ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

How Europe could tackle its growing skills shortage
by Dominik Ziller

The twin pressures of demographic change and inadequate training mean that Europe’s lack of skills will within 20 years mean 50m unfilled vacancies in the EU, warns Dominik Ziller.
EW Journal – International

Europe, too, needs an Asian ‘pivot’
by Karl Kaiser - by Manuel Muniz

The Obama administration’s “rebalancing” of U.S. relations towards Asia doesn’t mean a turning away from Europe, say Karl Kaiser and Manuel Muniz. But it does highlight the EU’s need to add security to its concerns in the region.
 
EW Journal - Security & Defence

The “internet of things” holds golden promises, but also daunting cyber-threats
by Urmas Reinsalu
Governments and private sector organisations need to re-set their thinking on cyber-security, warns Estonia’s defence minister Urmas Reinsalu. He explains how his highly-wired country is responding to the new threat
 
EW JOURNAL - EUROPE

Interpreting the Cameron speech
by David Howell - by David Howell

The UK prime minister’s milestone speech on Europe did not throw down the gauntlet that some imagine, says veteran Tory politician David Howell. He argues that it was instead an invitation to update Europe for the 21st century.
 
 
EW Journal - Developing World

Let’s privatise “official” development aid
by Meghnad Desai

Critics of ODA paint far too negative a picture of its effectiveness, says veteran British analyst Meghnad Desai. But he says there’s nevertheless a case for greatly simplifying development aid by taking it out of the hands of governments.
 
EW Journal - Arab World

It’s gaining ground, but Arab democracy is very precarious
by Samir Makdisi
The wealth of oil reserves in some Arab countries, and internal tensions along with the Arab-Israeli conflict, have kept autocratic governments in power for many years. Samir Makdisi warns that these factors will continue to make new-found Arab democracies very vulnerable.
 
 
 
Europe's World Journal - previous Issues

Europe’s energy cross-roads is dangerously close
by Fatih Birol - by Fatih Birol
Only greater efficiency will determine whether by 2020 energy will be a serious brake on the EU’s economic growth or an engine of recovery. Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency’s chief economist, sets out the policy options

“European politicians have to be bolder about reforming the Common Agricultural Policy”
by Eskil Erlandsson

'Yes' to Cancún but 'No' to handicapping the world's poor
by Alain Juppé
Copenhagen wasn't the unmitigated disaster it's portrayed as, and Cancún may yet build on its foundations. But Alain Juppé warns that "green fundamentalists" who advocate limiting economic growth should think again if the world's poorest nations are not to suffer

“The challenge is to achieve global food security in ways that improve the lives of the rural poor”
by Rajiv Shah
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