Opinion pieces

  • Can the EU deal with its unruly neighbours?, by Daniel Keohane
    European Voice, 21 December 2006

    What future security and defence challenges should the EU prepare for?

    Europe should be worried about the spread of weapons-of-mass-destruction (WMD), failing states and terrorism. In fact it already is.

  • Europe must do more to embrace its neighbours, by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 12 December 2006

    The enlargement of the European Union has lost momentum. Bulgaria and Romania will enter the EU in January, but there is then likely to be a long gap before any other country joins.

  • Turkey and the European Union: Don’t despair, by Katinka Barysch
    Open democracy, 27 November 2006

    The accession of Turkey to the European Union is beset by troubles. It needn’t be if both sides concentrate on the positives, the big picture and the long term, says Katinka Barysch.

  • Failed EU entrance could mean stronger ties to Russia, by Charles Grant
    Zaman online, 26 November 2006

    According to a British think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER), if EU membership negotiations were postponed, Turkey would look for a new alliance, perhaps in Russia.

  • Europe-Amérique: un dialogue possible malgré les divergences, by Katinka Barysch
    Les Temps, 14 November 2006

    Sur l'Irak en particulier, la discussion peut reprendre, mais les divergences subsistent.

    Donald Rumsfeld parti, les fractures causées en Europe par le conflit irakien vont-elles perdurer? Et le dialogue transatlantique va-t-il se normaliser?

  • What to do about Russia?, by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 22 October 2006

    Perhaps the most important challenge for EU foreign policy is to develop a more unified approach to Russia. The EU member-states have very similar interests in Russia.

  • How to ensure the eurozone does not unravel, by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 04 October 2006

    The euro has to be a success if Europe is to flourish. Unfortunately, diverging trends in competitiveness within the eurozone threaten its stability.

  • Slow reform could bust up eurozone, by Simon Tilford
    Business Week, 19 September 2006

    The eurozone risks breaking up in the near future putting the entire EU single market into jeopardy unless member states – particularly Italy - undertake crucial economic reforms, according to a new report.