Amanda Akçakoca

Articles de cet auteur (3)

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  Russia backs the West into a corner

  2 September 2008

  With the decision of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia has received a united condemnation from the West. But the West’s response will have held little surprise for Moscow.
  Being a nation which plays out its foreign policy like a game of chess, Moscow will have weighed the impact of all their decisions since their invasion of Georgia and estimated the likely fallout very carefully. After Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, the independence of Kosovo, (...)

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  Communicating enlargement

  24 March 2007

  Source : TDZ, 16-03-2007
  Enlargement has been without doubt one of the greatest achievements of the European Union, bringing peace and prosperity to our continent. However, what is unfortunate is that this feeling of success and jubilation is still not entirely shared by EU citizens — particularly those from old member states. The failure of the EU to effectively communicate the benefits of enlargement has resulted in the populations of many EU countries becoming negatively disposed to (...)

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  EU’s soft power is defunct in Turkey

  15 March 2007

  Source : Today’s Zaman, 07/03/2007
  At the end of last week, the think tank where I work in Brussels — the European Policy Centre — held a breakfast meeting with Turkey’s chief negotiator for the EU, Ali Babacan, at which he gave a presentation on “Turkey and the EU: Relations, Negotiations and Challenges Ahead.” This was the first time I had heard Babacan speak in English for quite some time and I was impressed. He delivered an impressive and information-packed speech to a captivated audience (...)