ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Fostering Europe’s infant democracies

by Radoslaw Sikorski
A new tool to foster infant democracies in Europe’s neighbouring countries is proposed by Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. As well as supporting pluralism, media freedom and “deep democracy” it would also enable the EU to act more quickly and flexibly.

EW Journal – International

Setting the record straight on China’s global ambitions

by Zhaoxing Li
Perhaps the most salient feature of the 21st Century so far has been China’s emergence as a global force. Li Zhaoxing, who was the Chinese foreign minister until 2007, sets out here to correct some of the common misapprehensions about China’s international goals and intentions.

EW Journal - Security & Defence

War and law in the 21st century: Adapting to the changing face of conflict

by Anne-Marie Slaughter
International laws governing conflicts and crimes against humanity have developed slowly and unevenly since the first Hague Convention of 1899. Anne-Marie Slaughter, until recently a top Obama Administration official, sets out the three main trends re-shaping international criminal law.

EW JOURNAL - EUROPE

The Doha Round: Where we go from here

by Roderick Abbott
The Doha Development Round is gripped by a profound sense of inertia, and the EU no longer seems able to push it forward. Roderick Abbott examines the factors behind the impasse and argues that the WTO must now adjust to changed circumstances if it is to save Doha.

EW Journal - Arab World

The Arab spring is a make or break challenge for the EU’s global role

by Massimo D'Alema
Europe propped-up discredited Arab regimes and failed to create worthwhile economic and political ties with its own southern neighbourhood. Massimo D’Alema warns that a concerted and ambitious EU development strategy is already slipping away thanks to European divisions and irresolution.

EW Journal - China

The “Asian century” means tightening Asian belts

by Chandran Nair
The shifting of economic and political power eastwards means the West must wake up to the fact that promoting consumption-led growth to Asia is not a viable option when natural resources are being so rapidly exhausted. Chandran Nair outlines how Asia should abandon Western-style economic practices to achieve a sustainably prosperous future on its own terms.

Europe's World Journal - previous Issues

A low carbon strategy for Europe

by Nick Mabey
Many of Europe’s outdated and inefficient power stations have to be replaced in the coming two decades, and Nick Mabey sets out the strategic steps that EU governments need to take together to create a low carbon economy at the least cost

It’s the right carbon price that’ll turn green promises into projects

by Allan Larson - by Måns Lönnroth
The shape of a climate investment framework that could kick-start a determined investment drive in low-carbon technologies is outlined by Allan Larsson and Måns Lönnroth

'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

A practical guide to decarbonising the global economy

by Jim Skea
Sorting fact from fiction is becoming central to the climate change debate. In the aftermath of Copenhagen and with Cancun looming ahead, Jim Skea distinguished what can be done and what must be done

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