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Gebt Syriza eine Chance!

Christian Odendahl
27 February 2015
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Welche Reformen Griechenland wirklich braucht und warum (Tot-) Sparen nicht hilft

Only more Greek drama will avoid the drachma

Christian Odendahl
26 February 2015
Wall Street Journal
“We will probably witness another late-night agreement in four months’ time,” says Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a London think tank.

EU to lay out energy strategy reducing dependence on Russia

Rem Korteweg
25 February 2015
dpa international
"Europe will be a much more difficult market for Russian energy companies to penetrate in the future," Rem Korteweg, an analyst at the Centre for European Reform, told dpa Insight EU. "If they haven't noticed that yet, they surely will now."

Judy Asks: Is NATO’s 2 per cent spending call realistic?

Rem Korteweg
25 February 2015
Carnegie Europe
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

EU membership: Is it really ‘Time to Jump’ to a worse alternative?

Stephen Tindale
24 February 2015
British Influence
Stephen Tindale on attending David Campbell Banerman MEP's conference on 'Alternatives to EU membership'.

Expert: Minsk talks on Ukraine possible only due to Belarus' neutral position

23 February 2015
Belarusian News
According to Charles Grant, Europe is grateful to Belarus for its neutral position on the Ukrainian crisis. Only Belarus' position made the two rounds of Minsk talks possible.

Чего хочет Европа?

22 February 2015
Belarus TV
Чарльз Грант, директор Центра европейских реформ (Лондон): "Прежде всего, Европа очень благодарна Беларуси за её нейтральную позицию в украинском кризисе".

Concern in Britain over diminished role on world stage

21 February 2015
Agence France Presse
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform, a think tank in London, told AFP that there had been a "shrinking of ambition".

Wilton Park interviews Ian Bond

21 February 2015
Wilton Park
Wilton Park interviews Ian Bond and Maria Lipman on the frictions on Europe’s eastern boundaries.

Ian Bond speaks to BBC Radio 'Good Morning Scotland'

21 February 2015
BBC Radio Scotland
Ian Bond is interviewed by the 'Good Morning Scotland' show on BBC Radio Scotland to discuss the situation on the ground in Ukraine.

Eurozone officials reach accord with Greece to extend bailout

Simon Tilford
20 February 2015
The New York Times
“This deal won’t be a game-changer for the Greek economy — the outlook there won’t change dramatically” because the funds will largely go to repaying Greece’s debts, not to the real economy, said Simon Tilford of the CER.

To protect the environment, the UK must stay in the EU

Stephen Tindale
20 February 2015
Mark Avery
Stephen Tindale writes a guest blog for Mark Avery.

Эксперт о миротворцах на Донбассе: "Максимум, что может быть, – увеличение миссии ОБСЕ"

20 February 2015
segodnya.ua
Ian Bond explains why Ukraine's request for UN peacekeepers won't be met, but it may get more OSCE observers to monitor the ceasefire in the east (in Russian).

Greece defiant as Germany tears up last-ditch EMU compromise on austerity

Simon Tilford
19 February 2015
The Telegraph
“Syriza have made a lot of mistakes and there isn’t much sympathy for them,” said Simon Tilford. “But at the same time frustration is increasing at the Germans. Not every country is relaxed at the prospect of Greece being ejected from the euro.”

The Energy Union: It’s now or never for a European energy policy

Stephen Tindale
18 February 2015
Energy Post
Stephen Tindale is even more critical. “There is no chance we will have a European energy policy”, he says. “In an ideal world we would have it. But the differences between the member states are too large, for example in renewables or nuclear power.”

LBC Radio interviews Ian Bond

18 February 2015
LBC Radio
Ian Bond talks to LBC Radio's Shelagh Fogarty about the European response to Russia. 

Minsk peace is an illusion

15 February 2015
The Moscow Times
It is easy to see the short-term imperative of the deal agreed in Minsk on February 12th for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: His troops have been on the retreat since New Year's, as Russia has inserted more forces and equipment into eastern Ukraine.
France, Germany and Britain have all come out...

The next European flashpoints

Ian Bond, Denis Corboy, William Courtney, Michael Haltzel and Kenneth Yalowitz
15 February 2015
The National Interest
Ukraine is not the only bone of contention between Russia and the West.

Is Mr Cameron the most parochial PM ever?

14 February 2015
The Guardian
As Ian Bond of the CER told me, this isn’t a strategy, it’s just noise. You either arm Ukraine or you don’t. If you wait until its armed forces are on the point of collapse, it will be too late.

Alternatives worse than EU membership, says new report

13 February 2015
EurActiv.com
According to Charles Grant of the CER, the most likely outcome of the UK exit would be a UK-EU Free Trade Agreement. But this could take years, and terms might not be favourable to the UK, he warned.