In this issue of Around Europe QCEA Intern Annie Schulz discusses hate speech in European Union Member States. Associate Professor in Risk Management and Community Resilience, and Swedish Quaker Per Becker writes about how national identity and political elites have influenced the involvement in conflicts. Former QCEA Representative Martina Weitsch describes the recent EU guidelines on eligibility for funding of entities registered […]
Middle East
Around Europe 350 – April/May 2013
In this issue of Around Europe Programme Assistant Chris Venables introduces QCEA’s work on the militarisation of the European Union. He outlines some of the changes that have taken place over the last 15 years in EU military structures. Programme Assistant Imogen Parker in an article called ‘Torture and Terror in Europe’ describes the involvement of […]
Briefing paper: the EU Crisis Management Missions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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 Occupied Palestinian Territories (v1)” (PDF […]
Around Europe 333 – June 2011
Green Week 2011: Ambition is an Imperative; The Rafah Mission Must Close; Anything Other Than Energy Demand Reduction is a Short-Term Solution Click here to download (PDF – 1.3 Mb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Juni 2011 Die Rafah-Mission muss geschlossen werden Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 218 Kb)
Report: Military Responses to Energy Security Problems
EU Member States have taken part in military missions with energy security components for many years, though NATO, in support of US-led actions and independently. EU militaries contributed to US interventions Operation Earnest Will at the tail-end of the Iran-Iraq war and the 1991 and 2003 Gulf Wars. Britain, the EU’s largest military power, has […]
Around Europe 319 – January / February 2010
Quakers at COP 15; This year’s Programme Assistants; EUBAM: security, stability, support; Equality works Click here to download (PDF – 426 Kb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Januar / Februar 2010 Quäker auf der Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen; Die Programmassistenten dieses Jahres; EUBAM: Sicherheit, Stabilität, Unterstützung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit Funktioniert Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – […]
Around Europe 309 – February 2009
Regional Truth Commission in the Western Balkans needs EU support; QCEA’s New Programme Assistant Faye Morten; Book Review: The State of the Middle East; No Development without Peace Click here to download (PDF – 185 Kb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Februar 2009 Die Regionale Wahrheitskommission in den westlichen Balkanländern braucht die Unterstützung der EU; Keine Entwicklung […]