Opinion pieces

  • Let Russia show the way on Syria, by Edward Burke
    The New York Times, 11 June 2012

    Like him or loathe him over his stance on Syria, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, is a better diplomat than most. Experience counts, and Lavrov has spent almost three decades at the United Nations.

  • Batı Türkiye’ye çok yumuşak, by Charles Grant
    Cumhuriyet, 11 June 2012

    Interview with Charles Grant in Turkish on 'Turkey should focus on working more closely with the EU in specific areas, rather than the accession process.' Please see attachment.

  • Ousting Greece will not bring catharsis, by Simon Tilford
    The International Herald Tribune, 06 June 2012

    How the eurozone handles Greece will determine whether the single currency survives - and hence the future of the European Union as a whole.

  • Greece and the eurozone: Managing the crisis, by Simon Tilford
    Open democracy, 29 May 2012

    How the eurozone handles Greece will determine whether or not the single currency survives - and hence the future of the European Union as a whole.

  • Aliancia nepatrí do múzea, by Tomas Valasek
    SME Daily (Slovakia), 16 May 2012

    Svet bez NATO sa dá predstaviť, ale bola by to chyba. Aj keď teraz je ekonomická kríza väčšou hrozbou ako nedostatok bezpečnosti, nemusí to tak zostať natrvalo.

  • Soccer boycott could kick Ukraine toward reform, by Tomas Valasek
    Bloomberg, 11 May 2012

    If war is a continuation of politics by other means, then so is soccer. That's why European Union leaders are right to use the"beautiful game" to pressure an ugly regime in Ukraine.

  • Would Orwell be pro-European?, by Hugo Brady
    E!Sharp, 01 May 2012

    George Orwell devoted a lot of his writing to how the use of language is intimately connected to the abuse of power by politicians and officials.

  • Ihr selbstgerechten Deutschen!, by Simon Tilford
    Die Zeit, 30 April 2012

    Wenn es um die Krise in der Euro-Zone geht, lautet die herrschende Erzählung in Deutschland wie folgt: Es gibt keine Krise des Euro, denn dieser war ein Erfolg. Wenn einige Staaten im Moment in Schwierigkeiten stecken, dann nur deshalb, weil sie an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verloren und die Maastricht-Kriterien verletzt haben.