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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 offers EU more punch
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    European Voice, 01 September 2005

    Rather than undermine the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, Turkish membership of the Union could boost the bloc's power in trouble spots across the Middle East and Central Asia, argues Charles Grant.
  • Variable geometry
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Prospect, 01 July 2005

    The end of enlargement would be a tragedy. Perhaps it can be saved by "variable geometry".
  • The economics of Turkish accession
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 01 July 2005

    Countries that want to join the EU need to comply with four accession criteria: One is political, one is related to EU law and two concern economics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ukraine's European choice
    Policy brief by Kataryna Wolczuk, 01 October 2004

    During the 1990s, the EU was busy completing its single market, introducing the euro and helping the Central and East European applicants get ready for accession.