When it comes to a new enlargement round in eastern Europe, the EU can’t go forward and can’t go back writes Krzysztof Bobinski. (SPRING 2008)
In Ukraine, the EU’s failure to encourage the government in its European aspirations risks creating a growing disillusionment with the West. That would strengthen Russia’s position in Ukraine, where Moscow [...]

The economies of Central and South America offer huge opportunities for European business. But Carlo Secchi doubts whether the EU is doing enough to develop its relationship with the region
SPRING 2008
By 2050 Brazil and Mexico will be among the world’s six leading economies. Does the European Union care? Perhaps, but almost certainly not enough. If [...]

 
The EU system shoots itself in the foot when it levels trade defence measures against low-cost competitors, warns Henrik Isakson of the Swedish National Board of Trade.
SPRING 2008
The bottom line is that the EU really should not, under the guise of countering unfair trade, restrict competitors from exploiting natural comparative advantages just because we cannot [...]

The EU is dragging its feet over the Western Balkans, warns Wolfgang Petritsch, the EU’s former Special Envoy to Kosovo. He urges the Union to draw on its experience with Bulgaria and Romania to accommodate the special needs of the Balkan states
SPRING 2008
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With less than two years to go until the crucially important UN climate change talks in Copenhagen in late 2009, Denmark’s Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen assesses Europe’s chances of making a real difference on global warming
SPRING 2008
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The pensions, savings and jobs of ordinary people are being threatened by hedge and private equity funds, warns Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists and former Danish Prime Minister
SPRING 2008
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What should EU leaders propose when they’ll meet with Russia’s new President, Dmitry Medvedev? In Europe’s World’s latest issue, Mark Leonard, Nicu Popescu and Jacques Andréani came up with some suggestions 
A five point strategy for EU-Russia relations
    
The EU badly needs a new approach in its dealings with resurgent Russia, write Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu. They [...]

European foreign policy begins with the neighbours
 
The new narrative in Brussels is that the EU should be more assertive internationally and must help shape globalisation. Loukas Tsoukalis looks at Europe’s track record so far, particularly in the Mediterranean region, and draws some lessons for the future
SPRING 2008
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Why Sarkozy’s Mediterranean plan [...]

 
Europe’s key task in the first half of this century, says Javier Solana, will be to help create a new system of global governance that can resolve the growing frictions in our increasingly inter-dependent world
AUTUMN 2007
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With the French EU Presidency coming up, read what Thierry Chopin of the Robert Schuman Foundation had to say, last October, on President Sarkozy’s European agenda: 

Ambivalent attitudes to the EU among the French political elite have cost Paris its leadership role and much popular support for Europe. Thierry Chopin sets out a new agenda for President [...]