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The European leaders’ emergency summit featured plenty of headline-grabbing numbers, but far fewer actual commitments and details. It will not save the eurozone, but it will allow it live on to fight the next battle.
Boosting youth employment is one of the biggest challenges facing Arab governments over the next decade and it will require numerous reforms, including some to enable the private sector to drive economic growth.
The EU’s lack of ambition as an international actor has little to do with the virtues or flaws of the European character and far more to do with a number of structural factors.
Europe can and must play a more central role in addressing the nuclear dangers the international community faces.
Countries have good reasons to become actively involved in developing effective climate policies, since underestimating global trends could significantly affect their economic competitiveness.
If a new Ostpolitik is to have a really transformative effect in the six East European countries outside Russia, then its central component should be the perspective of eventual EU membership.
A strong European energy policy is the only way to reduce risks to energy security and make Europe more resilient to potential fallout from global events.
In a changing global context, the EU’s leadership interest lies in closer cooperation with both its traditional allies and fast developing powers.
Though Ethiopia has made significant strides in reducing poverty, improving life expectancy, and raising education levels, these gains have come with increasing inequality and surging inflation.
If Kyiv does not reconsider its course on the political trial and verdict of Yulia Tymoshenko, it could mean an end to Ukraine's possibilities of deeper integration with the EU.
Now, more than ever, Europe needs to create and support a unified strategic foreign policy if it wants to retain and strengthen its global influence.
As Washington and Beijing continue to build on decades of successful strategic nuclear discussions, the U.S. military must find a way to promote a more effective dialogue with China’s military.
To curb its declining global influence, the EU must be more effective in its foreign policy, concentrating on fewer priorities and making better use of the resources at its disposal.
As the world order evolves, Europe must continue to nurture and fortify its strategic partnerships, both in its neighborhood and worldwide.
To maintain global stability and prosperity, the EU should commit to strengthening efforts in widening and deepening its neighborhood.
Europe has key political, security, and economic roles to play in helping to consolidate the positive aspirations of its southern neighbors in the Middle East and North Africa.
Extending the customs union between Turkey and the EU to countries in the Middle East and North Africa would make establishing a free trade area across the Mediterranean much simpler and eliminate disincentives to trade and investment.
The absence of rampant nationalism is an essential prerequisite to any common European identification and pursuit of common strategic aims.
In order for Europe to become a more efficient global actor, it must strengthen its political leadership and better identify its interests.
The harsh verdict for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko demonstrates that Ukraine’s leadership prioritizes removing the opposition’s strongest candidate before parliamentary elections above good relations with the West.