The fourteenth edition of Europe's World is out. We feel it's fair to say that few if any publications in the field of international relations and policy debate have grown as fast or widened their scope so remarkably as Europe's World. Table of contents of Issue 14.

The search is on for 'global governance' solutions to the world's economic and political problems. The trouble is, of course, that there's not much agreement across Europe or around the world on what sort of policy instruments, institutions and rules would open the way to a fairer international system serving the needs of North and South, East and West while avoiding the pitfalls that led to the global crisis.  Read more

 
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Table Of Contents of the "Summer 2008" issue

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
On Jean-Paul Marthoz's "Bush's legacy will be NGOs with a truly global vision" by Corina Cretu
On Mark Almond's "Why Turkey may turn its back on Europe" by Joost Lagendijk
On Mark Almond's "Why Turkey may turn its back on Europe" by Gunther Krichbaum
On Anders Fogh Rasmussen's "Europe's chance to become a global climate champion" by Phil Woolas
On Armand Clesse's "This enlargement mess" by Janusz Onyszkiewicz
On Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu's "A five-point strategy for EU-Russia relations" by Boris Zala
On Poul Byrup Rasmussen's "Taming the private equity fund "locusts"" by Simon Walker
On Wolfgang Petritsch's "The EU must speed up its western Balkans enlargement" by Hannes Swoboda
On Igor Yurgens' "Forget politics; what Russia and the EU need is a shared economic space" by Hans-Ulrich Klose
INTERNATIONAL
Why EU and US geopolitical interests are no longer the same by David P. Calleo
The financial contagion now spreading worldwide by Hannes Androsch
It’s time Europe got its economic policy act together by Jim O'Neill
Capitalism’s uncertain future by Daniel Daianu
What to do about sovereign wealth funds by Roland Koch
The EU, Russia and the crisis of the post-Cold War European order by Ivan Krastev
Blueprint for a new relationship with Russia by Roderic Lyne
Is Gazprom’s strategy political? by Alexander Medvedev
Supposing the United States becomes isolationist by Ian Bremmer
Why the US is destined to remain a “European power” by Bertel Heurlin
Think big, Russia and Europe, you both need an energy community by Timofei Bordachev
Why we must learn to say No to Russia by Vytautas Landsbergis
SECURITY & DEFENCE
Towards fairer burden-sharing in NATO by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
The steps needed to move ESDP from theory to fact by Henri Bentégeat
The pressures for a new Euro-Atlantic security strategy by Simon Serfaty
Cold War lessons for security policy today by Alyson Bailes
Homegrown terrorism 1: We must slay the mythical dragons of “Eurabia” by Muhammed Abdul Bari
Homegrown terrorism 2: Breaking the vicious circle of marginalisation and radicalisation by Busso von Alvensleben
EUROPE
How France intends to meet all those EU presidency expectations by Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Getting the Franco-German engine back into gear by Ulrike Guérot
The questions facing Europe’s development bank by Jean Lemierre
Why Sarkozy’s Mediterranean plan is arousing suspicions by Eduard Soler i Lecha
What a truly democratic EU might look like by Sabine Leidig
"Do you like the EU?" − The pollsters' puzzling conclusions by Helen Szamuely
Make the western Balkans the EU’s next prize by Doris Pack
Policing Kosovo: The challenges awaiting EULEX by Elisabeth Pond
Sharing a vision of “the new Europe” by Mark Eyskens
What Europe’s past can tell us of its future by Élie Barnavi
The new kids on the R&D block by Gerard Salole
The EU and the Serbian Civil Society by Sonja Biserko
Mixed thoughts of an EU newcomer by András Inotai
SUSTAINABLE EUROPE
The case for climate change optimism by Angus McCrone
Global economic “architecture” is no longer fit for purpose by Herman Mulder
Europe needs to change its whole approach to sustainability by Tony Juniper
How Europe could leap-frog the US in productivity by Robert Atkinson
Future Challenges to Europe’s Healthcare Systems by Sophia Tickell
THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Why the private sector holds the key to better development aid by Henrietta Fore
The case for cash aid to Africans − not to their governments by Göran Holmqvist
SPONSORED SECTIONS
Open to change by La Poste International Mail Activities
Catalonia's policy on climate change by unknown Generalitat de Catalunya
A new hope for Cyprus by unknown Government of the Republic of Cyprus
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SPOTLIGHT
Why the EU should be encouraging pluralist Muslim democracies by unknown Socialist Group in the European Parliament
“We have to combine tough environmental standards and an emphasis on innovation” by unknown Socialist Group in the European Parliament
“I’m all in favour of ambitious vehicle emission goals, but they have to be achievable” by unknown Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in t
“France is taking on the EU presidency at a turning point for Europe” by unknown European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and
“Education is not an EU responsibility, but we need to be able to study anywhere in Europe” by unknown European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and
VIEWS FROM THE CAPITALS
BULGARIA seethes over the ECB’s response to its “evro” hopes by Roumen Avramov
FINLAND’s power struggles result in mixed signals on foreign policy by Michael Kull, Henri Vogt
Cliff-hanger vote will show the SWISS are not so detached over Europe by René Schwok
Eurosceptic NORWEGIANS quietly bow to Brussels’ power by Erik O. Eriksen
Still selling the Lisbon treaty to the sceptical DUTCH by Mendeltje van Keulen

OUR EUROPEAN RADAR SCREEN

It is not easy to track policy thinking around Europe, but fresh ideas and new reports from over 130 think tanks and universities that make up the Europe's World Advisory Board are featured under Partner Network.

