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Difficult but
necessary: A joint strategy to promote political reform in the Middle
East by Steven Everts, Dar al hayant,
Saudi Arabia, 30 May 2004
Whither EU-Russian Relations? by Katinka Barysch, The
Moscow Times, 21 May 2004
The
dangerous idea of partitioning Iraq-A Balkan lesson
by Carl Bildt, International Herald Tribune, 20 May 2004
A security strategy for Europe - The Solana strategy in the wake
of Madrid 
by Chris Patten, Javier Solana, Doug Bereuter, Barry Posen, Steven
Everts, Oxford Journal on good governance,
May 2004
Big bang that began with a whimper
by Heather Grabbe, E!Sharp, May 2004
Where is the EU heading? by Bob van den Bos, Tony Judt,
Heather Grabbe, Mehmet Ugur, Jan Zielonka, Carl Lankowski, Anthony
Coughlan and Andrid Gobins, BBC News, 29 April 2004
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THE EU AND RUSSIA
Strategic partners or squabbling neighbours?
by Katinka Barysch
The
EU and Russia share a multitude of interests and objectives. The
EU is Russia’s biggest export market, while Russia is a crucial
supplier of energy to the Union. However, as Katinka Barysch explains,
the two sides often squabble. The EU asks Russia to become more
liberal, open and democratic, but Russians find the EU policy arrogant
and intrusive. The Union’s recent enlargement has made the
relationship more tense. The pamphlet concludes with a series of
recommendations to both the EU and Russia on how they can build
a more constructive partnership.
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MANUFACTURING
FIRST
A new way forward for global trade
by Bruce Stokes
Global
trade negotiations inside the WTO remain stalled. Recently, negotiators
have talked up the prospects for progress in the ‘Doha development
round’ – but no one is expecting an imminent breakthrough.
In this new CER working paper Bruce Stokes argues policy-makers
in Brussels and Washington must think and act more creatively. The
first priority should be a revival of the Doha round. To that end,
the EU and US should show greater flexibility in their negotiating
strategies, especially in the area of agriculture.
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NEW
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EUROPEAN WAY OF WAR
by Steven Everts, Lawrence Freedman,
Charles Grant, François Heisbourg,
Daniel Keohane and Michael O'Hanlon
The
Europeans should develop their own distinctive approach to warfare,
argue the authors of this pamphlet. Although the Europeans can learn
from the Americans on how to prepare for the most demanding sorts
of military mission, they should build on their core strengths of
peacekeeping, nation-building and counter insurgency. Britain and
France, having the most battlehoned armed forces, should take a
lead in defining the European way. And the Americans have plenty
to learn from the Europeans when it comes to stabilising countries
after a conflict.
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THE CONSTELLATIONS
OF EUROPE
How enlargement will transform the EU
by Heather Grabbe
Eastward
enlargement will change the EU far more than its current members
expect. Many people predict that the arrival of ten new countries
will paralyse decision-making, but few have thought about how the
newcomers will shape the various EU policies. Heather Grabbe plots
the new members' positions in the emerging constellations of Europe
- on the new constitution, the EU's budget, economic and regulatory
policies, border controls, defence and the EU's role in the world.
She argues that widening will ultimately lead to a deepening of
European integration.
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CER
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CER
event
LAUNCH
OF
'THE CONSTELLATIONS
OF EUROPE'
With Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen in Brussels
27 May 2004
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CER
in the press
The Financial Times
28 May 2004
EU
appeals for fairness over Turkish talks
Mr Verheugen said: "We cannot have double standards. We cannot
have 100 per cent implementation. We do not do that even with our
own countries," he said in a speech marking publication of
'The Constellations of Europe'
by the London-based Centre for European Reform.
Euractiv.com
28 May 2004
Verheugen:
no "double standards" for Turkey
According
to Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen, the EU's scheduled
October report on Turkey's readiness to start negotiations would "use
the same methodology and benchmarks, the same criteria and same rules"
as those applied to the other candidate states. Addressing an event
hosted by the Centre for European Reform, Mr Verheugen said that "We
must not have higher standards for Turkey, or lower standards".
European voice
28 May 2004
Heather grabs
top spot in ‘talking heads’ hit parade
You're a journalist trying to explain the vagaries of
European integration to a sceptical and even apathetic readership.
You need a pithy quote from an expert and you need it fast. Who
ya gonna call? Heather Grabbe, of course. Well, there are a few
other talking heads you might try, but Grabbe, the deputy director
of the Centre for European Reform, is the current It-girl of quotable
analysts. She consistently offers accessible, but not over-simplistic,
insights on a range of EU political questions. How often is she
quoted? A search on the Nexis database of major world publications
turned up 136 references to Grabbe in the last two years. On the
Google News website, I found 52 Grabbe hits in the past month, with
quotes everywhere from The New York Times to The Calcutta Telegraph.
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