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Österreich: Zuerst kommt der EU-Austritt. Was passiert dann?
very amusing piece about the consequences of Austria leaving the EU (in German) Wien, im Dezember 2020 Von: Bundeskanzler Prof. Werner Faymann An: Frau Dr. Eva Dichand, Herausgeberin der Tageszeitung Krone heute [...] Es war ja wirklich nicht anzunehmen, dass man uns mitteilt, wir würden bei einem Austritt auch alle Vorteile der Mitgliedschaft verlieren und ein ganz normales Nicht-EU-Land wie Panama oder die Mongolei werden. So was Hinterfotziges!
more fromwww.zeit.de
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Stanley’s blog » Ireland: three key questions
Interesting thoughts by Stanley Crossick: Why ‘No’? - What is the solution? - What can all we learn from the Irish experience?
more fromcrossick.blogactiv.eu
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Medvedev's foreign policy: Do what Putin says | FP Passport
What a surprise: "Dmitry Medvedev unveiled Russia's new foreign policy strategy yesterday and shockingly it gives the prime minister's office (i.e. Vladimir Putin) unprecedented power to set the country's strategic priorities."
more fromblog.foreignpolicy.com
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Russia Blog: The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism
This looks interesting. Check also the other 5 parts! "Kevin Cyron, an American living in the Russian Federation who recently graduated with a Masters degree in Sociology from St. Petersburg State University, has agreed to Russia Blog publishing his thesis titled, "The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism". http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2008/07/Thesis%20Final%20Long%2006-05-08.doc and a handy menu can be found here: http://www.russiablog.org/2008/09/the_misconception_of_russian_a_9.php
more fromwww.russiablog.org
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Continental drift (pdf)
More on the difficult relationship between Britain and the EU: "Britain is becoming semi-detached from the rest of the EU – and an establishment in denial of the political nature of the European project is to blame, argues Peter Sutherland". Also read the response by Certain ideas of Europe: http://www.economist.com/blogs/certainideasofeurope/2008/07/misplaced_optimism_about_brita.cfm
more fromwww.peoplepowerprocess.com
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Democratic deficit or simply boredom?
An opinion piece by Lisbeth Kirk: "In a word, the danger is not so much that the EU is perceived as undemocratic but that it is seen as increasingly boring and irrelevant." She continues by asking "What if the US were like the EU?"
more fromeuobserver.com
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Romania corruption scoop
The European Commission will publish a progress report later this month, hopefully with some clear statements regarding corruption. A strong statement could be to trigger the safeguard clauses...
more fromedwardlucas.blogspot.com
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The Wider Black Sea Region in the 21st Century: Strategic, Economic, and Energy Perspectives (pdf)
The Black Sea region, once on the periphery of European consciousness, has become the next frontier in transatlantic strategic thinking in terms of energy security, trade, migration and other key policy areas. In this volume leading international experts examine the new dynamics of the Black Sea region, including perspectives from the region, trans-regional issues such as energy security, cross-border conflicts, democracy, civil rights, the rule of law, and future relations with Russia, the EU, NATO and other key actors.
more fromshop.ceps.be
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EU-Russia Relations, Toward a Way out of Depression (pdf)
EU - Russia relations: A period of stagnation (2003–2006), followed by a period of depression (2006-present)...
more fromifri.org
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Serbia’s climate change
The formation of a new government in Serbia offers modest hope of progress in its path to European Union membership, say Daniel Korski & Ivan Zverzhanovski.
more fromwww.opendemocracy.net
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Grahnlaw: Anti-EU by any other name
Is the label "euroscepticism" misleading? The idea is that labels such "anti-EU" or "anti-Europe" would be more suitable to describe "Eurosceptics" since most people that would put themselves in this category actually oppose any Europe wide approach. Very interesting thought!
more fromgrahnlaw.blogspot.com
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Fear and strange arithmetics: when powerful states confront powerless immigrants
Interesting essay by Saskia Sassen: "It is surprising to see the high price in terms of ethical and economic costs that powerful ‘liberal democracies' seem willing to pay in order to control extremely powerless people who only want a chance to work. Immigrants and refugees have to be understood as a historical vanguard that signals major ‘unsettlements' in both sending and receiving countries."
more fromwww.opendemocracy.net
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Eurozine - National populism versus democracy - Antony Todorov
Populist movements are a threat not because they raise the issue of direct democracy, but because they advocate nationalist mobilisation based on xenophobia, writes Antony Todorov. Given the failure of the leftist projects of the twentieth century, it is telling that far-right populism is more anti-democratic in the new democracies of central and eastern Europe than in western Europe. Is populism identical to the crisis of democracy or rather a symptom of it?
more fromwww.eurozine.com
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Centre for European Reform: Tough choices to avoid euro-paralysis
Hugo Brady proposes the most likely outcome of the "EU crisis" after the 'No' in Ireland. And he mentiones one interesting point: "Many voters do not see the continuity between EU treaties and think that old guarantees are over-written by new texts."
more fromcentreforeuropeanreform.blogspot.com
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WIA Report » Blogger Arrests
Quite a shocking report: "Unfortunately, one way to assess the political importance of blogging around the world is through the growing number of blogger arrests. Since 2003, 64 citizens unaffiliated with news organizations have been arrested for their blogging activities."
more fromwww.wiareport.org
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Yes, they could
What went wrong for the German Social Democrats? And how can they recover? - Although the article could focus more on the second question it makes a few good points. However, it seems to me that Kurt Beck is the wrong person to deliver "change"... unfortunately the same can be said for a large part of the SPD leadership!
more fromwww.policy-network.net
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Timothy Garton Ash: Instead of bullying the Irish, Europe should be working on plan D - and E
Timothy Garton Ash actually favours the "Nice plus" arrangement.
more fromwww.guardian.co.uk
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A better way with referendums
Interesting idea: Is it possible to introduce a more deliberative approach when holding a referendum? Does "deliberative polling" make citizens more knowledgeable?
more fromwww.ft.com
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The referendum: populism vs democracy | openDemocracy
The idea of the referendum as an instrument of the people's will rests on pre-democratic foundations, says George Schöpflin.
more fromwww.opendemocracy.net