 All comments welcome!

Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) (Austria) 
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
 
Center for International Studies at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)   Faculty of International relations at the University of Economics in Prague (UEP) (Czech Republic) 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (Germany) 
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Spain)
 
The Institute of Democratic Politics (IDP) (Lithuania)    Department of International Relations at the University of Padua (Italy)
 Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (Germany)
Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) (Poland)
 
Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (Switzerland)    Friends of Europe (Belgium)
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) (Germany) 
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
 
Institute for World Economics (IWE) (Hungary)    Russia in Global Affairs (Russian Federation)
Institute of European Affairs (IEA) (Ireland) 
Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI) (Portugal)
 
Institute for International Relations (IMO) (Croatia)    Centre for European Integration Studies (CEIS) (Georgia)
Confrontations Europe (France) 
European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) (Spain)
 
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)    Faculty of studies of the European Economic Integration at the Romanian American University
 Madariaga European Foundation (Belgium)
Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EVI)
 
Institute for Civilization and Culture (Slovenia)    European Institute at İstanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy) 
Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
 
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath (United Kingdom)    Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS)
The Greek Centre of European Studies and Research (EKEME) 
Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS) (Poland)
 
Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) (Belgium)    Eurocollege at the Tartu University (Estonia)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden) 
Economic Development Foundation (IKV) (Turkey)
 
Center for European Programmes at the American University in Bulgaria    Europa-Institut (Germany)
 Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) at the European University Institute (Italy)
Department of Political Science at the University of Lund (Sweden)
 
EGMONT (Royal Institute for International Relations) (Belgium)   Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) (United Kingdom) 
 Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg (France)
Faculty of International Relations of the EuroUniversity (Estonia)
 
College of Europe (Belgium)   Europe's Forum on International Cooperation (Euforic) (Netherlands) 
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) (Italy) 
Cyprus Policy Center (CPC)
 
Open Estonia Foundation    Centre for European and Transition Studies (Latvia)
Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs 
Economic Policy Research Institute (TEPAV/EPRI) (Turkey)
 
Federal Trust for Education & Research (United Kingdom)    Institute of European Studies (IEE) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Belgium)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium) 
 
Baltic Development Forum (Denmark)    Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) 
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) (Belgium)
 

Institute for Security and International Studies (Bulgaria)

    Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
The European Institute of Romania 
Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association
 
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTSCP) (United States)    Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy (CKID) (Greece)
Center for EU Enlargement Studies (Hungary) 
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) (Malta)
 
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) (Netherlands)   School of Political Life and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) 
 Centre for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria)
Institute of European Studies, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
 
Notre Europe (France)    Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) (Russian Federation)
Security & Defence Agenda (Belgium) 
Forum 2000 Foundation (Czech Republic)
 
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)    Center for International Relations (CIR) (Poland)
Institute of International Relations (IIR) (Czech Republic) 
Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS) (Czech Republic)
 
Robert Schuman Foundation (France)    Solidar (Belgium)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium) 
Estonian School of Diplomacy (ESD)
 
Department of Social and Political Studies at the University of Pavia (Italy)    Centre for EU Studies at the Ghent University
 Centre for International Development Issues at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Polish Institute of International Affairs
 
   
 Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
 
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information   Institución Futuro - think tank independiente (Spain) 
 Austrian Institute of International Affairs
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
 
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress   Center for Applied Policy Research (C.A.P.) 
 International Policy Network (IPN - United Kingdom)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM - Netherlands)
 
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha (Spain)   University of Miami (United States) 
Manchester JMCE (United Kingdom) 
Institute for European Studies, Universidad San Pablo (Spain)
 
Centre for European Politics, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)    University of Oradea (Romania)
European Institute of Lodz (Poland) 
Universidad de A Coruña (Spain)
 
Institute of European Studies, Jagellonian University (Poland)    Maxwell School of Syracuse University (United States)
University of Malta 
Council for European Studies, Columbia University (United States)
 
Universität Salzburg (Austria)    University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
International Centre for Policy Studies (Ukraine) 
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM - Turkey)
 
Global Political Trends Center (GPoT - Turkey)   European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI - Germany) 
Centre for Strategic Studies, Jordan University (CSS) 
Centre for European Security Studies (CESS – Netherlands)
 
Gulf Research Center (GRC - United Arab Emirates)   Institute for Security and Defence Policy (ISDP - Sweden)
 
Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue (JCPPRD) 
Atlantic Community (Germany – United States)
 
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)   Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA - Israel) 
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) 
Institut Européen des Relations Internationales (IERI - Belgium)
 
Centre for the Study of Wider Europe, National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM)   Comenius University (Slovakia) 

 

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