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  • The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 24 July 2013
    The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
  • A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
    Bulletin article by Ian Bond, 24 May 2013
    A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
  • NATO and the costs of star wars
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 May 2013
    NATO and the costs of star wars
  • A new European approach to China
    Bulletin article by Mark Leonard, 03 April 2006

    Until now EU policy towards China has focused mainly on domestic issues: opening up China’s economy, protecting intellectual property, improving respect for human rights, and securing the readmission of illegal migrants.
  • How to build a better EU foreign policy
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 03 April 2006

    With its constitutional treaty moribund, the EU needs to find new projects that show its relevance to the citizens of Europe. One priority should be a plan for a more coherent Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).
  • EU 2010: A programme for reform
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, , Simon Tilford, 03 February 2006

    The European Union is suffering from a profound malaise. There have been difficult times in the past – such as the 'empty chair' left by General de Gaulle in the mid-1960s, the rows over the British budget contribution in the early 1980s, and the struggles to ratify the Maastricht treaty and preserve the Exchange Rate Mechanism in the early 1990s.
  • The EU needs a bolder Balkan strategy
    Bulletin article by Carl Bildt, 01 February 2006

    The Balkans are returning to the top of the EU’s agenda. UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari has begun to negotiate Kosovo’s future, while Montenegrins will probably vote in April on whether to break with Serbia.
  • The EU needs a policy on Belarus
    Bulletin article by Urban Ahlin , 01 December 2005

    The first time that I visited Belarus, I noticed that the streets were clean, the subway ran on schedule and the people were very hospitable. On the surface, the people of Minsk seem to enjoy life.
  • Can EU diplomacy stop Iran's nuclear programme?
    Working paper by Mark Leonard, 04 November 2005

    When Iran restarted its nuclear programme in August 2005, it seemed to obliterate two years of EU efforts to persuade Tehran not to build a nuclear bomb. However, Mark Leonard argues that the EU should persevere with diplomacy.
  • Fighting terrorism: The EU needs a strategy not a shopping list
    Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 October 2005

    The fight against international terrorism is a key priority of Britain's EU presidency. Following the July London bombings, the British government is understandably keen to speed up European counter-terrorism efforts.
  • Crunch time on Iran: Five ways out of a nuclear crisis
    Policy brief by Mark Leonard, 01 August 2005

    For the last few weeks Iran has been openly flirting with the idea of developing nuclear weapons. The European Union, under the leadership of Britain, France and Germany, has been trying to stop it.