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  • 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 and the EU: Can stalemate be avoided?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 16 December 2010
  • Absorption capacity – the wrong debate
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 09 November 2006

    On November 8th, the European Commission published its new strategy report on enlargement. A non-event: drafts had been widely leaked to the press; and the most explosive question – whether accession negotiations with Turkey should by wholly or partly suspended because of Cyprus – has been put off until December.
  • Turkey, Russia and modern nationalism
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 August 2006

    The EU faces few challenges greater than working out a modus vivendi with two large and difficult neighbours. The way the Union chooses to deal with this duo will do much to determine its future character.
  • Serbia’s choice
    Bulletin article by Angela Heath , 01 August 2006

    Serbia faces a stark political choice this year: to make progress towards joining the EU and NATO, or to turn backwards towards bitter nationalism and a mentality of victimhood.
  • The EU must keep its promise to the Western Balkans
    Essay by Tim Judah, 07 July 2006

    Enlargement has been one of the EU's most successful policies. In the case of the Central and East European countries, the wish to join the Union has helped to foster stability, democratisation and economic reform.
  • Cyprus, Turkey and the EU: Time for a sense of proportion and compromise
    Policy brief by Lord Hannay, 03 July 2006

    The start of Turkish accession talks provided a faint glimmer of hope for unfreezing the Cyprus stalemate that has prevailed since the Greek Cypriots voted down a UN-sponsored settlement plan in 2004.
  • The EU's awkward neighbour: Time for a new policy on Belarus
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, 06 April 2006

    On 19 March 2006 the people of Belarus vote in a presidential election. The result of an election that has been neither free nor fair is certain: President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will be re-elected. What is not certain is how the EU reacts.
  • 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.
  • East versus West? The European economic and social model after enlargement
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 06 January 2006

    The EU's enlargement to the East has been an economic success. Trade between the old and the new members is thriving. Foreign investment by West European companies has helped to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in Central and Eastern Europe, and it has generated multi-billion euro profits for the investing companies.