False comfort in Turkey

by Tayyip Erdoğan should be feeling content these days. Police raided Gezi Park and forcibly cleared its occupants along with their tents over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of supportersRead more…

http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/false_comfort_in_turkey

Why do EU member states prefer bilateral “strategic” deals with China?

by This blog post is a response to Wang Yiwei’s article “Making China-EU relations genuinely strategic”. The article below originally appeared in Europe’s world. Wang Yiwei says the EU’s policyRead more…

http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/why_do_eu_member_states_prefer_bilateral_strategic_deals_with_china

Syria: the view from Lebanon

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_syria_the_view_from_lebanon140

Syria: the view from Lebanon

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://bit.ly/17Y8hKA

Europe sticks a warning label on the settlements

With no real case to make, the bullying opponents of the European Union’s long-delayed plan to label produce from Israeli settlements in the West Bank are crying anti-Semitism, cheapening the term at a particularly inopportune time.

http://bit.ly/15goS6e

Syria: the view from Turkey

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://bit.ly/19fIb3w

Iran election creates opportunity for better EU ties

by Hassan Rohani, a moderate cleric, just won Iran’s 11th presidential elections. The result is a surprise and marks the end of the eight-year chapter of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’sRead more…

http://bit.ly/16CT2Uc

China Analysis: Solar panels - A crisis “made in China”

by On June 4, the European Commission announced that it would impose an initial anti-dumping levy of 11 percent on solar panel imports from China, a rate that is set to rise after two months if talksRead more…

http://bit.ly/10q7qzR

Syria: the view from Jordan

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_syria_the_view_from_jordan138

Syria: the view from Iran

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://bit.ly/14DbbkG

Syria: the view from Iraq

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://bit.ly/11NgrRT

Syria: the view from the Iraq

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://bit.ly/10hwol1

Syria: the view from the Gulf states

This essay forms part of ECFR’s “Syria: Views from the Region” project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil war. The project will include eight essays documenting the dynamics driving the key regional states and actors most affected by the conflict.

http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_syria_the_view_from_the_gulf_states135
We’ve just published the first 4 essays in ECFR’s new “Syria: views from the region” project which explores the regional responses and ramifications of the war in Syria. This week’s essays examine the Gulf states, Iraq, Iran and Jordan http://bit.ly/140JSyG http://on.fb.me/11K6ZyF

We’ve just published the first 4 essays in ECFR’s new “Syria: views from the region” project which explores the regional responses and ramifications of the war in Syria. This week’s essays examine the Gulf states, Iraq, Iran and Jordan http://bit.ly/140JSyG http://on.fb.me/11K6ZyF

We’ve just published the first 4 essays in ECFR’s new “Syria: views from the region” project which explores the regional responses and ramifications of the war in Syria. This week’s essays examine the Gulf states, Iraq, Iran and Jordan http://bit.ly/140JSyG http://on.fb.me/11K6ZyF

We’ve just published the first 4 essays in ECFR’s new “Syria: views from the region” project which explores the regional responses and ramifications of the war in Syria. This week’s essays examine the Gulf states, Iraq, Iran and Jordan http://bit.ly/140JSyG http://on.fb.me/11K6ZyF