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Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2011. After the crisis

03/01/2011 By Publicaciones FRIDE

2010 was a turbulent year for the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty has still not engendered the promised advances in European cooperation and influence. Rather, the euro crisis nearly tore the EU apart; rising powers were clearly ascendant in international debates; in-fighting persisted between member states on second order institutional questions; and indebted European governments drew back from foreign engagement.
 
What are the prospects for 2011? Can we expect a calmer period of recuperation and rebuilding in Europe’s external relations? Or are there even more serious and disquieting challenges over the horizon? FRIDE looks forward and presents the ten most important challenges for the EU in 2011.

 


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Keywords

Afghanistan Central Africa Common Foreign and Security Policy Eastern Partnership (EaP) Economic crisis EU Foreign Policy G20 Governance Iran Kosovo Middle East and North Africa NATO OSCE Security Sector Reform South Caucasus Turkey West Africa Western Balkans

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