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

Death of the WEU – How Brussels shot itself in the foot
by José Cutileiro
“Be careful what you wish for,” warns the WEU’s former Secretary General José Cutileiro. He charts the many problems created by the WEU’s demise and by the creation of the EU’s External Action Service.
 
 
 
EW Journal - Developing World

Cash-strapped Europe should still do more to tackle global poverty
by Fan Shenggen
The EU is beset by problems at home and abroad, but that doesn’t mean it can’t do much more to alleviate the hunger that is the constant scourge of one billion people. Shenggen Fan sets out a checklist of actions that Europe’s aid donors have yet to take.
 
EW Journal - Arab World

The EU can yet seize the opportunities of the Arab spring
by Eneko Landaburu
The European Union’s neighbourhood policy has promised much and delivered little. Eneko Landaburu argues that now the Arab spring offers the EU a chance to put its money where its mouth is, and the signs are that it could achieve real change.

 
 
EW Journal - China

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.
 
 
Europe's World Journal - previous Issues

Greening the CAP, and pruning it too
by Valentin Zahrnt
It will soon be crunch-time for Europe’s controversially expensive CAP. Valentin Zahrnt puts forward ideas for slimming the EU’s €50bn a year farm budget while making it environmentally attractive

'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

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
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