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The Belgian EU Presidency Setting Europe Back into Action and Laying the Future Institutional Groundwork (ARI) ARI 126/2010 - 3/8/2010 S. Andoura Belgium took over the Presidency of the EU on 1 July 2010 from Spain and began it in the midst of a national political crisis.
‘Innovating Europe’ in troubled times: a first assessment of Spain’s EU Presidency in 2010 (ARI) ARI 115/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 20/7/2010 Ignacio Molina After a very rough six months, Spain completes the first rotating Presidency of the EU to be held under the Lisbon Treaty.
Cyprus: Time for a Negotiated Partition? (WP) WP 21/2010 - 5/7/2010 William Chislett The Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders have resumed negotiations to reunify Cyprus, which has been divided for more than three decades along ethnic lines. But progress is still very slow and the partition option is gaining credence.
The EU’s Internal Security Strategy (ARI) ARI 75/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 22/6/2010 Félix Arteaga The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approved its Internal Security Strategy on 25 February 2010.
Greece: Looking Beyond the Economic Crisis (ARI) ARI 91/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/6/2010 Irene Martín and Elías Dinas This ARI examines how the economic crisis in Greece has come hand in hand with a crisis of political representation that makes it difficult to implement austerity measures.
Russian Security Policy and Cooperation with the West (ARI) ARI 97/2010 - 16/6/2010 Marcel de Haas The West must find new ways to cooperate with Russia now that Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev have used its energy revenues to transform the country into a resurgent power and developed an assertive policy towards the West.
Differentiated Integration and Flexibility in the EU under the Lisbon Treaty: challenges for the Trio Presidency (ARI) ARI 77/2010 - 26/4/2010 Carlos Closa The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty brings a number of institutional innovations. The Treaty includes a number of modalities of differentiated integration which did already exist and it adds some new forms.
Key Strategic Decisions for Europe in Energy and Climate Change (ARI) ARI 76/2010 - 26/4/2010 Paul Isbell and Federico Steinberg Europe’s goal is to design a coherent energy policy, supported by all of its member states, that allows it to blend the international leadership it has already exercised and demonstrated on climate change.
Electoral Blow to the Reunification of Cyprus (ARI) ARI 74/2010 - 21/4/2010 William Chislett The defeat of Mehmet Ali Talat in the presidential election of 18 April in the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the victory of Dervish Eroglu, the Prime Minister, dealt a potentially severe blow to the chances of reunifying Cyprus, the only divided country in Europe.
The area of Freedom, Security and Justice: a New Horizon for European Integration (ARI) ARI 72/2010 - 20/4/2010 Charles Powell and Alicia Sorroza The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty has opened up new perspectives in the area of Justice and Home Affairs.
New Changes and Old Challenges in the Economic Governance of the Eurozone (ARI) ARI 71/2010 - 20/4/2010 Clara Crespo The tenth anniversary of the creation of the euro coincided with the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it did so amid uncertainty over the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Its entry into force will allow for some improvements, such as greater economic coordination, but some of its weaknesses will remain. Despite this, as a whole the eurozone will probably emerge strengthened from the crisis.
The EU and Natural Gas from Central Asia: Is Nabucco the Best Option? (ARI) ARI 102/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 14/4/2010 Rafael Fernández This ARI looks at the advantages, difficulties and uncertainties concerning the Nabuccogas pipeline, the project to transport energy from a number of Central Asian countries to the EU.
Frontex: Successful Blame Shifting of the Member States? (ARI) ARI 69/2010 - 13/4/2010 Jorrit J. Rijpma Frontex has been often criticised for failing to take action against the deaths of asylum seekers and migrants trying to reach Europe by crossing the sea.
NATO-EU Cooperation in the Atlantic Alliance’s Future Strategic Concept (ARI) ARI 25/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 12/4/2010 Mario A. Laborie Iglesias NATO and EU cooperation on security and defence is one of the fundamental issues to be reviewed in the development process of the Atlantic Alliance’s new Strategic Concept, envisaged for 2010.
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