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  • Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
    Bulletin article by Rem Korteweg, 25 March 2013
    Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan
  • A new neighbourhood policy for the EU
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, 11 March 2011
  • Who is winning Eastern Europe's great game?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 19 July 2010
  • The real crisis for Europe
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Newsweek, 10 October 2005

    So, is Turkey to start membership talks with the European Union? The reception could hardly be more hostile. As the public sees it, the EU is big enough already. Political leaders from France's Nicolas Sarkozy to Germany's Angela Merkel are opposed.
  • A beacon of liberty flickers: Observations on Georgia
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    New Statesman, 18 July 2005

    President Bush proclaimed Georgia a "beacon for liberty" when he visited Tbilisi in May. Georgia has certainly made great progress since people power overthrew the corrupt and incompetent regime of Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003. Nevertheless, clouds are dimming the light of that beacon.
  • 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".
  • 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 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.
  • How the EU should help its neighbours
    Policy brief by Heather Grabbe, 04 June 2004

    The EU has had huge success in using its enlargement process to help ten Central and East European countries along the path to becoming stable democracies and successful market economies. Can it do the same for its neighbours, such as Ukraine and Algeria?
  • Is Europe working?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 January 2004

    With more than 14 million people out of work, unemployment is the EU's greatest economic problem. However, while EU policy-makers ponder Germany's 4.3 million unemployed, Britain's low labour productivity and Italy's greying workforce, they have missed one of Europe's key labour market challenges: eastward enlargement.