britain over the Fiscal Compact at yesterday's EU Summit was the Czech Republic which Chamberlain...
2011, Lessons of Hubris
The Arab uprisings expose the self-delusion of the powerful - from the region itself to Turkey, Germany and the rest of Europe. This is a moment to register and build...
Stiffen the Sinews, Prime Minister
Written by PROF. JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Dear Prime Minister Cameron, We are both off to Brussels today. You are going to attend some minor event at which you are expected by...
€-Day: Just How Broke Are We Europeans?
Written by PROF. JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Saturday, 03 December 2011 16:02 Oslo, Norway. 2 December. €-Day approacheth and with it the Onion’s day of reckoning. Norway is not in the EU and...
Does Germany Really Want to Save the Euro?
Written by PROF. JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Does Germany really want to save the Euro? The great Austrian strategist Count Metternich once famously said that when Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold. Today,...
What exactly would the UK gain from leaving the EU?
Written by JUSTIN STARES Wednesday, 09 November 2011 08:28 Could the United Kingdom leave the European Union while maintaining the free trade agreement that Norway enjoys with the bloc? There...
From One Debt Bubble to Another – Europe is Rrunning out of Ideas
Written by DEAN CARROLL Friday, 21 October 2011 08:15 Many are holding their breath in anticipation that the eurozone summit on Sunday will result in an all-dancing, all-singing solution to...
Long Road Ahead: Skopje-Brussels, via Athens
Written by GJORGJI STAMOV Wednesday, 05 October 2011 16:39 The Republic of Macedonia pursued a policy of peaceful independence from war-ravaged Yugoslavia in 1991. Considering the devastating outcome of that...
A Bolder Barroso: Too Little, Too Late?
By FRANCESCO GUARASCIO | 03.10.2011 European Commission President José Manuel Barroso waited until nearly the middle of his second mandate to show bold ambitions for the European project, but his...
The Obstacles to Sustainable Peace and Democracy in Post-Independence Kosovo
BY GEZIM VISOKA** | 17.08.2011 Introduction Even after ten years of international administration and almost three years since its declaration of independence from Serbia, Kosovo continues to face ethnic and...
Do You Agree that the UK has Ignored the Threat from the Far Right?
By Dr Chris Allen** | 31.07.2011 “As news began to break about the atrocities committed in Oslo and Utøya on 22 July, a number of media outlets began to suggest...
Oslo Massacre: is Old Europe Back?
BY ASSOC. PROF. GÖKHAN BACIK** | 26.07.2011 Norwegian academic Bernt Hagtvet, in an article titled “Right-wing extremism in Europe,” warned: “A specter is haunting Europe -- the specter of nationalism,...
Cascading Normalization in the ‘Western Balkans’
By KARLO BASTA* | 30.06.2011 To a number of Western observers, last month’s arrest of Ratko Mladic brings to an end the long drawn out implosion of the former...
The Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative: Realism or Idealism?
BY DIMITRIS RAPIDIS** | 08.06.2011 Regional strategic cooperation has the exceptional advantage of bringing together states and policy makers that share common concerns, ponder upon same risks and challenges, and...