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Tuesday, 18 September 2012
A Shared Destiny for the XXIst Century? – The Transatlantic Relationship in Global Times
by Leocadia Díaz Romero

Since World War II, Europe and the United States have not only succeeded in building prosperous, peaceful societies through the Marshall Plan, the founding of NATO, trade and economic relationships, but have also created a solid, cooperative partnership. The origins date back to 1953 when the European Union and the

Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Dr Gerhard Sabathil (Director, East Asia and the Pacific, European External Service)
...on EU foreign policy during the euro crisis and EU's place in the Asia-Pacific economic integration.
by Gerhard Sabathil

Interview was conducted by Daniel Novotny (Global Europe).

Dr. Sabathil, could you briefly go through what is the biggest challenge to your work at this moment.
Our big challenge for the moment is to keep our foreign policy strong and constant despite the obvious situation of the euro zone,

Saturday, 07 July 2012
EU and ASEAN Models of Economic Integration in the Era of Globalization
by Pavel Hnát Zuzana Stuchlíková

The deep and heavily institutionalised model of the EU cannot possibly be applied to different economic and geographic conditions and it thus does not seem right to measure other integration models only from the EU perspective. It can be demonstrated that the level of economic integration in ASEAN does not

Thursday, 08 March 2012
One Year On: Measuring the EEAS’ Success
by Graham Avery Serena Kelly

An important innovation made by the European Union’s (EU) Constitutional Treaty and the later Lisbon Treaty, the European External Action Service (EEAS) survived the controversy which surrounded both treaties and finally came into existence in January 2011. It is undeniable that the EEAS proposals hold much promise for improving the

Thursday, 08 March 2012
Asian Perspectives of the Euro Crisis
by Reuben Wong

Asian capitals have tended to view the EU as a serious economic and trade power. Since the euro crisis broke in Greece in 2009, with bailouts needed for Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and potentially Spain and Italy as well, however, the European Union has begun to look like a sick and