by V. P. 04/10/2002 In 1992, the “Earth Summit” in Rio, the first of its kind, defined concepts, established some principles and launched three Conventions: climate change, biodiversity and desertification. At the time, the end of history and the planet’s end, the United Nations had achieved a great success without ...

by Tim Rogmans 27/06/2002 The decision by the Bush administration to impose tariffs on steel imports from various countries is certainly a violation of WTO rules. Legally, the safeguard mechanism that the US invokes is only allowed under WTO rules if there has been a recent surge in imports. In ...

by Marie-Laure Djelic 19/06/2002 From the “best of all worlds”…. A few years ago, the world was simple, probably too simple. Western capitalism was triumphant and exploring new frontiers. Following the collapse of communism, there were territories to conquer. There was also a technological revolution underway that stimulated growth. Firms ...

by Ralf Teschner 15/04/2002   Secondary European capitals like Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxemburg are inappropriate to represent the EU as a strong, confident and forward-looking global player that it so desperately wants to be. They appear remote from the citizens and breed incestuous behaviour. Moving the Council, Commission, Parliament and ...

Secondary European capitals like Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxemburg are inappropriate to represent the EU as a strong, confident and forward-looking global player that it so desperately wants to be. They appear remote from the citizens and breed incestuous behaviour. Moving the Council, Commission, Parliament and Court of Justice to the ...

Atlanta (Georgia Tech), April 12, 2002 12/04/2002 Organised by the le EU Center of the University System of Georgia in collaboration with Europe 2020 Topic The theme for this year’s event is an exploration of the security dimension in the transatlantic context. Security is defined broadly to include topics ranging ...

Istanbul, April 6, 2002 06/04/2002 Political anticipation training seminar Organised in collaboration with the Club Prometheus-Istanbul and centre of documentation and research (ADAM) of the university BACHCESEHIR with the Political Science and Public Administration Club of the University Galatasaray and with the support of the European Commission Concept Dans le ...

by Harald Greib 25/03/2002 Who will dare from now on to say that the European Union is absent from the major issues of the future and international politics? This remark is inspired by a small piece of information, at first glance innocuous, heard by chance on the radio – nowhere ...

by Adrian Taylor 22/03/2002 “Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world” George Washington, September 19th 1796 [1] “The stunning and unexpectedly rapid success of the military campaign in Afghanistan was a tribute to American capacity, but it has perhaps reinforced some ...

  Paris (Centre Kléber), February 4, 2002 04/02/2002   Organised with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs And of Mr Pierre Moscovici, French Minister in charge of European Affairs Seminar’s executive summary Concept This seminar takes place as part of the series of the EU / Governance ...