Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2012. What kind of geo-economic Europe?

Geo-economics is now at the forefront of EU external policies. This collection of essays examines the kinds of geo-economic power that the EU must adopt to meet the key challenges of 2012.
The multiple challenges of Libya's reconstruction

Despite the complexity of Libya’s challenges, the NTC, supported by a determined international community, can face them successfully if no further time is wasted.
The EU's approach to fragility in Guinea Bissau: Between ambition and coherence

Key policy frailties continue to constrain the EU’s potential to address state fragility in Guinea Bissau. Future EU success will require calibrated support to reformers and effective outreach to regional and multilateral partners.
Understanding India

Why does India behave the way she does in foreign affairs? This policy brief puts forth four reasons why and outlines India's role in the new global order.
EU-Asia trade relations: getting through the crisis

Growing concerns over the economic outlook in East Asia threaten the upward trend in EU exports in the absence of policy efforts to conclude new trade accords.
Opinion articles
- Upgrading EU commercial diplomacy in 2012 (Richard Youngs, New Europe)
- Playing with fire (Cristina Manzano, elPeriódico.com)
- Increased EU engagement with Ukraine is pressing (Natalia Shapovalova, EUObserver)
- An EU-LAC Strategic Partnership? It Takes Two to Tango! (Susanne Gratius, Atlantic-Community.org)


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