Assessing Democracy Assistance

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Transatlantic relations after one year of Obama

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Explaining Spain's unfulfilled potential

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NATO's new Strategic Concept

By Jos Boonstra (08/06/2010) Policy Brief

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NATO is drafting a new Strategic Concept. What will it have to say about the European security architecture, its partnerships and the economic crisis?

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Iraq in 2010: The dangers of European complacency

By Edward Burke (10/02/2010) Policy Brief

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The Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 March signified a severe test of the truce that emerged between the major factions during 2007 and 2008; a test which the EU was woefully unprepared for.

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Yemen: Make haste slowly

By Edward Burke (26/01/2010) Policy Brief

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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.

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Spain's War in Afghanistan

By Edward Burke (12/01/2010) Policy Brief

Spain has been a useful but low-key contributor to the mission in Afghanistan. It has undertaken valuable civilian work, but its military role has been more circumscribed.

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Beyond Copenhagen: Securitising climate change

By Richard Youngs (02/12/2009) Policy Brief

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One of the main imperatives beyond Copenhagen will be to incorporate the geopolitical dimensions of climate change fully into a broadened external energy security policy. On this matter, Europe is a laggard not a leader.

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The "soldier-diplomat" in Afghanistan and Iraq

By Edward Burke (05/10/2009) Working Paper

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The US and UK Armed Forces have learned the painful lessons of their limited engagement in Afghanistan and Iraq, and are now prepared to assume wide-ranging humanitarian and reconstruction tasks.

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