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The questions facing Europe’s development bank

by Jean Lemierre

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was founded following the collapse of communism, and has turned out to be a resounding success. Jean Lemierre, who is stepping down after eighty years as its president, urges the EBRD’s shareholders to be true to its founding principles

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The case for climate change optimism

by Angus McCrone

Finding grounds for optimism in the global warming debate isn’t easy. But Angus McCrone points out that investment in clean renewable energy sources is rising much more quickly than human CO2 emissions. And game theory suggests that nations will eventually take unilateral steps to curb their carbon emissions

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Cold War lessons for security policy today

by Alyson Bailes

Nuclear armageddon was such a potent threat that it yielded disarmament deals and the OSCE’s collective approach to European security. But Alyson Bailes warns that not just pillars but “whole bastions” of European security architecture have now crumbled away

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Why the private sector holds the key to better development aid

by Henrietta Fore

American private sector capital flows to the developing world are, at $130bn annually, more than six times greater than official aid from the US. Henrietta Fore, the Administrator of USAID, says this underscores the importance of a wider trend towards public-private partnerships, and details some of the “lessons learned” that could interest European aid organisations

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"Do you like the EU?" − The pollsters' puzzling conclusions

by Helen Szamuely

Eurobarometer’s findings when measuring opinion in the EU can produce misleading results, warns Helen Szamuely of the UK’s Bruges Group think-tank. She traces the confusions in public opinion between “European values” and the EU itself

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The new kids on the R&D block

by Gerard Salole

Europe’s efforts to strengthen its research and innovation performance are still flagging, but now the world of charitable and philanthropic foundations is taking a hand. Gerry Salole reports on their activities, but warns that EU policymakers have yet to lighten their legal burdens

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> BULGARIA seethes over the ECB’s response to its “evro” hopes
> On Wolfgang Petritsch's "The EU must speed up its western Balkans enlargement"
> The EU and the Serbian Civil Society

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