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Women in peace: from theory to practice
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by Lorène Fara Andrianarijaona On Tuesday 21 May 2013, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) – Brussels organised a conference on “Gender, violence and war: how successful has the international Continue reading →...
Idées pour renforcer l’influence régionale de l’UE
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by Francois Ducrotté - Bruxelles, 15 Mai 2013, présentation du rapport ”Think Global-Act European. Thinking strategically about the EU’s external action” (Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute,...
Elections in Pakistan: still far from a ‘Pakistani Spring’
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by Elena Marda The recent Pakistani elections have received sustained attention by the world media and the appointment of Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister spurred optimism regarding the relations of Continue reading →...
MENA: players, plans, positions
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by Myrto Hatzigeorgopoulos The first day of the two day conference on “Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood” organised by Carnegie Europe, in collaboration with Egmont, the European Parliament and the Swiss Federal Continue reading &rarr...
Syria’s opposition: who is who?
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by Lorène-Fara Andrianarijaona On Wednesday 8th of May, CNAPD (Coordination Nationale d’Action pour la paix et la Démocratie) invited Mr. Paul Delmotte, Professor and specialist on Middle-East, to help to Continue reading →...
Muslim Democracy ASAP?
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by Elena Marda The latest Committee of Foreign Affairs at the European Parliament was not an ordinary one. This time it was a high level session on ‘Understanding Political Islam: Continue reading →...
North Korea: Give a break
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by Francois Ducrotté Back in the days of the Japanese occupation between 1910 and 1945, the ones who resisted the Japanese were the Koreans from the North. Let’s give a break Continue reading →...
The carrot without the stick: Kosovo and Cyprus
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by Elena Marda With the carrot of European integration hanging above their heads, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Serbia’s leader Ivica Dacic finally reached a 15 point Continue reading →...
BRICS: threat or opportunity for EU?
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By Myrto Hatzigeorgopoulos ‘BRICS is not a threat, BRICS is an opportunity’. Those were the closing remarks of Ambassador Mxolisi Nosi, Ambassador of South Africa to Belgium, Luxembourg and Continue reading →...
Much ado about what the EU can do in Syria
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by Elena Marda On April 24th, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung along with IKV Pax Christi presented its new policy paper on ‘What can the EU can do in Syria’ in Continue reading →...
Egypt – A new ally to defend women’s right to protest?
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by Francois ducrotté Even after two years, Egypt still doesn’t have a strong central government which could be able to push the political process forward, as well as the economy and social cohesion. Today, what is happenin...
North Korea 2.0 – The use of social media as traditional media
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by Francois ducrotté North Korea and South Korea are still in state of war including different tensions such as: Nuclear, propaganda, cyber attacks, tunnel, invasion, role of the major powers etc. There are no really conclusions or answers as...
Follow-up on the Spinelli Debate: Is Europe present, but slow?
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By Elena Marda The Spinelli Debate in the EP last Thursday was the success that every communication assistant dreams of. Plenty of attendants, valuable speakers, great discussion. On my way out of the event, the question imprinted on my mind …...
Has the Arab Spring failed? Is Europe conspicuously absent?
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By Lorène-Fara Andrianarijaona On Wednesday 10 April 2013, the Spinelli Group organised a debate on the conclusions that could be drawn two years after the beginning of the Arab Spring. On this occasion, Néguib Chebbib, Leader of t...
A new chapter in Turkey’s struggle with terrorism – Implications for the EU accession process
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By Myrto Hatzigeorgopoulos Turkey has been standing in the EU membership waiting room since its application for full European Economic Community (EEC) membership in April 1987. While accession processes are moving forward in the Western Balkans, the...
Benelux Defence Cooperation: Evolution or Revolution?
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By Lorène-Fara Andrianarijaona On 18 April 2012, the Ministries of Defence of the three Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) signed the Benelux Declaration[1] on cooperation in the field of defense. The aims of this com...
Men and sexual violence in Syria: de-constructing the taboo
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By Elena Marda Sexual violence during conflicts is not exactly news. Rape has been thoroughly used as a weapon of power in several cases in the Balkans and Africa. While in Syria the eyes of the international community have focused … Continue...
Annual Conference – European Defence Agency – “European Defence Matters”
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On Thursday 21 March 2013, the European Defence Agency held its annual conference, entitled “European Defence Matters”. European defence experts gathered in Brussels to take stock of what has been accomplished, what the challe...
ISIS Europe Publications – March 2013
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European Security Reviews Critical analysis of developments in Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) ESR 65 – Upholding the Legitimacy of Frontex: European Parliamentary Oversight – Aoife Spengeman, March 2013 The activitie...
ISIS Europe Publications – December 2012
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ESR 63 – European perspectives on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles If Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been a feature throughout much of the history of aviation, it is not until recently that they gained increased attention. Much of the drone-relat...
