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Turkey's turmoil, the EU's reaction

Insight by Katinka Barysch
10 April 2008

Political turmoil is nothing new in Turkey. After six years of unusual stability, tensions have mounted since early 2007. The army threatened to topple the AKP government in case it made Abdullah Gul president.
The EU, Israel and Hamas

Working paper by Clara Marina O'Donnell
04 April 2008

The US has embarked on a new attempt to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, backed by wide international support. But the situation on the ground between Israel and the Palestinians is so bad that peace looks out of reach for now.
Eurozone economic outlook: Too much complacency

Insight by Simon Tilford
03 April 2008

A year ago the prospect of the dollar falling to 1.60 against the euro would have brought on cold sweats across Europe. Yet, here we are and there is no sense of crisis.
Issue 59 April/May 2008

28 March 2008
Liberal reforms are no threat to social Europe
By Philip Whyte
For a new Iran policy
External author(s): Christoph Bertram
Applicants sought for new Council president
By Hugo Brady
The new politics of EU internal security

Insight by Hugo Brady
28 March 2008

EU interior ministers are racing to finish a raft of new legislation on terrorism, crime and illegal immigration by the end of the year. One reason for their sudden sense of urgency is politics.
A joint response to the credit crunch

Insight by Katinka Barysch
19 March 2008

Ailing banks are being rescued, markets remain frozen, economic numbers are becoming gloomier. Of course, central banks and governments are focusing on fire-fighting, on cutting interest rates, on providing cash to liquidity-starved banks and to consumers.
Dmitry Medvedev - Putin clone or the new man?

Insight by Bobo Lo
13 March 2008

As Dmitry Medvedev walked across Red Square to join the concert celebrating his crushing victory in the Russian presidential elections, he could have been forgiven for wondering whether he had reached the pinnacle of achievement or been handed a poisoned chalice.
The Czechs in the EU: In the middle of the class

Insight by Charles Grant
10 March 2008

On a recent visit to Prague, people kept asking me how the Czech Republic was doing as EU member-state, and whether it was a successful member.