Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Between now and 2017, David Cameron has to move fast and work hard to explain why the EU matters and why it is in Britain’s strategic interest to remain inside it.
During the Euromaidan protest movement—as in the first years of the Arab Spring—it was the power of social media that galvanized civil society.
The EU’s perspective and action are clearly global in nature. However, the scope of the union’s international ambitions remains uncertain.
With new kinds of civic actors appearing, and regime tactics affecting the possibilities for such actors to organize, donors should rethink their support for civil society.
Should the EU3+3 and Iran conclude an agreement, this might go far toward reducing Iran’s nuclear threat for ten years, but success will depend utterly on the detailed provisions.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the European Union have no choice but to work together to end Greece’s crippling financial and economic crisis.
Economic interests, combined with national security considerations, give Turkey an incentive not to seek nuclear weapons.
What can society do to avoid situations similar to that in Tröglitz? What responsibility does the EU’s policy on refugees bear for current tensions?
Tunisia’s government has a rocky road ahead. Along the way, the country can look to the West—in particular, to the EU—for support.
The Ukraine crisis has revealed both the strengths of German foreign policy—diplomatic skill and economic power—and its weakness—a lack of military muscle.