Europe in the World

South Ossetia: A Frozen Conflict Melts

As the eyes of much of the world was focused on the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing on 8/8/08, Georgian troops moved into the province of South Ossetia to restore Georgian control. South Ossetia had declared its independence from Georgia at the time of the break up of the Soviet Union in (...)

Wednesday 20 August 2008

Will Democracy Survive in the Globalisation Era?

Democratic peace theory holds that democracies do not wage war against one another. Two false consequences are drawn from this theory. The first is that the spread of democracy to every state would in itself be sufficient to achieve universal peace. The second is that spreading democracy should (...)

Saturday 19 July 2008

Eurocorps: future European army or missed attempt?

The Lisbon Treaty will offer new paths of development for a European Defence. The structured co-operation, introduced by the Treaty, will permit to some States to go further in the field of defence. But a European army composed of some Member States already exists. Evolution or revolution? (...)

Sunday 13 July 2008

Integration: Europe Succeeds, Africa Fails. But why?

It is often said that Africa is a lost continent from which little other than oil and diamonds should be expected. In particular, commentators are prompt to point to Africa’s enduring political and economic failures. But rarely do these commentators take the time to understand and explain the (...)

Friday 4 July 2008

Israeli-Hamas Truce: A New Deal

The truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas-led authorities of the Gaza strip began on Thursday morning 19 June 2008. The truce was mediated by Egypt and holds the possibility for new relationships if strong follow-up measures are taken quickly. There are many in Israel, in Gaza, (...)

Monday 30 June 2008

Latin America: The Lost Continent?

Whether or not the European Union has been good for the European continent is nearly without question - from the European Coal and Steel Community to the 27 countries today that make up economic, political and – if politicians in Brussels have their way – cultural union. Success in spreading (...)

Friday 20 June 2008

FAO: Another Missed Opportunity for the European Union

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) meeting ended Thursday and demonstrated to the world once more the inability of individual states to address the main world problems. This is despite the opportunities of the last few months presented by increased media attention that obliging the (...)

Wednesday 18 June 2008

World Food Policy: The Road to Madrid

“Within a decade, no child will go hungry, no family will fear for its next day’s bread, and no human being’s future and capacity will be stunted by malnutrition” At the 3-5 June 2008 World Food Security Conference in Rome called by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a growing (...)

Friday 13 June 2008

Security and Defence after the Lisbon Treaty

When and if Ireland ratifies the Lisbon Treaty on 12 June the European Union (EU) would have overcome the impasse that accompanied the rejection of the EU Constitution. The Lisbon Treaty will facilitate some necessary changes to the EU’s institutional operability, not least in relation to the (...)

Friday 6 June 2008

European Integration: A Model for Africa?

The elected representatives of the European and African people have stressed the importance of supra-national integration for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states, drawing on the experience of the European integration process. The EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created in the (...)

Sunday 25 May 2008

Between enlargement and deepening: a choice of political structure for Europe

One of the objectives of the founding fathers of Europe was to unite the peoples around a peacemaker project. The objective is commendable considering the two world wars, not to say civil, that unleashed hatreds and animosities over the continent and a cold war that had cut Europe in two for (...)

Friday 23 May 2008

Where is Macedonia?

Don’t say “in the fridge”, I don’t mean macedoine: that’s old wit. The issue is on the contrary very current: Greece does not bear the Republic of Macedonia to carry such a name; in its opinion, the term Macedonia can only refer to a Greek region. But Macedonians would never give up their name. (...)

Monday 19 May 2008
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