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Document of interest Programme of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council 2010 4/10/2010 Spain took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2010. We offer the official programme of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council 2010.
The Challenges of Dealing with Yemen’s Deep Crises (ARI) ARI 29/2010 - 4/2/2010 Abdullah Al-faqih President Saleh’s foremost concern is to keep total economic and political power in his own hands as long as he lives, and to hand it down to his son afterwards. The US and the international community are concerned with the threat posed by al-Qaeda to regional and international peace and many educated Yemenis are concerned about the potential for tension between Saleh’s goal and that of the international community.
An Evaluation of the Swedish EU Presidency: Difficult Setting, Pragmatic Style and Mixed Results (ARI) ARI 28/2010 - 3/2/2010 Fredrik Langdal This ARI reviews the achievements and set-backs of the 2009 Swedish EU Presidency.
The Expanding European Union: How to Evaluate the Policy? What Prospects for Spain’s Presidency? (ARI) ARI 27/2010 - 2/2/2010 Graham Avery How should we judge the success of the EU’s enlargement policy? What can Spain expect to achieve in this field during its EU Presidency in 2010?
India’s African Engagement (ARI) ARI 10/2010 - 19/1/2010 Peter Kragelund The April 2008 India-Africa Forum Summit not only marked the zenith of India-African cooperation following intensified cultural, political and economic interactions between India and African countries, but also the increased competition with China over access to Africa’s resources and markets. The author reviews India’s development cooperation with African economies.
Controlling Migration in Southern Europe (Part 2): Gate-keeping Strategies (ARI) ARI 8/2010 - 19/01/2010 Anna Triandafyllidou Do the main gate-keeping policies adopted by Greece, Italy and Spain to control irregular immigration achieve their intended effects?
Controlling Migration in southern Europe (Part 1): Fencing Strategies (ARI) ARI 7/2010 - 19/01/2010 Anna Triandafyllidou Reducing irregular migration cannot be achieved by tougher border controls only, as shown by the experiences of Italy, Spain and Greece.
The Development of the Power Sector in India: Issues and Prospects (ARI) Rajeev Anantaram ARI 6/2010 - 18/1/2010 The power sector in India is projected to grow rapidly over the next two decades and to be increasingly open to private sector participation, both domestic and foreign.
The Way Forward for the Spanish Economy: More Internationalisation (WP) WP 1/2010 - 15/1/2010 William Chislett The collapse of the construction sector brutally exposed the shortcomings of the lopsided economic model. The economy needs to become more internationalised through exports and direct investment abroad in order to create jobs on a more sustainable basis and employment of a higher quality.
International Trade and Emerging Protectionism since the Crisis (ARI) ARI 5/2010 - 15/1/2010 Razeen Sally Protectionism has returned, reversing an almost three-decade trend of trade liberalisation.
Spain, Water and Climate Change in COP 15 and Beyond: Aligning Mitigation and Adaptation through Innovation (WP) WP 65/2009 - 24/12/2009 Elena Lopez-Gunn The water/energy nexus opens a range of opportunities to align mitigation and adaptation framed by human security, which prioritises human development. In this context, Spain has an opportunity to play a leading role in realising this potential by pursuing a coherent multilevel strategy specifically designed for water and climate variability and change.
General Elections in Bolivia, December 2009 (ARI) ARI 154/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 18/12/2009 Andrés Santana Leitner The Bolivian general elections were held in December 2009 in very special circumstances and conditions: they were the first elections under Bolivia’s New Political Constitution, the first (since the reinstatement of democracy) in which a President was eligible for reelection, the first in which biometric voter registration was implemented and the first in which it was possible to vote from outside the country.
The Homegrown Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland (ARI) ARI 171/2009 - 18/12/2009 Lorenzo Vidino Radicalisation into violence affects some small segments of the American Muslim population and recent events show that a threat from homegrown terrorism of jihadist inspiration does exist in the US.
Working towards a European immigration policy (WP) WP 57/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 16/12/2009 Carmen González Enríquez and Alicia Sorroza The EU has laid the foundation for a comprehensive European integration policy that addresses such issues as positive management of immigration and measures to curb irregular flows of immigrants. However, it is still far from having a true, common European immigration policy, and this is one of the challenges that Spain will face during its EU Presidency starting in 2010.