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Transatlantic relations after one year of Obama

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Have all the expectations been fulfilled?

Explaining Spain's unfulfilled potential

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As Spain takes over the EU presidency, FRIDE analyses Spanish foreign policy.

Security and Conflict

European conflict resolution policies: truncated peace-building

By Fernanda Faria, Richard Youngs (01/03/2010) Working Paper

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This analysis suggests that European policies in situations of conflict or fragility remain ineffectual, often unduly narrow in scope and at odds with the EU’s declared holism.

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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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A New Agenda for US-EU Security Cooperation

By Megan Chabalowski, Daniel Korski, Daniel Serwer (21/01/2010) Working Paper

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As the fifteenth anniversary of the New Transatlantic Agenda approaches, it seems a timely moment to examine the history of the US-EU relationship, assess US and EU security capabilities and lay out an agenda for the future.

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Does Spain have an Ostpolitik?

By Natalia Shapovalova (12/01/2010) Policy Brief

Spain has never had a particularly strong interest in Eastern Europe. In recent years Spain has rushed to engage with Russia, due to Moscow’s importance for European security.

Security and Conflict

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 EU, Central Asia and Security Sector Reform

By Jos Boonstra (23/11/2009) Other publications

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The European Union regards itself as a security actor and takes a keen interest in working with Central Asian states on the basis of joint security interests. Does this include Security Sector Reform (SSR)?


Projects: The EU's Central Asia Strategy

Security and Conflict

Signs of hope in the Western Balkans?

By Judy Batt (06/11/2009) Policy Brief

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At the end of 2009 events are shifting in the Balkans. Judy Batt examines somes of the important decisions the EU will need to take in 2010 to ensure that the region does not slide back into conflict.

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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.

Security and Conflict

No time to wind-down in Bosnia

By Sofia Sebastián (09/09/2009) Policy Brief

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The country continues to show no clear signs of reconciliation and there is a lack of commitment to the process of EU accession.

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