GLOBAL AND PROGRESSIVE
Across the entire European Union and worldwide, all states are now facing a crisis of an exceptional nature: not only financially, but also economically and socially. This crisis will change without any doubts the nature of our international relations. The rising challenges from the global level – trade, economic growth, security, climate and resources issues – will necessarily force the European countries to develop more and closer links, even if there are actually tendencies for a renationalisation of already agreed common European policies. Yet foreign policy will therefore be one of the most dynamic EU policy areas for the next decade.
Latest published
[Left Rhetoric and the African National Congress]
A study by Arnold Wehmhoerner, FEPS Correspondent in Southern Africa | July 2010
Jacob Zuma was made presidential candidate by a sound majority of the ANC spearheaded by the SACP (South African Communist Party) and COSATU, the national trade union organisation. His supporters expect from him a policy more to the left and away from what they claim has been Mbeki’s overly liberal economic policies. After one year in power, has Zuma met the expectations of his supporters and what is the meaning of a policy more to the left in the South African context?
[EU Foreign Policy and Emerging India: Catherine Ashton in New Delhi]
Report by Klaus Voll, FEPS Correspondent in South Asia | July 2010
Important global, regional and bi-lateral issues require consultation with India, an emerging global player and a regional power in Asia. Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, met India’s top political leadership during her recent four-day visit to New Delhi. Ashton’s public speech in the India International Centre was entitled "EU-India Relations post-Lisbon: cooperation in a changing world". The full text of her speech can be found [here]
Previously released
[After the Financial Crisis: A progressive agenda for Africa]
Written contributions from a round table conference held in Cape Town, South Africa | 10-13 May 2010
Prior to the conference a number of the expert participants were asked to make written contributions. The objective of these contributions was to provide speakers with an adequate intellectual platform from which the debate could proceed. Here is a selection of the contributions received.See inside for contributions relating to Sovereign Wealth Funds, climate change and social justice, Africa's negotiating position at the Copenhagen Summit, strategies for mitigating climate change, and the relationship between Africa and India in a multipolar world.
[US Af-Pak Policy: Relevance for India and the EU]
Report by Christian HANNEMANN & Klaus Julian VOLL from a round table discussion between Members of the European Parliament and leading Indian experts | 25 April 2010
As a precursor to a five-day visit from European Parliament Delegation to India for the EU-India Interparliamentary meeting, the National Maritime Foundation and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies initiated a substantive debate on an issue of equally great concern to the European Union and India. The cordial and frank exchange of views was shaped by genuine and well-informed interest from both sides. This round table discussion made an important contribution to a better understanding of Indian analyses of the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan among the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), while the Indian strategic community was able to gain an insight into the opportunities and constraints the EU sees for its engagement in the region.
Event
[After the Financial Crisis: A Progressive Agenda for Africa]
Cape Town, South Africa 10-13 May 2010
This conference aims to address the complex issues raised by the financial crisis in the context of seeking a new paradigm for development economics in Africa. FEPS will bring together key African and European leaders and policy makers with experts from global institutions and academia to face head-on the most pertinent issues facing Africa in the aftermath of the crisis.
This conference comes with a call for papers from young academics on development economics.
Event
FEPS-EPI Economic seminar
Washington, USA | 5 October '09
The one-day informal working session co-organised by FEPS and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) brought together more than 20 economists from all over the world to discuss the issue of economic recovery and international sustainable development. [+]
