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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 "Spring 2009" issue

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
On Boris Kapustin's "After Putin: How Russia’s liberalism might be revived " by Sven Mikser
On Jonathan Holslag's "The case for a single European development agency" by Olivier Consolo
On Dingli Shen's "Why China sees the EU as a counterweight to America" by Hubert Pirker
On John Monks' ''Saving capitalism from the speculators'' by Mihály Varga
On Nick Witney's ''The death of NATO'' by Pawel Bartlomiej Piskorski
On Ernst von Weizsäcker's ''Energy productivity will decide earth's fate'' by Satu Hassi
On Martin Rees' ''Why the end of the world may be nigh'' by Dan Jørgensen
On Constantine Papadopoulos' ''Why nobody loves Europe'' by Dushana Panayotova Zdravkova
On Stephen Wall's ''Is Britain a European nation?'' by Pierre Lequiller
On Alexander Nicoll's ''The long, hard slog of strengthening Europe’s defence capabilities'' by James Arbuthnot
On Fabrice Pothier's ''Winning European hearts and minds on Afghanistan'' by Clare Lockhart
On Simon Maxwell's ''A six-point plan for reforming EU aid'' by Paavo Väyrynen
INTERNATIONAL
Be quick Europe, or miss out on the Asian century by Kishore Mahbubani
It's time to scrap ambassadors and their embassies by Carne Ross
Turkey’s route to the EU may be via the Middle East by Sinan Ülgen
An EU realpolitik to unravel the riddle of unruly Russia by Tunne Kelam
It’s time for hard choices on EU-Russia relations by Eneko Landaburu
It's up to the West to alter course and defuse the Iranian nuclear crisis by François Nicoullaud
Why Europe mustn’t cede its leadership on Iran to the U.S. by Walter Posch
SECURITY & DEFENCE
How NATO could improve its relations with Russia by Dmitry Rogozin
Five good reasons for rewriting Europe’s security strategy by Pawel Swieboda
In some ways, the European Defence Agency is stronger than NATO by Vlasta Parkanova
The case for financial reform of both NATO and the ESDP by Liam Fox
Overcoming Germany’s angst about its Afghanistan role by Roland Freudenstein
The conscription debate that Europe shies away from by Alyson Bailes
It’s time Europe faced up to its changed security needs by Harri Tiido
EUROPE
Why Europe must create a strong financial watchdog by Bernhard Speyer, Norbert Walter
A bond-issuing EU stability fund could rescue Europe by Daniel Gros, Stefano Micossi
Europe must swallow its bitter economic medicine by Leif Pagrotsky
How hubris is leading the EU to its nemesis by Pierre Moscovici
With no constitution, does Europe have a foreign policy Plan B? by Philippe Moreau-Defarges
The CAP needs radical reform, not tinkering by Rudy Rabbinge
Charting Europe's changing shape by Olli Rehn
Assessing the western Balkans’ EU membership hopes by Erhard Busek
Why we mustn’t look at Eastern Europe as a single bloc by Mircea Geoana
How to cut the Gordian knot of Europe's muddled immigration policies by Martin Baldwin-Edwards
SUSTAINABLE EUROPE
Why renewable energy is much more than a flight of fancy by Andris Piebalgs
Climate change is now fast outstripping climate policy by Anders Wijkman
Europe leads the world on sustainability, but could do better by Candice Stevens
It’s time for the EU to shift gears on the transport sector by Peder Jensen
THE DEVELOPING WORLD
The recession’s storm holds a silver lining for development cooperation by Jean-Michel Debrat, Simon Maxwell
Protecting the world’s poor from the ravages of recession by Pär Stenbäck
How EU policies could address Africa’s food security by Gilles Saint-Martin
A “grand bargain” between NGOs and the media by Richard Werly
SPONSORED SECTIONS
VIEW FROM CATALONIA - Catalonia community development law: A commitment to social cohesion by Oriol Nel-lo
VIEW FROM CYPRUS - United Cyprus: My country - My Vision by George Iacovou
AUSTRIA - Winner of Globalisation, Partner of European Integration by Federal Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria
VIEWS FROM THE CAPITALS
LONDON: Economic woes may yet stoke Britain’s debate on joining the euro by Jonathan White
PRAGUE: Czech’s political turmoil doesn’t augur well for presidency stint by Bretislav Dancak
DUBLIN: Recession will be the wild card in second Irish treaty referendum by John O'Brennan
LJUBLJANA: Winners of Slovenia’s post-presidency election upset now face recession by Alja Brglez
STOCKHOLM: Labour laws row divides Swedes over value of EU’s Lisbon strategy by Anna Michalski
VOX POP - HAVE YOUR SAY
Has the Erdogan visit to Brussels got Turkey’s EU bid back on track? Or will the economic crisis condemn it to remaining a sideshow? by Europe's World
As the slump deepens, should Europe’s development aid be maintained? Or does charity begin at home? by Europe's World
Could the deepening economic recession be the catayst for genuine reform and closer cooperation that EU governments have been resisting? by Europe's World
Has the time come to scrap ambassadors and their embassies? by Europe's World
Has the time come for Europe to get tough with Russia? by Europe's World
Is it now or never for Europe to get its immigration policy right? by Europe's World
Is the greening of Europe’s transport a top priority when industry is in such crisis? by Europe's World Vox Pop

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.

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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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