Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Policy Brief
Vers un nouveau paradigme de la politique européenne dans le monde arabe ? Une politique européenne de voisinage réformée (PEV) et l´Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM)
Non seulement les sociétés du monde arabe vivent des moments historiques de leur histoire contemporaine mais, en outre, les relations internationales se trouvent à un point de césure.
28 juny 2011
- Policy Brief
The European Union and the Arab Spring: A (Missed?) Opportunity to Revamp the European Neighbourhood Policy
When the dust of the Arab revolts settles, how should EU policy towards the southern Mediterranean be reframed? The lion’s share of the thinking around this question has been devoted to the European Neighbourhood Policy.
17 juny 2011
- Policy Brief
Reconfiguring Euro-Med Regional Cooperation
Any attempt to reconfigure the Euro-Med framework for regional cooperation needs to build on the emerging geopolitical context of the broader Middle East following the Arab revolutions.
26 maig 2011
- Focus
Europe Should Adjust Its Own Policies to Support the Demands of the Arab Revolutions
The kind of stability the EU has supported in the 2000s is too fragile to be acceptable. It is only a way to put off problems, boost difficulties and prevent them from being solved.
3 març 2011
- Focus
Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation: From the Spanish to Hungarian Presidency
With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the role of the rotating presidency has been limited, affecting the political impact in the field of external policies that the Prime Minister of the country holding the Presidency used to exert.
19 gener 2011
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The Lisbon Treaty and Euro-Mediterranean Relations
The Lisbon Treaty not only impacts differently on different EU policies and policy instruments, but it is likely to have a different effect in the short term and long term.
16 novembre 2010
- Focus
Egypt-EU Relationship: Where Is Democracy?
One of the major shortcomings of the EU discourse on democracy promotion is the lack of any identification of priorities when it comes to promoting political reform in Egypt
15 juny 2010
- Focus
L’Union des autorités locales et régionales pour la Méditerranée
L’ARLEM souhaite être le catalyseur d’un engagement politique fort des élus locaux de toute la Méditerranée et l’accélérateur favorisant la mise en œuvre d’actions s’inscrivant dans la logique de l’UpM.
12 abril 2010
- Focus
Serbia, the EU and the Kosovo Issue: No Reason for Pessimism
At first glance, recent events in Serbia’s relationship with Kosovo do not point to good prospects for the future. However, we should not start to panic too soon, nor should we view Serbia’s position on Kosovo through the eyes of the 1990s.
9 març 2010