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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Security and Conflict

NATO's new Strategic Concept

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

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

Security and Conflict

The international community' s influence on state-society relations in Angola

By Sarah-Lea John de Sousa (29/04/2010) Other publications

This paper, part of the European Commission financed 'Initiative for Peacebuilding' project, analyses the impact of the international community's engagement on state-society relations in Angola.

Security and Conflict

European conflict resolution policies: truncated peace-building

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

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.

Security and Conflict

Of Greeks and Romans: The EU, US and security strategy in a multipolar world

By Sven Biscop (24/02/2010) Policy Brief

This policy brief by Sven Biscop finds that the high expectations which Europe and the US had of each other concerning security strategy have not entirely been met.

Security and Conflict

One year of Obama in the Middle East: Have transatlantic differences narrowed?

By Michele Dunne (24/02/2010) Policy Brief

This policy brief by Michele Dunne examines transatlantic differences regarding the Middle East.

Security and Conflict

Iraq in 2010: The dangers of European complacency

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

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.