As ties with Brussels worsened, Azerbaijan announced on January 24 that it was discontinuing its collaboration with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The PACE, a legislative body with its headquarters in Strasbourg, is “being used as a platform to target some member states,” according to a
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken traveled to Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola on January 21–26 with the goal of enhancing ties between the continent and the United States. The purpose of Blinken’s visit was also to further strengthen the connection between the United States and Africa
As part of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Return Directive and other existing laws have undergone revisions. Emphasizing the importance of upholding procedural safeguards and safeguarding individual basic rights, MEPs approved a draft resolution on the Return Directive in December 2020. In April 2023, the Parliament
E.U. member states launched the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) in 1998. The aim of the policy instrument referred at the time as the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) was to develop military crisis management capacity. Beyond acting as a unitary global actor, the E.U. needed the mandate,
La France de 2020 n’est plus celle de 1920, ni celle de la Libération. Elle est aujourd’hui, notamment en raison d’une immigration progressive extra-européenne qui s’est déroulée sur quelques soixante années, beaucoup plus riche de diversité aussi bien ethnique que confessionnelle. Pour en accepter l’évidence, encore faut-il ne pas se
This second volume of essays on Central Asia and the Caucasus post-Covid-19 is published only a few months after the first volume saw the light in June 2020. But the atmosphere across the region is now decidedly different. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has resumed with full force, and
Ms de Groot’s paper on the impact of Brexit on trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union is a much-needed balanced perspective on the legal and regulatory landscape affecting the implications of the first country exiting the European Union.The trade negotiations between the UK and the EU are
The UK Government and the EU have agreed a third extension of the Article 50 period. The latest extension was confirmed on 29 October, two days before the scheduled Brexit deadline of 31 October. This Insight discusses how the decision was reached, what was agreed, and implications for the UK’s
The House of Lords EU Select Committee has today published its report on the revised EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration on future UK-EU relations ahead of House of Lords consideration of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which starts on Monday 13 January. Report: Brexit: revised Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
At the end of 2018, I met with our troops during Trident Juncture, NATO’s largest exercise since the Cold War. Over 50,000 men and women came from across Europe and North America to take part. They moved heavy equipment – 65 ships, 250 aircraft and 10,000 land vehicles – across
Despite important achievements in implementing the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS), unsustainable trends persisted, ranging from climate change to the ageing of societies in developed countries and a widening gap between the rich and the poor in the world. The world surrounding the EU also changed significantly since 2001
By Sreemoy Talukdar For Firstpost.com – As global coronavirus cases cross one million and deaths near 60,000, at what point do we point a finger at the institution that was set up precisely to forestall such pandemics and limit their impact? While pondering the question, bear in mind that the figure
When radicalised terror offenders are released from prison, how should they be dealt with? Two recent attacks in London have brought the question into sharp focus because both involved extremist offenders carrying out knife attacks despite being on the radar of security services. Sudesh Amman, 20, carried out the Streatham
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,515, April 1, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many of the EU’s inherent weaknesses, from its total unpreparedness for the crisis, to the open borders that expedited the spread of the disease, to the lack of solidarity reflected in member states’ refusal
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The last few weeks have turned our world upside down. It seems like a lifetime ago that we were going about our everyday business. But by now, some of you reading will have had symptoms, many of you will know someone who is sick and every single one of us
The euro-area economy is in a slump of unprecedented scale, and the contraction may deepen even further as lockdowns to contain the coronavirus are extended. IHS Markit said its monthly measure of services and manufacturing points to an annualized economic contraction of about 10%. With new business, confidence and employment
Annual Report 2019 The present report spans two significant anniversaries. It covers the year 2019, the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe, and its publication comes in the year of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights. The importance of this collective guarantee set up
