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Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The Real Trouble with Sanctions: The Case of Myanmar
by Trevor Wilson

Some of the inherent problems with sanctions as a policy instrument are being brought into the open as sanctions against Burma (Myanmar) start to be lifted. Unpredicted and rapid change in Myanmar is challenging policy makers in some Western countries which imposed sanctions on Burma outside the framework of the

Friday, 13 July 2012
Shada Islam (Head of Policy, Friends of Europe)

…on the need for Europe to learn from Asia and the ineffective use of the EU’s ‘soft power’.
by Shada Islam

The interview was conducted by Jakub Janda (Global Europe).

Madam Islam, Europe has been going through an immensely wide variety of discussions on how to deal with its own economic crisis. The newly elected French Socialist President argues for boosting economic growth by fiscal expansion while the German Chancellor

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

Saturday, 07 July 2012
The EU and the ASEAN Political-Security Community
by Shada Islam

ASEAN is moving rapidly to forge a stronger political and security identity, with members engaged in an array of new initiatives designed to achieve the ambitious goal in 2015. Reforms underway in Myanmar have added to ASEAN's political momentum as has the creation of the East Asia Summit. As ASEAN

Saturday, 21 April 2012
Easing EU Sanctions on Burma
by Clara Portela

When the nominally-civilian but quasi-military leadership under Thein Sein announced that it would introduce reforms when it was inaugurated last year, hardly anybody believed it. Yet, less than one year on, a series of steps have been taken which include the release of political prisoners, the recognition of the freedom

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