by régis Jamin 18/04/2005 On 12 October 2004, the European Commission, after several years of work and following a tedious call for tenders, finally signed a contract with Eurid, formalizing its status as the “EU” registry. Would European identification on the Internet, known as’.EU’, finally be available to European companies ...
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NATO in the face of loss of confidence in American leadership
GEAB extract N°4 15/04/2005 The surprising public statements of retired American generals (Source International Herald Tribune, 15/04/2006) denouncing the mismanagement of Ronald Rumsfeld’s invasion of Iraq, or even the very decision to invade the country, show that even in the United States the American military leadership is in crisis. And ...
Read More »Seminar GlobalEurope II-1 / ’Paths to a Future EU Policy Toward North America’
Washington (Hamilton Hotel), April 5, 2005 05/04/2005 In cooperation with Europe 2020, the European Institute hosted a seminar entitled, “Paths to a Future Common EU Policy Toward North America.” The discussion consisted of two morning sessions, in which Global Europe 2020 presented their findings on transatlantic divergence before ...
Read More »Teaching the EU to the US : The European Union Centers Need Brussels’ Continued Support and A Long Term Strategy
by Franck Biancheri and Nicholas Reed 08/09/2004 One of the often cited weakest links in the American education system is the lack of international teaching, in history, languages, social issues and just about every other realm. When Americans do tend to study the rest of the world, we tend to ...
Read More »The future of Transatlantic Relations is not anymore what it used to be? Open letter to future US elites in charge of Transatlantic Relations
by Franck Biancheri 28/06/2004 Most probably, by next November, a new administration will be elected in the US. There is no wishful thinking about it (though 90% of Europeans do expect that G.W. Bush will loose). But changing to Kerry’s administration will not by itself makes EU/US relations successful. ...
Read More »Transatlantic Leadership facing Tomorrow’s Challenges
Executive summary – 2nd Transatlantic Miami Week (April 26th/30th 2004) 13/05/2004 For three days, a hundred participants and speakers coming from throughout the USA and the European Union, and also from Middle East and Africa, have gathered into the superb location of Miami Children’s Museum in order to ...
Read More »Transatlantic – Europe2020 / Tiesweb cooperation
16/04/2004 Born more or less at the same time (1997-98), Tiesweb [1] and Europe 2020 often worked together with the hope to contribute to reinforce transatlantic links from a “people-to-people” point of view. Beyond the structural partnership binding the two organisations, a number of concrete events brought them together: ...
Read More »International Education: the only cement for any Transatlantic Bridge
by Franck Biancheri 18/03/2004 Think of this seemingly stupid sentence :‘the world is getting globalized !’. It does contain something not stupid though as it is true that in today’s world all local issues are now interconnected. From Irak’s war to jobs outsourcing, from scientific research to religious trends, everything ...
Read More »The United Nations and New York
by Belisarius 02/03/2004 As a sign of the times, the United Nations building in New York, a post-war legacy, needs to be thoroughly renovated. It is not (only) a question of removing the microphones of Blair, Bush and others. Almost 60 years after its conception, while the silhouette remains elegant, ...
Read More »What common EU policy towards North America by 2020?
Executive summary – Seminar GlobalEurope 2020 EU/North America (The Hague, January 28, 2004) 12/02/2004 « The transatlantic future is not what it used to be » Clingendael Institute This sentence perfectly qualifies the richness and quality of the contributions and discussions that took place in the framework of the 2nd ...
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