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  • Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future
    Insight by Heather Grabbe, 19 June 2013
    Gezi park protest
  • Is Turkey our partner now?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 28 November 2011
    Is Turkey our partner now?
  • Turkey's choice
    Opinion piece 02 June 2011
    Turkey's choice
  • Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future
    Insight by Heather Grabbe, 19 June 2013

    The protests in Turkey show Erdogan's leadership style is at odds with the more pluralist and modern society that his government's EU-inspired reforms have fostered.
  • The European External Action Service
    Review article by Charles Grant, 15 March 2013

    The European External Action Service (EEAS) is, potentially, a very useful tool for enhancing British influence in the EU and in the world.
  • Europe's External Action Service: Ten steps towards a credible EU foreign policy
    Policy brief by Edward Burke, 04 July 2012

    The EU's new diplomatic service has been widely criticised. Although the EEAS has achieved more than many acknowledge, it can still do a lot better.
  • Batı Türkiye’ye çok yumuşak
    Opinion piece 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.
  • Is Turkey our partner now?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 28 November 2011

    Six years after the start of accession talks, the EU and Turkey are struggling to keep up a semblance of progress. Having opened talks on 13 chapters of EU law by mid- 2010, they have not started on a new one for over a year now. Most of the remaining 22 chapters are blocked because of the Cyprus dispute and French opposition to full Turkish membership.
  • Why the EU and Turkey need to co-ordinate their foreign policies
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Carnegie, 31 August 2011

    The idea of an EU-Turkey foreign policy dialogue has been catching on in European and Turkish policy circles over the last couple of years.

  • Turkey's choice
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    International Herald Tribune, 02 June 2011

    Turkey's election in 2007 was preceded by threats of a military coup. The 2002 one was overshadowed by an economic meltdown.

  • Press freedom – the new accession criterion?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 16 May 2011

    Countries that want to join the EU need to show that their democracies work well. However, press freedom – a key ingredient of any pluralist democracy – is under threat in most of the countries that are now queuing for accession.