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The solar trade dispute
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The recent anti-dumping tariffs imposed by the EU on imported solar panel components from China, highlights a crisis not only in trade relations between Europe and China, but also the divisions within the renewable energy sector in Europe. Within Eur...
How Kosovo Won the Champions League
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Spectators of European top-level football are not really accustomed to spot the flag of Kosovo in international fixtures. This is not surprising, given the fact that the Football Federation of Kosovo has not obtained membership status with UEFA and i...
Kenneth Waltz and proliferation
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Kenneth Waltz is well known for his advocacy that ‘more is better’ in relation to countries with nuclear weapons – even regimes like those in Iran. However, was he right, or simply misguided?
The Structural Limits to Euroscepticism
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After the many months of a fast evolving debate on the European Union here in the UK, recent weeks have seen some of the steam being let out. Partly this is due to the fading profile of the eurozone crisis in news agendas, and partly because everyone...
Malaysia General Elections 2013
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General elections took place in Malaysia on the 5th of May. The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition won a majority of the seats, while the coalition of opposition parties, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), increased its political representation a little. The ruling...
The Price of Victory, by Michael Charlton, published by the British Broadcasting Corporation, London in 1983, ISBN 0 563 20055 3
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The Price of Victory, by Michael Charlton consists of a series of transcripts of BBC radio interviews the author conducted with civil servants and politicians involved with Britain’s diplomatic relationship with European countries following the...
An energy drink, rather than the opium of the people
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It is difficult to imagine fiercer football rivalries than the ones between ‘The Big Three’ of Istanbul – Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş. The clashes between their supporters – often violent, always noisy &...
Questions about the debate about Europe
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At a debate in London this week about the future of the European Union, I asked high-level politicians and senior academics: “How are we going to raise the level of debate in this country which is quite frankly appalling? It’s very...
Rising Authoritarianism under Erdoǧan’s Rule in Turkey
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For the last few days, there is a boom in the international coverage of the protests in Turkey and the appalling police brutality against the civilian demonstrators. Now, everybody knows that what has started on 27 May, as...
One year and counting to EP2014: sceptics rejoice?
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As Gallup have reminded me today, it’s only a year until the next European Parliament elections. At the moment, that looks like it will be a red-letter day for eurosceptics. This is evident at a number of levels. Firstly, Gallup found that a th...
Misreading the European playground?
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Last month, European Geostrategy published a Long Post by Xymena Kurowska and Bence Németh on the geopolitics of the Central European playground. Here, Michal Onderco offers a slightly alternative view of the situation.
Interview with Robert Johnson (Part 2)
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Daniel Fiott interviews the University of Oxford’s Robert Johnson on Afghanistan, the Sahel crisis and the upcoming December 2013 European Council meeting on defence.
Interview with Robert Johnson (Part 1)
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In this eleventh interview, Daniel Fiott interviews the University of Oxford’s Robert Johnson on contemporary warfare and technology.
Wales and the EU
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The Wales, the United Kingdom and Europe: Europeanising Devolution conference (Cardiff, 24 May 2013) presented a paradox for Wales’s engagement with the EU; while Europe is extremely important for Wales engagement seems to be lacking. On the on...
Germany risks overplaying its hand
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The future of Europe has often been settled by the designs of London and Berlin. How are British-German relations developing in the contemporary era? Are Britain and Germany in competition with one another, or could they reach an understanding on the...
Military power: what will Europe do?
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The debate about European military power tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that more European capabilities will be deployed where it is convenie...
HSBC Bank: Is Britain’s future in Europe?
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At yesterday’s AGM, I asked HSBC what impact the UK leaving the EU would have on the bank’s optimistic plans for the future. Their group chairman, Douglas Flint, replied, “It is important that Europe comes out stronger and Britain r...
Cameron’s Petard
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After an eventful few weeks in the life of David Cameron’s EU policy, some of the heat has gone out of matters, albeit only in the sense that the heat shifted to the question of gay marriages. Interesting then, how much more willing Cameron has...
Limited push for Europe in Danish ombudsman practice – 40 Years after
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The most important development as to the European Union law impact on Danish Ombudsman practice is the predominant non-impact. So far, a European influx is difficult to detect in the subareas of the broad ambit of Danish ombudsman control.
European Parliament Elections 2009 in academic research
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After yesterday’s European Parliament decision, we are now exactly one year away from the start of European Parliament elections 2014. A good time to look into academic research on the past elections. Lacomeuropeene has already covered academic...
