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The European Council on Foreign Relations

Commentary: Institutions, Money and Power

How can the European Union and its member countries increase their global reach? How should the EU pursue its interests and values through trade and aid policies? Can European civilian and military capabilities be deployed with greater effectiveness in the world?s conflict zones?

Europe retreats

09 Feb 09 - Richard Gowan,

Europe's military is beating the retreat just as the world's emerging powers are expanding their presence ? an early sign perhaps of a new international order.

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Blame the policy, not the army

05 Feb 09 - Nick Witney,

As the British Army?s problems deepen, Nick Witney blames a defence policy too fixated on the US.

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Hammers and nails

26 Jan 09 - José Ignacio Torreblanca,

As the US plans to beef up its foreign service, Europe should also consider instilling life to the idea of an integrated diplomatic service, argues Jos? Ignacio Torreblanca.

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Obama and the future of transatlantic relations

20 Jan 09 - Ulrike Guérot,

Obama will be barraged with ?wish lists? from around the world following inauguration. Ulrike Gu?rot argues the case for transatlantic relations.

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Die neue Au?enpolitik der USA

17 Jan 09 - Dr. Albert Rohan

Pr?sident Obama muss die dringenden au?enpolitischen Herausforderungen sofort nach seiner Angelobung angehen.

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Why the Czechs must ratify the Lisbon Treaty

13 Jan 09 - Ulrike Guérot,

Ulrike Gu?rot urges the Czech Republic, the current holder of the EU Presidency, to ratify the Lisbon Treaty.

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Czechs must guide the EU through choppy waters

30 Dec 08 - Andrew Duff MEP

The purgatory between two Treaties will be a difficult time for the EU. Andrew Duff MEP explains what the Czechs, who have yet to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, face at the start of their EU Presidency.

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European Defence - now with added elan?

19 Dec 08 - Nick Witney,

Nick Witney assesses the outcome of the French Presidency's efforts on the 'new impetus? for European defence.

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French-German disputes are tearing the EU apart

11 Dec 08 - Ulrike Guérot,

Ulrike Gu?rot warns that there is no vision for Europe without the leadership tandem.

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Theme park Europe

01 Dec 08 - José Ignacio Torreblanca,

Few outside Europe, from the CIA to world public opinion, believe that the EU will be a relevant world actor in 2025

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How MEPs can help save the UN Human Rights Council

28 Nov 08 - Richard Gowan & Franziska Brantner

A European Parliament debate on the EU?s role on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) comes at an embarrassing moment.

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How Europe can respond to Obama

25 Nov 08 - Chris Patten

How will we react when Barack Obama asks us to put our unity, soldiers, money and resolve where our mouths have been?

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Exiting Africa?

24 Nov 08 - Richard Gowan,

The Congo crisis demonstrated the UN's limitations, but its longest-lasting effect may be to mark the end of European military interventions in Africa.

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The death of NATO

20 Nov 08 - Nick Witney,

Now in its 60th year, NATO no longer provides a healthy basis for the trans-Atlantic security relationship.

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Europe must act as one on the world stage

20 Nov 08 - Marta Dass?

Instead of talking in the abstract about a single EU voice, Europeans should forge pragmatic arrangements to simplify and make more effective their external representation.

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