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27 Apr
2012
2012
Is the EU failing to support Afghanistan?
In January, Debating Europe asked whether you thought the EU was doing enough to support Pakistan in its continuing struggle against violent militancy in that country. This week, Debating Europe, along with our partner think-tank Friends of Europe, held an event …
16 Apr
2012
2012
Would more free trade help Europe recover?
Last year, we looked at the idea of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the US and the EU as a way to boost economies on both sides of the Atlantic. We’ve also had several commenters (including Patrick, Christos, Pablo and David) suggest that …
13 Apr
2012
2012
Do Europeans understand China’s rise?
EU-China relations have been tested recently, not least with regards to a controversial EU carbon tax on airlines flying through European airspace. The tax has been resisted by China and others (including India), who argue that the EU has exceeded …
4 Apr
2012
2012
Should the EU do more to end the death-penalty?
Vladislav Kovalyov and Dmitry Konovalov, both 26, were recently sentenced to death and executed in Belarus. They were accused (in what critics label a “rigged trial”) of a bombing in the Minsk metro in April last year in which 15 …
31 Jan
2012
2012
Is the EU failing to support Pakistan?
Last week, we announced that Debating Europe would be introducing more audio and video content into our regular discussions. As part of this approach, we carried out Skype interviews earlier today with two readers: Nikolai Holmov (who blogs here) and Christos …
27 Jan
2012
2012
Send us your video comments!
The Debating Europe team is really enjoying experimenting with all the online tools that are out there to try and bring politicians, academics and experts together with citizens in the same conversation. There’s been a brilliant response to our efforts on social media …
20 Jan
2012
2012
What does Europe’s digital future look like?
On Wednesday, you might have noticed that part of your brain went missing. You may suddenly have found yourself unable to recall what a heavy metal umlaut was. Or maybe you could no longer quite remember the name of the 1998 “Estonian-style” …
17 Jan
2012
2012
How should Europe respond to immigration?
One controversial topic we’ve not yet covered on Debating Europe is the thorny issue of immigration. At a time when European demographics mean a shrinking young population must support a growing number of eldery people, there are those who argue that only an increase in immigrant labour …
23 Dec
2011
2011
Merry Christmas from Debating Europe!
It’s been a rollercoaster year. In fact, it’s probably been one of the most important years in the history of post-war Europe. With the flames of revolution taking hold in neighbouring countries along its southern border, the project of European …
14 Dec
2011
2011
What should Europe’s foreign policy look like?
With the debt crisis taking centre-stage in Europe right now, it may be tempting for EU leaders to forget the rest of the world is still trundling along out there. The Arab Spring, for example, has been described as the …