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daca e cineva la londra si il/o intereseaza acest eveniment la london school of economics la care voi vorbi si eu – sunteti bineveniti.

European Foreign Policy Unit roundtable

Date: Thursday 2 February 2012

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: CLM.2.02, Clement House

Speakers: Professor Hiski Haukkala, Dr Petr Kratochwil, Dr Nicu Popescu, Professor Stefan Wolff

Chair: Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier

This roundtable on ‘EU Foreign Policy after Lisbon: The EU’s Influence in its Eastern Neighbourhood’ looks at the impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership on the domestic politics of its partner countries, and how this has changed since the Lisbon Treaty. Professor Hiski Haukkala (University of Tampere, Finland); Dr Petr Kratochwil (Institute of International Relations, Prague); Dr Nicu Popescu (European Council on Foreign Relations); Professor Stefan Wolff (University of Birmingham). This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Fara prea multe abateri lirice iata cateva impresii din Malaezia in care am fost aproape doua saptamani. Malaezia si Indonesia vobesc aceeasi limba – bahasa. Din cate am inteles bahasa e de-a dreptul seducatoare. Verbele nu au nici trecut, nici viitor. si nici plural. In basaha redai trecutul spunand ‘deja’, ‘ieri’, sau ‘anul trecut etc. deci ‘eu merg’ este la prezent, ‘eu merg ieri’ sau ‘eu merg deja’ – e la trecut, si ‘eu merg maine’ – viitor. Pluralul este redat prin repetarea aceluasi cuvant de doua ori – mango e singular, si mango-mango e plural, buku-buku = carti, iar batu-batu = pietre.  Eu care am suferit mut invatand gramatica franceza am regretat de mai multe ori ca franceza nu are o structura bahasiana… (more…)

The International Spectator (Vol. 46, No. 4, December 2011) a publicat o recenzie a cartii mele. si Survival publicase una prin noiembrie, dar nu o pot gasi pe internet.

International Spectator: EU foreign policy and post-Soviet conflicts : stealth intervention / Nicu Popescu. – London and New York : Routledge, 2011. – xvi, 157 p. – (Routledge advances in European politics). – ISBN 978-0-415-58720-4 ; 978-0-203-83478-7 (ebk)

In this book, Nicu Popescu, Senior Research Fellow at ECFR and major expert in the Eastern European Neighbourhood, investigates the EU approach towards the conflicts that emerged in the nineties in some former Soviet republics, namely Transnistria, Abkazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh. The publication reveals that in those areas, the EU has conducted a sort of “stealth intervention”. This raises some interesting questions to which the author tries to find an answer: what mechanisms occasionally restrain the EU in conflict management? What are its real political priorities? Can the Council’s political reluctance act as a brake on other EU external actions? (more…)

fost la sfffarsit de noiembrie la o mica discutioe la paris despre politica externa a UE. iata si conference report-ul.

tocmai revenit din malaezia si indonesia. voi scrie si despre asta. intre timp a aparut si aceasta scrisoare deschisa din partea mai multor experti din UE adresata liderilor UE despre riscurile crizei din zona euro pentru politica externa a UE. am semnat, dar nu am participat la scrierea scrisorii dar se pare ca de aici porneste. cam nu prea cred eu in eficacitatea scrisorilor deschise decat in cazuri foarte rare. + iata si un articol din new york times despre incidentul de la parata…

EU foreign policy must not become a casualty of the euro crisis

OPEN LETTER

BRUSSELS – Dear EU leaders,

We are seriously concerned about the impact that the current eurozone debt crisis is having on the external relations of the Union.

The first casualty is the time available for foreign policy. We recognise and support your efforts to overcome the current crisis but it is important that our relations with third countries do not suffer as a consequence. Important summits have been postponed and there is less time to focus on priority issues such as supporting the transitions in North Africa.

A second problem is the resources available for foreign policy. The EU’s budget for external affairs is already small and any further cuts would seriously impact on the EU’s pretensions to play a global role. (more…)