The debate will focus on the modern Turkey as seen through the eyes of the Turks.
It is too early to write off Egypt's revolution. Unlike in the past, politics is now a live issue across the country, and that popular force is a difficult one to control or stop, and even the steps that have been taken now seemed impossible just over a year ago.
ECFR reports: Simon Winder on Germany's changing role
ECFR español: Entrevista a Raül Romeva, eurodiputado
ECFR deutsch: Fiskalpakt und Eurokrise
ECFR: Is President Assad's defiance in Syria justified?
ECFR Council Meeting debate: The politics of the eurocrisis
ECFR italiano: se cade l'Italia cade l'Euro
ECFR français: crises de la dette - du bon usage de la Chine
The European decision to tighten sanctions against Iran is correct. Careful, balanced and measured pressure on Tehran is necessary as we face a particularly dangerous year for relations with the Iranian regime.
There are encouraging signs that the junta ruling Burma is starting to reform, and the country has been visited by Hillary Clinton and several top politicians from Europe. The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, also needs to pay Burma a visit, and soon.
The financial markets have repeatedly shown their distrust in the long term sustainability of European Monetary Union. Confidence desperately needs to be restored, and that means rapid and credible agreement on measures that include a more integrated political framework.
Are the days of the Syrian president numbered? Despite popular opposition and growing international isolation, Assad's eventual demise is by no means assured.
With Europe and much of the West facing a seemingly painful decline, attention continues to shift to the BRICS and the world's other rising powers. But are these countries overplaying their hands as the cracks begin to show in their economic virility?
China is transforming itself from a major exporter of goods to a major exporter of capital.
To Chongqing or Guangdong? China’s big development decision
Instead of lecturing Ukraine the EU must show that it means business
Algeria is at risk of turmoil without EU-backed reform
Learning to deal with a changing Russia under a familiar leader
What price will Europe pay for China's help in rescuing the euro?
The impossible is also necessary if the euro and Europe are to be saved
Spain's election, caught between the euro crisis and Arab revolutions
The EU's role in building accountable societies in North Africa
Building sustainable EU military power at a time of defence cuts
The UN is becoming multipolar, and the EU should take better advantage
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Sebastian Dullien pens a guest column for Frankfurter Rundschau
Jose Ignacio Torreblanca discusses Mariano Rajoy's visit to Berlin
Mark Leonard discusses comparisons between the 'Arab Awakening' and post-Soviet Europe
Richard Gowan examines the EU's diplomatic strategy in Syria
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