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Democracy and human development in the broader Middle East:
A transatlantic strategy for partnership by Steven Everts et
al, report
published by the GMF and the TESEV, 21 June 2004
It's time to do your homework: Ministers must be ordered to fight
back and expose the EU sceptics by Charles Grant, The Guardian,
17 June 2004
The EU constitutional treaty: the state of play ahead of the summit
by Aurore Wanlin, briefing note, 14 June 2004
EU enlargement: How to reap the benefits
by Katinka Barysch, Economic Trends [Finland], June 2004
A joint strategy to promote political reform in the Mideast
by Steven Everts, The Jordan Times, 10 June 2004
The UK should see enlargement as an opportunity to revive the Lisbon
process by Alasdair Murray, Progress Magazine,
June/July 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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A 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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in the press
The
Financial Times
21 June 2004
Treaty
was the easy part for Blair
"This
is not just Number 10 spinning," says Charles Grant, director
of the Centre for European Reform. "On every one of the major
issues on the table, the treaty is as watertight as the British want
it to be."
However, some analysts say the argument that Mr Blair has given the
green light to a two-speed Europe is exaggerated. "The
constitution won't change Europe radically," argues Charles Grant.
"But what would change Europe would be a British No vote. That
would create a club for the avant-garde, a core Europe in which Britain
is languishing in the second tier - and possibly heading for the exit."
The Observer
20 June 2004
Europe:
hard sell begins
Such
practical benefits - consumer perks, the threat to inward investment
and jobs if Britain is forced out of the European mainstream for refusing
to ratify the treaty - must form the basis of the pro-European campaign,
says Charles Grant, director of the thinktank the Centre for European
Reform. "Like Napoleon said, we are a nation of shopkeepers.
If we become detached or leave the EU, we will get less foreign investment,
we will be seen as a peripheral economy."
International
Herald Tribune
19 June 2004
EU
leaders forge accord on charter
"Chirac
did him a real favour when he complained so loudly because it allows
Blair to look tough at home," said Heather Grabbe, deputy director
of the Center for European Reform in London. "Ironically it could
be as diluted as you like and there would still be a risk that the
British public will vote it down. "In Britain the
symbolism matters so much more than the substance," Grabbe said.
Deutsche
Welle
19 June 2004
Examining
EU-Russian Relations
Katinka
Barysch, of the Centre for European Reform is a critic of EU-Russian
relations: She says they won't get much better until the political
and economic direction of Russia becomes clearer. "As
long as Russia is unsure about whether it is going to the direction
of a democracy and a liberal market economy or not, it will be very
difficult for the EU to have a much better relationship with the Russians,"
said Barysch, who recently published a book on EU-Russia relations.
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