Category Archives: Kosmolinks
Kosmolinks #18
Russia Blog: The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism This looks interesting. Don’t forget 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 (doc)“. Continental [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged anti-EU, Black Sea, corruption, democracy, energy, EU, Great Britain, immigration, politics, populism, Romania, Russia, Serbia Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #17
The referendum: populism vs democracy The idea of the referendum as an instrument of the people’s will rests on pre-democratic foundations, says George Schöpflin. I certainly agree! 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? Instead [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged blogging, EU, EU Reform, Europe, European Union, Germany, Ireland, lisbon treaty, No, politics, referendum, SPD, WIA Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #16
The Irish ‘no’ and the EU’s “nuclear”option Daniel Gros (CEPS) argues for “a radical solution – the other EU members should propose to leave the old EU and create a new one with the Lisbon Treaty as its founding document.” So much for bringing Europe closer to the people Everyone is right and wrong at [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged EU, EU Reform, Europe, European Union, Ireland, lisbon treaty, No, plan b, plan c, referendum Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #15
Public perceptions of the EU as a system of governance Good overview on the state of research… Is Europe doing any good in Chad? | Certain ideas of Europe Apparently there is not much to do in Chad. Sudan is far away, the local dictator feels more secure, and anyway, the EU mission has the [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged Balkans, Belgium, CFSP, Chad, council, EU, European Union, french, georgia, Ireland, lisbon treaty, macedonia, presidency, referendum, Russia Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #14
Corruption in eastern Europe | Talking of virtue, counting the spoons The state of the elites in Eastern Europe. It seems as if especially anti-corruption agencies and justice ministries are very reform resistant. Or as the Economist puts it: “Yet from the Baltic to the Balkans, even politicians facing the most startling accusations of corruption [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged CFSP, corruption, Eastern Europe, EEAS, ESDP, EU blogs, European Union, gazprom, Putin, Russia, sovereignty 2 Comments
Kosmolinks #13
EU Common Agricultural Policy proposals 2008 – Wikileaks “Leak of latest European Commission proposals for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, known as the ‘health check’. These proposals will form the basis of an internal Commission discussion on 14 and 15 May 2008. The agreed proposals are due out later in the month.” - Is [...]
Kosmolinks #12
The “Kosmolinks” are finally back, and with the help of diigo I will try to make it a weekly feature! You can also watch and navigate through a slide show of all live pages of “Kosmolinks”: Just click here to start the “WebSlides”! Medvedev’s Russia A bunch of experts share their views about the new [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged Balkans, Belarus, EU, Europe, European Union, France, Medvedev, politics, Russia, Sarkozy, Serbia Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #11
Today’s main topic is of course Kosovo, the World’s Newest Country. DJ Nozem sums it up with a ‘pinch’ of sarcasm: Another Show of Unity I have been looking at some EU news services lately and as a result I created a EU universe (www.netvibes.com/eu) which brings together most of the available official EU – [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged Czech Republic, EU, EU communication, European Commission, immigration, Kosovo, lisbon treaty, netvibes, news, politics 5 Comments
Kosmolinks #10
Here we go again! A (small) selection of interesting links I collected during the last few weeks: Two articles that remind us of the last couple of years in US politics: Think Progress » The legacy of Bush’s presidency & Iraq: The War Card – The Center for Public Integrity Here is an interesting article [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Tagged Academics, Bulgaria, Bush, EU, Iraq, links, poland, Reform Treaty, Romania, Russia, think tank, USA 2 Comments
Kosmolinks #19