Yemen: Make haste slowly
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As the world’s governments gather in London to decide upon a response to the threat from a resurgent al-Qaeda in Yemen the first thing that the leaders of the US and Europe should recognise is how easy it is for them to make the situation much worse.
EU Assistance to Central Asia: Back to the Drawing Board?
European Union assistance in general and to Central Asia in particular is a complicated, many sided and fairly opaque business. Has the EU got its priorities right and can it make a positive impact in Central Asia through technical assistance?
Post-Orange Ukraine: The lesser evil?
A New Agenda for US-EU Security Cooperation
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The rise of budget support in European development cooperation: a false panacea
European aid donors are delivering a higher share of development aid directly to governments in the form of budget support. While this offers potential for enhancing local accountability within developing states the way it is being implemented in practice is having a negative impact.
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Explaining Spain's unfulfilled potential
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With Spain having taken over the EU presidency, FRIDE's team of researchers offers a stock-take of Spanish foreign policy. Examining eight areas of Spain's external relations, we offer some guidelines for the improvement of the government’s foreign policy.
• Spain's War in Afghanistan, Edward Burke
• Why does Spain not have a policy for Latin America?, Susanne Gratius
• Spain's Diminished Policy in the Mediterranean, Kristina Kausch
• Spain in Africa: The Reluctant Newcomer, Stefan Meyer
• Spanish Development Policies: The Obstacles to Progress, Nils-Sjard Schulz
• Spanish Foreign Policy in the Balkans: Wasted Potential, Sofía Sebastián
• Does Spain have an Ostpolitik?, Natalia Shapovalova
• Immigration and Foreign Policy: The Economic Crisis and its Challenges, Laura Tedesco
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