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Calling in the EU-Team
The European External Action Service will be judged on how effectively it responds to unpredictable, potentially explosive crises, writes Richard Gowan
Europe's accession lessons
The principles underpinning EU enlargement could help the EU to address its current travails, writes Blair Glencorse
Taiwan needs a place in the EU's Asia trade strategy
Razeen Sally makes the case for Brussels to fill a key a gap in its plans for liberalising trade with east Asia
Kosovo's next battle
Both the EU's credibility and the viability of the new state depend on the EULEX mission succeeding in rooting out endemic corruption in Kosovo, says Ilinka Iljoska
European anarchy, American insolvency
The EU needs a mechanism for debt restructuring in its member states. It should look to the US for inspiration, says Rabah Ghezali
Banking on society
Other European countries should take note of the innovative funding mechanisms set to energise Britain's non-profit sector, writes Sir Ronald Cohen
Europe's democratic surfeit
The EU should stop trying to make itself more democratic. What it needs instead are enlightened elites capable of inspired leadership, writes Roberto Foa
NATO's Middle Eastern promise
It is high time the Atlantic alliance upgraded its dialogue with the Mediterranean and Gulf states, says Yasmine Abou Mansour
America’s pitiful public diplomacy
Government-led global outreach programmes have long been viewed with suspicion in the United States. Europeans can help to change that, argues Oliver Horn
In defence of Germany
German economic policy has its flaws, but Berlin does not deserve all the blame it is receiving for the euro's current predicament, writes Fredrik Erixon
Why Cathy needs a good crisis
Catherine Ashton will be judged on how she responds to her first international emergency, writes Richard Gowan
Welfare and the States
In the wake of America's healthcare reform, Rabah Ghezali explores the reasons for the transatlantic divide over government's role in protecting the needy
Clameronism (2010-2014)
An extract from A Thousand Years of History: Britain in Europe 1066-2066, Oxford University Press, 2070, by Hugo Brady
Cameron's false choice
By choosing Atlanticism over Europeanism, a Conservative government would in fact undermine Britain's ability to be an effective ally of the United States, writes John Podesta
Time to trade in the CAP?
Europe's agricultural policies have become an anachronism, but hard economics may mean reform is at last in the offing, argues Valentin Zahrnt
