30 years later: is the EU becoming too narrow for Spain?
Perhaps Europe is becoming too small for Spain and other European countries including Germany. By becoming more global they are becoming less European.
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Goodbye to an ever closer EU, or perhaps not?
David Cameron wants a looser EU and powers to be repatriated from Brussels the next time the treaties are reformed. He is not alone in wanting that.
Chinamerica
The term Chinamerica began to be applied as the description of a new reality that had emerged over the previous decade, linking China and Latin America.
The TTIP slows down
The TTIP was set off with great enthusiasm, but the momentum in now slowing down. Now the hope is to conclude it by early next year
A less united and less European UK: ¿Brexit and break it?
Brexit and break-up will be very much at centre-stage in the United Kingdom over the next legislature.
Europe against Google: but there are no European Googles
If there is no Google in Europe it is because the EU and its Member States have failed to back up the idea.
Latin America: time well employed, time wasted
Latin America have taken advantage of the economic growth of recent years but this have not been exploited sufficiently to implement reforms and invest for the future.
The Obama Doctrine: diplomacy with force in the background
The Obama Doctrine means diplomacy first, but backed up by force, whether economic or military, and with US national (global) interests in mind.
Elections in the UK: Europe is not the issue, but the consequence
The 7 May elections in the UK are not mainly about Europe. The possibility of the UK’s exit, a Brexit, has caused much concern to Europe’s governments.
Iran’s reconciliation with the world upsets regional balances
Although the US will have to exercise a large degree of brinkmanship between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a realignment is taking place in the region.
Europeans race head over heels to Beijing
Beijing is a magnet for Europeans, who are scrambling over its evident attractions. There is no European strategy towards China.
Farewell Palestine?
Following Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral victory, the idea of Palestine as a state does indeed look unlikely.