September 30, 2014
While the Middle East is sliding into chaos, the once promising Arab Spring has turned into winter, and a broad coalition is taking on the fight against the Islamic State, the old Israeli-Palestinian conflict is receiving less attention. The recent Gaza war resulted in an open-ended cease-fire which hasn’t yet been followed by talks in… » read more
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September 18, 2014
First a few words of credit to Poland. During my work with evaluation and auditing in DG Enlargement, I visited Poland a few times before its accession to EU. Later on, after turning to public administration reform, I had the opportunity to attend a EUPAN conference in Krakow during the Polish presidency. It was always… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Energy, Enlargement, European history |
September 11, 2014
If the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds, it should be an opportunity for Israel to revisit its policy and offer Hamas a comprehensive deal which it cannot reject without losing its support among the Palestinians and any sympathy it may have gained abroad. While the war united the Israelis, it didn’t bridge the political… » read more
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