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Public launch event: Erosion et renationalisation: la politique extérieure de l’Europe en 2011 - 08 Feb 12

Public debate to launch the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012 at the CERI Sciences Po

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Europe and the Arab revolutions: a new vision for democracy and human rights

15 Nov 11

The EU's role in building accountable societies in North Africa

How to stop the demilitarisation of Europe

08 Nov 11

Building sustainable EU military power at a time of defence cuts

A Chance to Reform: How the EU can support democratic evolution in Morocco

19 May 11

Helping Moroccan democracy through evolution not revolution

The European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010

30 Mar 11

A survey of 80 European foreign policy components over 6 issues

After the revolution: Europe and the transition in Tunisia

09 Mar 11

Tunisians need European help to turn their revolution into a democracy

The EU and human rights at the UN: 2010 review

21 Sep 10

Europe has lost support for its human rights positions at the UN

Towards an EU human rights strategy for a post-Western world

21 Sep 10

Have global changes undermined the pull of Europe’s values?

The EU and human rights at the UN: 2009 annual review

10 Sep 09

The EU?s ongoing loss of influence at the UN is putting lives at risk, argues the author of ECFR's latest paper.

Beyond the 'War on Terror'

27 May 09

The EU has an opportunity to influence President Obama's efforts to reform US counterterrorism policy

Promoting democracy abroad - the EU's record

15 Dec 08

In a joint research project with FRIDE, ECFR looks at the EU?s record in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.

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Commentary

Sudan, 2011

Richard Gowan, - 13 Apr 10

In January 2011 the people of South Sudan will vote on whether to secede from the North. Violence is expected to follow. The EU must start preparing now for an intervention in Sudan if it is to have any chance of being ready to help.

Sudan: the EU?s election problem

Richard Gowan, - 09 Apr 10

The EU has had to withdraw its election observers from Darfur before the upcoming Sudanese election. No surprise there: Darfur remains a dangerous place. But what why did the EU get involved in this controversial poll in the first place?

The price of principle

Susi Dennison , - 06 Apr 10

Attention turns once again to Sri Lanka this week as the country gears up for its parliamentary elections. The EU recently decided to stop treating Sri Lanka as a preferential trading partner. What does this mean for Sri Lanka, and does it affect the EU?s clout in standing up for human rights around the world?

Ignoring the outside world

Richard Gowan, - 24 Mar 10

Does it really matter whether Catherine Ashton's travel plans include Haiti, Gaza or an erupting Icelandic volcano? There must be more insightful analysis, and less idle gossip, in press coverage of EU attempts to forge a common foreign policy

Europe et op?rations ext?rieures

Daniel Korski, Richard Gowan, - 02 Mar 10

Daniel Korski et Richard Gowan sur la strat?gie de s?curit? civilo-militaire de l?UE. L?Europe peut-elle passer de la rh?torique ? l?action?

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Reinventing Europe: Carlos Gaspar

9th February 2012

Time to talk to Assad?

8th February 2012

Sofia view: a Serbo-Croat thaw in the freezing Balkans

7th February 2012

Syria - Why Russia said no

7th February 2012

Reinvention of Europe

In the Press

France Culture
09 Feb 12

Justin Vaïsse gives an Analysis of US presidential elections

Spravy Pravda
09 Feb 12

Spravy Pravda reviews ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012

Svenska Dagbladet
09 Feb 12

ECFR's Scorecard 2012 appears in a leader article by Svenska Dagbladet

Bloomberg TV
08 Feb 12

Ulrike Guérot is interviewed about Angela Merkel's handling of the eurocrisis

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