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 Thomas Spencer
forskningsassistent Hedegaard Warms Up With New Climate StrategyPublicerad 10.3.2010 New EU Commissioner for Climate Connie Hedegaard has pulled together a new communication on the EU climate policy in very quick time. In as Byzantine a democracy as the EU, this is testament to her engagement and political calibre. So how does the new strategy measure up? » |
 Jyrki Kallio
Specialforskare What is China up to in the Arctic?Publicerad 9.3.2010 The new SIPRI report, China Prepares for an Ice-Free Arctic, by Linda Jakobson, is timely and informative, but some of the arguments fail to hit the icicle right on the head. » |
EU-Morocco Summit: How Special a Friendship?Publicerad 9.3.2010 The EU-Morocco Summit this weekend showed both the great potential as well as the current shortcomings of the “advanced status” as a tool for the European Neighborhood Policy. » |
Worrisome Prospects for Japanese Climate PolicyPublicerad 8.3.2010 As anybody who has ever made a New Year’s resolution would know, making a big announcement is one thing, while “operationalizing” it is quite another. » |
Vancouver as the mirror of Russian degradationPublicerad 5.3.2010 1 comment(s) Anyone who grew up and did his studies in the communist Soviet Union will remember Lenin’s article “Leo Tolstoy as the Mirror of the Russian Revolution.” To paraphrase the title of the proletarian leader’s 1908 piece, Vancouver Olympics proved to be the mirror of the post-Soviet Russia’s degradation. » |
 Arkady Moshes
programchef – forskningsprogrammet Ryssland i en regional och global kontext Belarus: Avenue of IndependencePublicerad 2.3.2010 For a few years already the main street of Minsk has been called the Avenue of Independence. Since this is the major artery linking the city with its international airport and, most importantly, the Moscow highway, renaming of the street was an unmistakable signal to the external world about Belarus’s priority – to be viewed as a truly independent country, definitely friendly towards Russia, but no less definitely separate from it. » |
How moderation got taken off the mapPublicerad 1.3.2010 5 comment(s) Why there is so little room for centrist Democrats or Republicans in a gerrymandered United States. » |
What explains Russia's hostility towards the EU's Eastern Partnership?Publicerad 1.3.2010 Russia has expressed mistrust of the Eastern Partnership from the outset. No matter how patiently the EU explains that the EaP is not directed against Russia, it remains unlikely that Russia will be convinced. » |
The Opec state that clears its own, greener pathPublicerad 26.2.2010 The United Arab Emirates, led by its wealthiest emirate Abu Dhabi, is finally taking the steps necessary to align its domestic and international policies in the field of climate change. Who would have thought just three years ago that it would stand out as the only Opec state to associate itself to a controversial climate change accord, have a Climate Change Envoy, dub nuclear as clean energy, and, most importantly, set international climate change mitigation ahead of oil industry interests. » |
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Thomas Spencer
forskningsassistent Benched or Benchmark? Can the EU Take the Lead Again on Climate?Publicerad 25.2.2010 2 comment(s) For the EU, Copenhagen was a wake-up call. Granted, the EU was not the cause of the ambiguous outcome, but it was clearly not as effective as it might have been. So is a rethink needed? » |
