Europe and the reshaped global order

Understanding India

By Gauri Khandekar (19/01/2012) Policy Brief

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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.

Europe and the reshaped global order

The G20 after Cannes: An identity crisis

By Giovanni Grevi (28/11/2011) Policy Brief

Council of the European Union

After its Cannes summit the G20 has an identity crisis. If it is to help with the euro crisis its whole approach to collective responsibility must change.

Europe and the reshaped global order

EU-Asia trade relations: getting through the crisis

By Yeo Lay Hwee, Anne Pollet-Fort (04/01/2012) Policy Brief

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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.

Europe and the reshaped global order

Security and Islam in Asia: lessons from China's Uyghur minority

By Sébastien Peyrouse (26/07/2011) Policy Brief

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In the context of China’s rise to power, it is important for Asia’s security agenda to look at the Chinese experience of managing the Uyghur issue, where Islam tends to be used as an ideology of decolonisation and resistance.

Europe and the reshaped global order

Why the EU needs to engage Russia on Asian security

By Marlène Laruelle (22/06/2011) Policy Brief

The Council of the European Union

Relations between the EU and Russia have improved since 2010. Unlike in the immediate neighbourhood, where Moscow perceives Europe’s presence as a threat to its interests, the Russia–Europe partnership could be productive in Asia.

Europe and the reshaped global order

The G20 - Driving development behind closed doors

By Nils-Sjard Schulz (07/12/2011) Policy Brief

Council of the EU

In the run-up to the Mexico Summit, much needs to be done for the G20 to become an effective development driver.

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