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The ECFR Power Audits (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş & François Godement & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro - 25 May 2018
The four power audits show that Europeans, particularly when working together, retain the capacity to cooperate and compete effectively with all these powers. But they also show that, in each case, Europe is failing to do so.
Ukrainian elections: Poroshenko and proliferating populists (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 23 May 2018
Four years after Euromaidan, the overall picture is bleak. Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has established a lead in the polls – but she has done so by profiting from social and economic problems rather than addressing past faults.
Winning the normative war with Russia: An EU-Russia Power Audit
by Kadri Liik - 21st May, 2018
The path to winning the normative war will not go so much through countering Russia as through improving Europe’s resilience and reinvigorating its model
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Lethal weapon: Has Trump mis-stepped on Ukraine? (Commentary)
Gustav Gressel - 17 May 2018
Sending anti-tank guided weapons to Ukraine is the right decision. But the Trump administration has gone about it the wrong way.
The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans
by Alida Vracic - 09th May, 2018
The EU should do more to promote circular migration as part of their ongoing pursuit of European integration.
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Turkey’s snap election
Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş about why Erdoğan called early elections for this summer, and the new European Commission’s accession report.
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4 factors that led to Turkey’s snap elections (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 19 April 2018
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to get ahead of a downward curve in Turkey’s fortunes. He has – probably – done enough to win this new snap vote
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Winning the normative war with Russia: An EU-Russia Power Audit
by Kadri Liik - 21st May, 2018
The path to winning the normative war will not go so much through countering Russia as through improving Europe’s resilience and reinvigorating its model
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The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans
by Alida Vracic - 09th May, 2018
The EU should do more to promote circular migration as part of their ongoing pursuit of European integration.
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The discreet charm of hypocrisy: An EU-Turkey Power Audit
by Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 23rd March, 2018
The survey reveals the varying motivations of the 28 EU member states for keeping Turkey close -- but not too close.
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The pastor, the banker, and the irresistible drama in Turkish-US relations (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 02 August 2018
The Turkish-US relationship is either experiencing its first serious fissure since 1975, or just another bump in the road. No one can be sure.
No silver ballot: The problems with a Donbas referendum (Commentary)
Carl Bildt - 01 August 2018
The war in Donbas is Europe's worst active conflict - a referendum would not help
The power of the blacklist: The European Parliament’s proposed Magnitsky Act (Commentary)
Clara Portela - 19 July 2018
Sergei Magnitsky's death inspired the US to enact a law blacklisting individuals and seizing their assets. The EU is jumping on the bandwagon.
On a hot summer's day in Helsinki (Commentary)
Kadri Liik - 17 July 2018
Was Helsinki really a big win for Russia? And defeat for Europe?
Trump cannot bring Europe and China together (Commentary)
François Godement - 06 July 2018
Donald Trump’s attack on the international trading system is changing the EU's relationship with China
Trump vs. EU: The dead end of the normative approach (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 04 July 2018
A divided EU - with an unstable Germany, a UK on its way out and renegade central eastern member states - is only of interest to the US as an ally in competition with Russia and China
Macron's European ambition begins in the Balkans (Commentary)
Loïc Tregoures - 03 July 2018
Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to block accession of Macedonia and Albania to the EU have nothing to do with the Western Balkans, and everything to do with the European elections
Smart power rhetoric: One reason for Erdoğan’s re-election (Commentary)
Katharina Botel-Azzinnaro - 28 June 2018
The Turkish leader has perfected his rhetoric during 16 years in power, maintaining control with an effective interplay of coercion and attraction
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The New York Times
10th August, 2018
NYT quotes the latest ECFR piece by Asli Aydintasbas on the rift between the US and Turkey
The Washington Post
09th August, 2018
Carl Bildt's take on the danger of exchange of territory in the Balkans
Bloomberg
02nd August, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas comments on the current state of the US-Turkey relationship
The Washington Post
26th July, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas discusses the German soccer star Mesut Ozil’s tragic naiveté about Turkey, and racism in Germany and the sport
Turkey’s opposition might actually have a chance
22nd June, 2018
Council Fellow Asli Aydintasbas comments in POLITICO Europe on the snap elections in Turkey and the opposition candidate’s chances against Erdogan
Rzeczpospolita
13th June, 2018
Interview with Vessela Tcherneva on the agreement between Greece and Macedonia on the name of the country and on the broader context of the Euro-integration of the Western Balkans.
Le Monde
23rd May, 2018
Kadri Liik is quoted by Le Monde regarding the state of relations between the EU and Russia.
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