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With disarray over Kosovo, ongoing problems in Aghanistan and pirates off Somalia, the past 12 months have been bleak for the EU's security agenda.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
NATO must strike a balance between calming Russia and bolstering the security of its countries in eastern Europe.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Angela Merkel's government is increasingly unco-operative, but that does not mean that Germany is losing influence in the EU.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Croatia may now seem closer than ever to EU membership but the challenges that remain are old, stubborn ones.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
For reasons of safety as well as security of supply, the EU would be wise to co-operate with Russia on nuclear power.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Sarkozy has made good on his promise. In doing so, he showed once again that it is member states that set the EU's policy agenda.
Friday, 12 December 2008
Reporters without Frontiers reflects on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Friday, 12 December 2008
European parliamentarians lay out what they want EU leaders to agree.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
The European Voice is responsible for a major omission: half of Europe's drugs business.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
A bracing challenge could be just the ticket into (or out of) the next Parliament.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Greece's major cities are convulsed by rioting. Could it prompt a return to true democracy?
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Europe should focus on helping its jobless rather than on Tibet.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
A police raid on a politician's office in London can only deepen cynicism in the east about western democracy.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
This week's European Council must raise confidence that all is being done to tackle both global warming and the recession.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
A veteran Balkan-watcher explains Kosovo's independence, and why the EU should support it.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
In the year since a landmark human-rights case, anti-Roma animus has risen. The Czechs need to show leadership.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
The way ahead begins by not wasting this financial crisis.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Editorial
The charges and counter-charges about the EU's anti-fraud office suggest that Olaf is dysfunctional.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
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A regular appraisal of the foreign-policy challenges facing the EU.
Ness U. Patria ponders southern habits of culture and politics.
Rein F. Deer explores the quirks of Europe's Nords.
The Economist 's central and eastern European correspondent casts his eye towards and over the EU's newer borders.
A weekly look at the overarching issues facing the EU.
Letters to the editor
The EU must ease trade with the Balkans Thursday, 4 December 2008
A law with unintended consequences Thursday, 4 December 2008
The EU needs a stronger leadership Thursday, 27 November 2008
An open-ended interpretation of globalisation could herald a return to pragmatism and traditional policy goals.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Shop till you drop.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Terrorists cannot consider last week's attack on Mumbai a success and might carry out a massive attack on the West to redeem its failure.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Discussion is long overdue on the legacy of the 1989 revolutions that ushered in largely Western models in the east
Thursday, 4 December 2008
China views human-rights lectures as neo-imperialist, writes Willy Fautré
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Despite a Czech court's ruling that the Lisbon treaty does not conflict with the country's constitution, a quick ratification should not be expected.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
As well as adding colour, irony, sharpness and contradictions, a pan-European Eurosceptic party would raise the stakes in the next European Parliament.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
A former foreign minister argues that the French and Russian presidents are right to advocate a summit on a new security arrangement for Europe.
Monday, 1 December 2008
