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Thursday, 02 May 2013
United States’ U.N. Proposal and Policy on Western Sahara: A Dead-End?
by Alex MacKenzie Dustin Dehez

The ‘U.N. Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara’ (MINURSP), a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, was extended by the U.N. Security Council for another year after the United States practically abandoned its highly controversial proposal calling for an expansion of the U.N. mission’s

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
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

Thursday, 12 July 2012
The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on the EU-US-China Triangle
by Zhang Xiaotong

The impact of the European debt crisis is so profound that the EU, the US and China – within their triangular relationship referred to as “G-3” – all have to adapt to a fast-changing and largely uncertain future, a future shaped not by Europe’s strength, but by its possible absence.

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