In 2005 QCEA published twelve briefing papers outlining and evaluating EU responses to terrorism, and in its 2007 report “Effective Counter-Terrorism: A Critical Assessment of European Union Responses” QCEA set out a series of recommendations to policy makers. In 2011, QCEA updated these with a set of three briefing papers which … More…
This briefing paper looks at two European Union Crisis Management missions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the EU-BAM Rafah border mission and the European Union Police Co-ordinating Office Palestinian Territories mission, particularly in the context of the Common Defence and Security Policy. Read “The EU Crisis Management Missions in the … More…
The EEAS: First Year Score Card – Room for Improvement; Election of the new Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe; Daylight Madness: The UK’s Lacklustre Green Transformation; Council of Europe: Structure, History and Issues in European Politics
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Der Europäische Auswärtige Dienst (EEAS): die Ergebnisse nach einem Jahr – Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung
As part of our ongoing work on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2014 to 2020, today QCEA has published a new briefing paper examining the proposals for external action financing after 2013. The paper looks at key changes proposed and examines critically the prospects for external action financing to direct … More…
APRODEV, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Front Line, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and the Quaker Council for European affairs call for the EU to condemn the Israeli anti-boycott law. Read “Anti-boycott law violates human rights and further undermines Israeli democracy: EU must unequivocally condemn … More…
This briefing paper assesses the role of the European Union in the potential resolution of the conflict, and seeks to evaluate how this role can be strengthened. Firstly, the paper sets out the official positions of the EU on the conflict, and then gives examples of recent regional and global … More…
The ILUC Factor: the Bane of the Biofuels Boom; Conflict Prevention: At the Heart of EU External Action?; The European Dash for Shale Gas
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Der ILUC-Faktor: Der Fluch des Biokraftstoff-Booms
Gaza – the largest prison on earth?; Energy Efficiency: Time for the EU to put its money where its mouth is; An open letter to the European External Action Service
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Ein offener Brief an den Europäischen Auswärtigen Dienst
Photovoltaics – Now is the Time to Act; The Muscular Dove – EU Conflict Prevention in Practice; Water – the Stuff of Life or the Source of Conflict?; QCEA’s 30th Birthday Celebrations
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Photovoltaik – es ist Zeit zu handeln; Die muskulöse Taube – praktische Konfliktvermeidung der EU; Wasser – Grundlage des Lebens oder Quelle von Konflikten; 30. Geburtstag von QCEA und seine Feier
Double Trouble with Climate Change; Will the European External Action Service Deliver?; May Peace Prevail on Earth; Changes afoot in the EU’s counterterrorism strategy?
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Doppelte Sorgen; Kommt der Europäische Außenpolitische Dienst zustande? Am anderen Ende der unruhigen Welle; Möge der Friede in der Welt triumphieren; Sind Änderungen in der EU-Strategie zur Terrorismusbekämpfung im Gange?