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Turkey’s EU Accession Reaches an Impasse (WP)
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WP 34/2009 - 3/7/2009
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William Chislett
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Turkey’s EU accession negotiations, started in October 2005,
are going very slowly for many reasons, including the government’s
continued refusal to open its ports and airports to vessels and
aircraft from Greek Cypriot-controlled Cyprus (an EU member since
2004). This issue will come up for review at the EU summit during the
current Swedish Presidency.
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International Terrorism and the Rule of Law
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24/6/2009
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Hisashi Owada
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Keynote speech by the President of the International Court of Justice Hisashi Owada at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and and the Elcano Royal Institute and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.
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Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights
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(Translated from Spanish) - 16/6/2009
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Enrique Múgica Herzog
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Speech by the Spanish Ombudsman Enrique Múgica Herzog at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Elcano Royal Institute and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.
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A Russian Perspective on the Energy Charter Treaty (ARI)
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ARI 98/2009 - 16/6/2009
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Andrei V. Belyi
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The recent gas crises between Russia and the Ukraine and a number of political declarations on the need for a new energy transit regime have brought the Energy Charter Treaty to the limelight. This ARI aims to explain the Energy Charter’s political role and weaknesses by looking at the entire legal process in its political and historical context.
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Dollar Dominance, Euro Aspirations: Recipe for Discord? (WP)
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WP 29/2009 - 28/5/2009
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Benjamin J. Cohen
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After nearly a century of dominance of the international monetary
system, has the US dollar finally met its match in the euro? A struggle
for monetary leadership could become a source of sustained tensions
in US-European relations. Fortunately, however, there seems
relatively little risk of a destabilising escalation into outright geopolitical conflict.
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The Fifth Summit of the Americas: Relations with the US are Played Out in Cuba (ARI)
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ARI 74/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 28/5/2009
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Carlos Malamud and Carola García-Calvo
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The Fifth Summit of the Americas allowed the US to resume dialogue with
Latin America. During the meeting, Washington sought to establish a
relationship ‘among equals’, in line with Barack Obama’s idea of moving
from a policy of acting ‘for’ Latin America to one of acting ‘with’ it.
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Ecuador’s Foreign Policy: Presidential Interests and Ideology (ARI)
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ARI 61/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 19/05/2009
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Carlos Malamud & Carola García-Calvo
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Ecuador’s foreign policy, in the context of the Rafael Correa’s ‘government of the Citizens’ Revolution’, is complemented by the ‘Patria, altiva, digna y soberana’ project. Accordingly, a set of positions and alliances has been adopted. Some of these are very controversial and have a clear ideological bias, which has compromised the country’s international image.
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The European Union’s External Action Service (WP)
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WP 46/2008 (Translated from Spanish) - 19/5/2009
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Natividad Fernández Sola
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The European Union’s international representation under the primary law now in force, and the way this has been put into practice both by the EU and the European Community before it, are clear reflections of the institutional complexity and partial integration – by sectors and in different phases – that the bloc has suffered from since its creation. Today, this representation can be three-fold, carried out by the European Commission, the Council and member states. Within the second of these, it can be implemented by two different institutions: the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (the so-called Mr. or Mrs. CFSP) and the Presidency.
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The Crisis and the Euro (WP)
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WP 23/2009 - 14/5/2009
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Barry Eichengreen
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This paper explores the different challenges that the financial crisis has posed to the Euro area and its governance.
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