Michael Emerson
East goes back towards authoritarianism, South goes left
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October 28, 2011By Michael Emerson/ Brussels / -- The most striking and indeed astonishing feature of this autumn’s political landscape in the European neighbourhood is the contradictory trend as between East and South. East Europe is reverting back towards authoritarianism...
Conference in Brussels discusses key priorities of the EU–Moldova agenda
May 11, 2010“We recognize that giving people hope without a clear membership perspective is difficult” stated Mr. Graham Watson, Rapporteur of the EU – Moldova Association Agreement during the today’s conference on key priorities of the EU...
Michael Emerson: Russia in Europe and the West
April 01, 2010Two swallows don’t make a summer, as the old saying goes. And so you are cautioned. But still one can catch sight of two swallows in the air, suggesting that maybe the time is coming for a new and positive turn to Russia’s relations with Europe...
Sequel to the Lisbon Treaty for the EU’s diplomatic representation
February 01, 2010By Michael Emerson The new High Representative, Catherine Ashton, has got to work on the forthcoming European External Action Service, butwithout yet as far as we can tell going into important issues of the EU’s presence in the multilateral organizations...
Michael Emerson: Scrapping the missiles - a tipping point?
September 30, 2009By Michael Emerson President Obama’s decision announced on 17 September to scrap the plans for a radar installation in the Czech Republic linked to missile defence installations in Poland may herald a tipping point in US and EU relations with Russia...
Michael Emerson: "Islam, Obama and Europe"
June 30, 2009By Michael Emerson President Obama’s speech in Cairo on June 4th was an outstanding example of public diplomacy in action at the highest strategic level. For some time even before his election, Europeans had become persuaded that this could...
Michael Emerson: Just Monitoring Crises
January 30, 2009The European neighbourhood has now produced three short conflicts in six months, with the war over Gaza and the gas war over Ukraine this January adding to last August’s war in Georgia. In all three cases the EU has been deploying or offering the...