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Europe at Home and Abroad

Is a common European foreign policy a pipe dream? Can the European Union shape the way international relations and international law evolve? Is the United Kingdom turning even more inward? Is France re-emerging as a global actor under Nicolas Sarkozy? What is Europe’s role in a world grappling with the decline of American leadership, the rise of China and India, the resurgence of Russia, and the challenge of Islamism?

Produced in collaboration with the Europe-wide policy journal Europe's World, Project Syndicate's monthly series Europe at Home and Abroad is the premier source for discerning analysis of Europe’s search for global influence. With contributions from such senior policymakers as Martti Ahtisaari, José Manuel Barroso, Javier Solana, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Europe at Home and Abroad provides an incisive and provocative perspective on developments within Europe that will shape the Continent's future.

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Austerity vs. Europe

Javier Solana Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2012-01-30

Ominously, the same arguments that turned the 1929 financial crisis into the Great Depression are being used today in favor of austerity at all costs. All of Europe must agree on a short-term growth strategy – and implement it quickly.... read

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The Perils of Europe’s Navel Gazing

Ana Palacio Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2012-01-11

Economic problems constitutes only a part of the eurozone’s troubles. The euro crisis is, above all, a reflection of deep-seated weaknesses in European institutions and the fabric of European society.... read

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Ukraine on the Edge

Tatiana Zhurzhenko Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-12-08

Seven years ago, Ukraine’s Orange Revolution inspired hope that the country was moving towards genuine democracy. Since then, the country has become a dangerous mix of authoritarianism and corrupt capitalism, recalcitrant in the face of Western pressure.... read

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Italy’s Last Democratic Despot

Edoardo Campanella Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-11-23

Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s fall from power marks the end of one of Western democracy's most controversial recent chapters. But the story of Berlusconi’s rise and fall was written long ago, during the Renaissance, in Niccolò Machiavelli’s classic work The Prince.... read

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From Berlusconi to Draghi

Paolo Messa Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-11-09

Greece may be the fuse, but is Italy the bomb that will blow up Europe? While a political crisis is likely to erupt in the near term, it is impossible to predict whether Italy faces an interim government until 2013 or snap elections in early 2012 – or, more importantly, how the next government will deal with Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank's new president.... read

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What Does Germany Want?

Jan-Werner Mueller Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-11-04

In foreign-policy terms, post-war West Germany – and, later, reunified Germany – was utterly predictable: never against the West; always for more Europe. Now, the “Berlin Republic,” while more secure than ever about its identity, is seemingly at sea in its dealings with the world.... read

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The Arab Spring and Europe’s Chance

Massimo D'Alema Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-10-25

What is happening in North Africa and the Middle East is a true revolution. If Europe does not want to be politically marginalized in international affairs, it must quickly develop a strategic response to the Arab spring, based on a vision of the future of the Arab world.... read

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A French Election American-Style

Raphaël Hadas-Lebel Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-10-25

The idea that a large number of voters should designate the presidential candidates of the major political parties was born in the US, and the French have long believed that such things were American to the core. But has the primary election now been successfully transplanted to Europe?... read

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The Euro’s Hard Rain Falls

Leif Pagrotsky Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2011-10-07

Politicians and bankers made grave errors that contributed to the current euro crisis. But, regardless of how bad Europe's political and financial leaders may seem, a sudden rise in the number of incompetent or immoral individuals throughout the eurozone's periphery is not a credible explanation of this crisis.... read

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NATO, the Sequel	Giles Merritt
The Arab Spring entered a new phase with the collapse of the Qaddafi regime, but it is still far too soon to pronounce North Africa stabilized. Indeed, what the region needs in the long term is a new NATO – the North Africa Treaty Organization.... read

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Cyprus’s Last Best Chance

Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Lakhdar Brahimi Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2009-05-04

It is tempting to see the results of the recent parliamentary elections in northern Cyprus as a blow for the peace process. But Cyprus can still seize their best – and quite possibly their last – chance in 30 years to achieve a federal settlement.... read

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A Czech Moment

Karel Schwarzenberg Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2009-01-05

As the Czech Republic takes over the EU presidency, no one in Europe should fear that it has some nostalgic or idiosyncratic agenda that it wants to impose on the Union. On the contrary, events have imposed an agenda on Europe that we cannot escape and for which solidarity – true union – will be needed.... read

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The Disappearance of Europe

Giles Merritt Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-06-12

Unlike the United States, whose history as a “melting pot” has given Americans a truly multi-ethnic character, native Europeans are becoming an endangered species. But, while the EU needs high rates of immigration to sustain its standard of living, its member countries seem determined to remain anchored in the past.... read

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Taming the Private Equity “Locusts”

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-04-04

The EU's political will to regulate private equity and hedge funds is growing. While nobody wants to ban or unnecessarily restrict them, it has become clear that they must become subject to the same transparency, disclosure, and tax rules as banks and mutual funds.... read

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The EU’s Viennese Mirror

Wess Mitchell Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-02-13

If a European Union bureaucrat could travel to Vienna at the beginning of the twentieth century, he would be surprised by how closely the Hapsburg Empire resembled today’s EU. By learning from Austria-Hungary's mistakes, today’s Europeans may yet be able to reform and reinvigorate an empire whose most important work still lies ahead.... read

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Serbia's Choice

John O'Brennan Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-01-15

Serbia's upcoming presidential election may decide the country’s political path for decades to come. As Kosovo’s new government moves toward a unilateral declaration of independence, Serbs face a stark choice: retain Kosovo and effectively sever ties with the European Union, or accept the painful reality of Kosovar independence and embrace a new future within the EU.... read

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Creative Europe

Žiga Turk Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-03-07

At the Spring European Council meeting on March 13-14, EU member states’ leaders will launch the second cycle of the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. The updated strategy should commit the EU to ensuring the conditions that promote and sustain creativity.... read

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Europe by Degrees

Giuliano Amato Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-05-02

Just one year ago, few people would have bet that the European Union, still reeling from the trauma of the Constitutional Treaty’s rejection in 2005, would be poised to ratify the new Reform Treaty, adopted in Lisbon last December. The price is a treaty with many shortcomings, but critics should not allow the best to become the enemy of the good.... read

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NATO’s Dangerous Signals

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Series: Europe at Home and Abroad

2008-04-05

By denying Ukraine and Georgia a "Membership Action Plan" and allowing Greece to veto membership for Macedonia, NATO's Bucharest summit sent two dangerous signals. First, Russia has successfully re-asserted its "sphere of influence" in Europe, and, second, all NATO member states are free to blackmail their partners into supporting their own narrow goals.... read

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A Czech Moment	Karel Schwarzenberg
As the Czech Republic takes over the EU presidency, no one in Europe should fear that it has some nostalgic or idiosyncratic agenda that it wants to impose on the Union. On the contrary, events have imposed an agenda on Europe that we cannot escape and for which solidarity – true union – will be needed.... read
Cyprus’s Last Best Chance	Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Lakhdar Brahimi
It is tempting to see the results of the recent parliamentary elections in northern Cyprus as a blow for the peace process. But Cyprus can still seize their best – and quite possibly their last – chance in 30 years to achieve a federal settlement.... read

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From Berlusconi to Draghi

What Does Germany Want?

The Arab Spring and Europe’s Chance

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Cyprus’s Last Best Chance

A Czech Moment

The Disappearance of Europe

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Serbia's Choice

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