The Latino Vote in 2004
This article explores how electoral structures and partisanship interact with the size and distribution of the Hispanic population to shape the role Latinos will play in the 2004 presidential election
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European Commission Recommends Accession Negotiations with Turkey, but with Certain Conditions
This report analyses the European Commission’s landmark report on Turkey and its momentous recommendation to the next European Council meeting on December 17 in Brussels to start accession negotiations, 41 years after the country became an associate member of the then EEC. The Commission also issued a detailed impact study.
Barroso’s Labours
The central issue for the new President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, is whether he will be able to regain for the Commission the central role in the construction of Europe that it had in the past, and thereby reverse the tendency towards a ‘loss of authority’ that both Jacques Santer and Romano Prodi were unable to put a stop to
Geopolitical implications of the Darfur conflict
The origins of the genocide in Darfur (50,000 killed, 1,200,000 displaced and 200,000 refugees in Chad, according to estimates) and the responses to it involve factors both internal and external to Sudan. The balance of interests in play are interfering with this tragedy, making it much more difficult to solve
Morocco is Failing to Take Off
When Mohammed VI took power in 1999, great hopes were raised both inside and outside Morocco. Five years later, discontent and disappointment are growing more quickly than the promised reforms
Calle Ocho and the Embargo: The Evolution of Cuban American Views on US-Cuba Policy[1]
This ARI analyses the influence of Hispanics on American foreign policy by focusing on the important role that Cuban Americans have played in maintaining a hallmark policy of the United States in fighting Communism: the Cuban Embargo
The New Legislative and Budgetary Competences of the European Parliament in the European Constitution
This article looks at the new legislative and budgetary competences of the European Parliament under the Treaty establishing a Constitution for the European Union, according to the text approved by the Heads of State or Government of the EU at the summit meeting held in Brussels on 18 June 2004. In quoting the text the article uses the consolidated version drawn up by the General Secretariat of the Council on 2 July 2004 (CIG 86/04)
Development prospects for Paraguay under the government of President Duarte Frutos
Plagued by political corruption, the recent economic performance of Paraguay has been dismal. For the first time since the transition to democracy began in 1989, the government of President Duarte Frutos is now laying the basis for improved governance and sustainable development
Ratification of the Constitution of the EU: A Minefield
On 18 June the Brussels summit gave the go-ahead to the draft Constitution which now moves into its final phase. The text has to be ratified, unanimously, by all Member States through a variety of procedures, so there is still a real possibility of the whole process floundering.
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