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  • Europe's struggle for influence in Egypt
    Insight by Rem Korteweg, 23 August 2013
    Europe's struggle for influence in Egypt
  • Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future
    Insight by Heather Grabbe, 19 June 2013
    Gezi park protest
  • Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
    Bulletin article by Rem Korteweg, 25 March 2013
    Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
  • Europe must keep its 'soft power'
    Opinion piece by Carl Bildt
    Financial Times, 01 June 2005

    In the aftermath of the French rejection of the European Union constitution, on the eve of the Dutch referendum and amid political uncertainty in Germany, there is a growing risk that the EU will start to backtrack on its commitment to continued enlargement.
  • One year after enlargement
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 April 2005

    When the EU took in ten more countries in May 2004, many people across Europe feared that an enlargement of that size would wreak havoc in the European economy and bring EU decision-making to a halt.
  • Tangerine dream
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    Financial Times, 12 February 2005

    The man I went to see in Cairo is now in prison. I had seen Ayman Nur, the leader of Al- Ghad (The Party of Tomorrow), in the pride of his growing fame and success: at the peak of the growth of a movement which he created and which attracts some of the brightest spirits in Egypt; in his home, amid the clutter of his wealth and in the company of a wife who is also a partner in his work.
  • Ukraine after the Orange Revolution
    Policy brief by Kataryna Wolczuk, 04 February 2005

    The pace and scope of change triggered by Ukraine's presidential elections in late 2004 has surprised the EU, the US, Russia and, not least, most Ukrainians themselves.
  • Turquie-Europe : les dix règles d’or
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Les Echos, 13 December 2004

    L’engagement des négociations en vue de l’adhésion de la Turquie sera un test majeur pour les ambitions européennes en matière de politique étrangère.
  • Ukraine should not be part of a 'great game'
    Briefing note by Charles Grant, , 08 December 2004

    In their reporting of the crisis in Ukraine, the world's media have focused on the pro-Yushchenko demonstrators. But while this manifestation of 'people power' has understandably grabbed the headlines, another, more sinuous tale has unfolded in the chancelleries and foreign ministries of EU capitals, Moscow and Washington.
  • Russia, the EU and Ukraine: Not a tug of war
    Briefing note by Charles Grant, 01 December 2004

    What has been the real choice in Ukraine's presidential election? To judge not only from the Russian media, but also from some western newspapers, Ukraine is the subject of a tug of war between Russia and the West.
  • When negotiations begin: The next phase in EU-Turkey relations
    Essay by Heather Grabbe, 05 November 2004

    Turkey has succeeded in completing the first group of Herculean tasks set by the EU. Ten years ago, it was hard to imagine that Turkey would abolish the death penalty, permit children to learn in Kurdish and place a civilian in charge of national security.