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Judy Asks: Can NATO help end the Ukraine crisis?
16 April 2014
Carnegie Europe
Every week a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Daybreak
15 April 2014
ITV1
CER's Ian Bond, director of foreign policy, talks to John Stapleton and Ranvir Singh about Ukraine and the EU Sanctions on Russia (see 13:45).
Western stance on Ukraine: emotional and out of touch
15 April 2014
The Voice of Russia (Radio)
CER's Ian Bond, director of foreign policy, talks to Ekaterina Kudashkina about the Ukraine Crisis (from 02:06).
Record unemployment with nearly half of EU’s jobless out of work for over a year
15 April 2014
Euronews
Christian Odendahl at the CER said "The big danger of this long-term unemployment is that it is likely to turn into persistent, structural unemployment as the recovery in the eurozone in particular will be slow."
Video interview on the EU, Russia and Ukraine
14 April 2014
Ian Bond discusses Russian moves in Ukraine, and how the EU and NATO should respond.
Taking a risk, investors snap up once-shunned Greek debt
10 April 2014
The New York Times
"Investors don’t look to the long-term health of economies," said Simon Tilford, the deputy director of the CER. They are looking at whether they can extract gains "without losing their shirts."
Britain must move closer to the EU to flourish, new parliamentary report claims
10 April 2014
The Express
"Britain within the EU but not in the euro is not a problem - if we stay in the EU but resist getting involved in further integration with the eurozone, that is fine - but if we were to leave, the City would over time be vulnerable to regulatory attacks et cetera" said Mr Tilford.
Why we should support nuclear power
08 April 2014
Ecologist
The UK should continue to use nuclear power, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, writes Stephen Tindale. It should also test new nuclear technologies that can burn plutonium, such as the PRISM reactor, and develop molten salt reactors.
Hungary is becoming the biggest reason why we may have to leave the EU
07 April 2014
The Telegraph
"It is quite alarming that Fidesz and Jobbik have won so much of the vote. Jobbik is a fascistic party that is scary in a way that Ukip, Le Pen, and Geert Wilders are not scary" said Charles Grant.
The EU and the Eastern Partnership: Whose backyard is it anyway?
07 April 2014
European Leadership Network
Almost 40 years ago the nations of Europe agreed in the Helsinki Final Act to respect each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and choice of political system. By invading Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, President Putin has violated all these principles. This has profoundly destabilising implications for all the countries that lie between...
US asks Europe to spend more money for defence
04 April 2014
International Business Times
"If you decide to increase defence spending today, the impact will only let itself be felt in four or seven years down the line, so when dealing with the current Ukraine crisis, it won’t matter," said Rem Korteweg of the CER.
What can we do about smog in the UK?
03 April 2014
Fabian Society
The smog in much of the UK at present is not as visible as the infamous 1950s smogs, and may not be quite as dangerous. But it is not safe. The 50s smogs were vanquished by a Conservative government banning coal burning in homes and moving coal power stations away...
Gazprom uses gas to tighten noose on Ukraine
01 April 2014
The Telegraph
Ian Bond, from the CER said Mr Putin aims to reduce Ukraine to a "vassal state" by pushing for a loose federation in Ukraine under his control. He has upped the ante with a new strain of ethno-nationalism, laying a claim to all areas abroad deemed to be "historic Russia".
David Cameron eyes Danish premier to solve Brussels dilemma
31 March 2014
Financial Times
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform think-tank said if the left does get the first crack at the top job in Brussels "at least three moderate Socialists would be viable alternatives" to Mr Schulz.
Nowy szef NATO na nowe czasy
31 March 2014
Rzeczpospolita
W obecnej sytuacji Norweg jest właściwym wyborem dla obu stron. Traktuje zagrożenie rosyjskie poważnie, ale w sposób bardziej zniuansowany niż w Europie Wschodniej – mówi „Rz" Rem Korteweg, ekspert Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Cinq européens débattent
31 March 2014
Confrontations Europe
Quel serait le sens d’un nouveau contrat pour reconstruire notre Europe ? Claude Fischer ouvre le débat avec quatre Européens « insoupçonnables » : Charles Grant, directeur du CER(1), Thomas Hanke, journaliste au quotidien Handelsblatt, Andrea Ricci, directeur d’ISIS(2), et Maciej Witucki, président de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie...
Dashed Ikea dreams show decades lost to bribery in Ukraine
31 March 2014
Bloomberg
"Yanukovych won the 2010 election more or less fairly because his allegedly more Western-leaning opponents, first of all, spent so much time fighting between themselves, and secondly, presided themselves over so much poor governance and corruption," said Ian Bond of the CER.
The EU debate: How should Labour respond?
27 March 2014
Progress online
Well done Nick Clegg. Not for winning – it is hard to debate with someone who regards the truth as just one option – but for taking part. And for the radical strategy of making the European elections about Europe.
How should Labour’s leaders respond? Ed Miliband is firmly pro-European. He...
How should Labour’s leaders respond? Ed Miliband is firmly pro-European. He...
Ukraine crisis: OSCE unarmed on the front line
27 March 2014
BBC News
"Anything that requires a decision by the OSCE's permanent council is vulnerable to a veto by a single state… but if you can reach consensus, then that gives a decision extra strength," said Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the CER.
Farage's TV debate has lit the European touchpaper
27 March 2014
The Guardian
It's high time all those who fear Britain heading for the exit stood up and rallied to the cause – the CBI, chambers of commerce, every individual and every interest or campaigning group which would lose out. Where is the money flowing into pro-EU supporters, such as the well-informed Centre for European Reform?