Category Archives: European Foreign Policy
Ashton, the media and a resignation
Lutz Güllner, a spokesperson of Cathy Ashton, has resigned. Obviously, we don’t know the exact reasons but resigning from a job can mean two things. Either you don’t like the job anymore or your boss encourages you to look for something else. Now if you resign after only a couple of months, the job is [...]
Let's not get too excited about the EEAS!
There is a lot of speculation about the nature of the EEAS these days. Last week the first names for the top posts have been leaked to the press. Since then there has been a fight about organigramms or how a diplomat expressed it: “There’s probably a draft organigram on every floor of every EU [...]
The new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Yes, this is really the official title of the position that will be created once the Lisbon treaty is in force. Why not “EU Foreign minister” you may ask – well, the British delegation successfully managed to lobby against the title of “EU Foreign Minister” in the negotiations (supported by quite a few others). Strange, [...]
Fortress Europe – War against refugees?
Via wikileaks I found this very interesting video, unfortunately only in German. If I had some time I would add subtitles (here is the text file). Although only a shorter version of the video was shown on German TV, it is quite a good example of EU related journalism. The video is about Frontex and [...]
Also posted in European Union Tagged EDA, EU, fortress europe, frontex, human rights, immigration, refugees 8 Comments
Return to Europe – A Rediscovery
“Return to Europe” or “BalkanExpress” (do not ask me why there are 2 names for it… ) is according to the European Stability Initiative (ESI): “…one of the most ambitious TV projects on South Eastern Europe produced in recent years.” It is a 10 part documentary series and details about the project can be found [...]
Also posted in Europe, European Debate, culture Tagged Balkans, documentary, ESI, Return to Europe, SEE, TV, Western Balkans Leave a comment
Quick Poll: What is "EU foreign policy"?
Writing a PhD requires one to think a lot about definitions and typologyies. One of the more interesting topics in that respect is a definition of “EU foreign policy”. At the same time, there seems to be quite a gap between academic debate and public debate , although one can of course argue that this is [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy Tagged academia, definition, EU, European Foreign Policy, foreign policy, international, phd, typology 2 Comments
Propaganda and Satellite Imagery in Georgia
There has been a lot of talk about the role of information/propaganda during the war in Georgia. The question what information is actually correct has been one of the major problems in analysing the conflict. Robert Amsterdam posted a translation of Propaganda 2.0, a good article on the topic (here the original in German). Via [...]
Also posted in International Politics Tagged georgia, information, politics, propaganda, Russia, satellite imagery, satellite images, war Leave a comment
After Karadžić, Mladić?
Recent developments in Serbia give the impression that the newly established government tries to act in a “European way” and fulfill the criteria of the SAA as quickly as possible. Probably everyone who follows the developments in the region and who knows something about the Yugoslav conflicts is relieved after this capture. However, there are [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy Tagged EU, EU Enlargement, European Union, ICTY, justice, Karadžić, Mladić, SAA, Serbia, Western Balkans 1 Comment
Kosmolinks #19