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...Daniel Levy; Michael Shtender-Auerbach The Middle East diplomatic Quartet (composed of the United States, the European Union, the Russian Federation, and the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nation) authored and put forward its Road Map to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

..., if this were the result, the by the current administration in the United entire project of the European Union. It be­ States, who will? And if American opti­ came increasingly clear that, whatever the mism about Europe’s future can’t lift Europe final outcome, the ratification of the Euro­ out of its...

...Steven Erlanger One can imagine an independent Scotland replacing Britain in the European Union and embracing a very different political future, let alone a different currency, as one of the cornerstones of a Europe both diminished and enhanced. Already, Sturgeon is not ruling out another...

... be in those situations. The European Union has the greatest advantage because all of the member states are parliamentary democracies—so political parties make a lot of sense. The democratic conditions in Europe are more feasible. WPJ: Now it seems to be confined pretty much to the European Union...

.... Asserting Europe’s Place Mark Gilbert Europe as I See It Romano Prodi Cambridge, U.K. and Malden, Mass.: Polity Press/Blackwell, 2000 The European Unity movement has always of Europe. The European Union (EU) now been tinged with an almost religious fervor. boasts...

...Stanley Pignal Stanley Pignal has been a Financial Times correspondent in Brussels since 2009. © World Policy Institute 2012 2012 World Policy Institute Jeff Werner Brussels—In a detailed three-page memo published nearly two decades ago, an unnamed European Union official...

..., absolutely. We are Europeans. We, Portuguese, have always been Europeans, and we are absolutely, definitively Portuguese. WPJ: Yes, but what does Portugal get out of that? Would most Portuguese, if asked now, as Britons may be asked in the next couple of years, vote to stay in the European Union...

.... Europe: Paradise Found? M ark Gilbert Last year, Europeans were from Venus, pean Union will gently sneer at the time Americans were from Mars. Or so said the and the effort Europe dedicated to negotiat­ neoconservative commentator Robert Ka­ ing the cod quota. gan, who published...

..., that separatism is no longer considered a threat. Any Scotland or Catalonia going astray from their own country will be caught up on the other end in the protective net of the sleepy, inefficient union. European inefficiency is not cheap, until you consider the value bought for this price. And this value can...

... for the Americas,” funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Equity Factor and Free Trade W hat the Europeans Can Teach Us S arah Anderson Trade unions in both the Western Hemi­ prosperity and social harmony. And to pro­ sphere and Eastern and Central Europe mote...

... of the highest in Europe, Spaniards have taken to the streets demanding reforms. Thousands of Catalans have demonstrated, asking for a referendum to decide their own future, outside of Spain but inside the European Union. In spite of this, the Spanish government is not listening to the people and is denying...

... down the Berlin Wall and overcame the division of Europe. There is no doubt that any kind of partnership policy with President Putin will be difficult. So it is of utmost importance that the United States and the European Union remain united and firmly committed to a common policy toward Russia...

... Spain’s best and brightest, simply pack up and leave. With the totally open frontiers of the various member states of the European Union, “they move to Germany, move anywhere,” says Sara Lumbreras Sancho, a lecturer at the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica. “Even Spanish people with good degrees from...

.... Indeed, the European Union has largely replaced the role of the United Nations in negotiating a resolution to the Kosovo conflict. A senior European diplomat speaking on background recently told reporters, “The Security Council returns to these issues from time to time, but the general expectation...

... on worker firings are relaxed—streamlining businesses and government offices—unemployment is likely to increase in the short term. More coordination of economic, fiscal, and financial policies may make some sense in the European environment. In other monetary unions, such as the United States...

... to be incorporated in Romania, nor maintain funds within the country. This system has already led to sharp increases in agricultural prices, making both Romanian farms and their output more valuable. As it happens, Romania has the highest percentage of land controlled by foreign companies in the European Union...

... or other packed into just two sharply divergent visions of the future. In the West, the capitalist nations of Western Europe were united by the European Union and NATO. The former envisioned one Europe with a single parliament, bureaucracy, regulations, eventually one passport, a single customs system...

... in responding to new security plex web of laws and institutions that bind threats. The French and the British have in­ the European Union and a return to bal- creased their military budgets and both ance-of-power politics in Europe and be­ countries are acquiring additional aircraft yond. With the new U.S...

... into this planet’s gated communities, like the European Union. Those who manage to survive the illegal journey will often be locked up as criminals. It is time to stop this global apartheid in border politics. We need border policies that offer equal chances for mobility and discriminate only on the basis...

... been more Grisly Result.” A French historian who is a elementary. One television network, in professor at Harvard predicts “inevitable di­ Croatia, referred throughout election night vorce” between Europe and America. to Senator “Kennedy” as the Democratic The European Union...