Europe and China - Emerging Rivals or Partners?
The new issue of Social Europe Journal deals with the dynamics of EU-China relations and the future of this pivotal connection.
The primary subject of this journal is addressed in articles authored by Will Hutton, Linda Yueh, Mark Leonard, Andrew Cottey, Jörn-Carsten Gottwald and Niall Duggan.
This issue also includes an exclusive interview with EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and an article by the former Mayor of Hanover, Herbert Schmalstieg, on the importance of municipalities in the EU's system of multi-level governance.
UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
The United Kingdom Coalition for Cultural Diversity (UKCCD) and the Global Policy Institute will be holding an event on the 22nd May 2008:
Globalisation: A Threat to Diversity of Cultural Expressions?
An introductory seminar on UNESCO's groundbreaking new Convention for the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2005.
Speakers
Holly Aylett, Director, UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Cecile Despringre, European Film Directors Federation,(FERA)
Michael Helston, Head of International Unit, DCMS,(tbc)
Christine Merkel, Head of Culture & Communication, German Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Chair:
Carole Tongue, Chair, Coalition for Cultural Diversity
To see the formal invitation for this event please click here
For background information on the UKCCD click here
Europe - A Break with American Strategy?
Discussed by a European Social Democrat and an American Conservative
Speakers: Professor Stephen Haseler (GPI) and John O'Sullivan (Radio Liberty)
Divisions are appearing across the Atlantic between NATO allies on both the prosecution and validity of the ‘global war on terrorism’ and on related issues ranging from Russia to the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and on NATO itself. Some American commentators are calling this an ‘existential crisis’ for NATO. Professor Haseler will present a paper arguing that the time for Europe to pursue a strategy based on its own interests and assessments has arrived. The American response, particularly from the governing conservatives, is that such a development will be harmful for western interests.
The EU's Member States and European Defence
This joint Federal Trust/GPI policy brief, authored by the GPI's doctoral researcher Jeannette Ladzik, reviews the range of views of EU member states on the most important ESDP provisions in the Lisbon Treaty: permanent structured cooperation, the mutual assistance clause, the mutual solidarity clause, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the President of the European Council.
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