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Sunday, 31 March 2013
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Gallia Lindenstrauss |
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Croatia’s expected entry into the European Union as its 28th member in July 2013 is yet another reminder that Turkey, who started formal accession talks at the same time as Croatia, is still in line waiting. Along with Turkey, other actors in the Western Balkans are aspiring to become member |
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
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Sardor Usmanov |
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The Middle East peace process (MEPP) has become a specific barometer to measure different dimensions of European influence and exercise of its quest for ‘global actorness’. Since 2002, the European Union has played an active part in the practice of third-party mediation in the MEPP within the so-called the Middle |
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Özgür Ünal Eriş |
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The events in Syria are dangerously reaching a climax. The President Assad’s regime enjoys substantial military superiority over the opposition. Its conduct on the ground which ranges from excessive use of force by military troops, persistent resort to civilian proxies, and horrible treatment of detainees to severe punishment of almost |
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Cristian Gherasim |
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Can Europe afford to deny Turkey an EU membership? Europe needs to acknowledge that its ties with Turkey are characterized by increasing complexity and interconnectedness and that it can’t abandon the process of Turkish accession by simply saying ‘no’. Europe needs Turkey and the ongoing ‘Arab Spring’ movement that has |
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Thursday, 08 March 2012
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Graham Avery Serena Kelly |
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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 |
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