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North Korea IN FOCUS: Towards a More Effective EU Policy

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Friday, September 7, 2018
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The EU has an important role to play in the management of the threat posed by North Korea. Indeed, Brussels already has a policy of ‘critical engagement’ towards Pyongyang which combines diplomatic and economic carrots with a number of sticks. This policy, however, is in need of an update to attend to two recent developments on the Korean Peninsula: North Korea’s status as a de facto nuclear power and the flurry of engagement and diplomacy involving North Korea—including top-level meetings with the US, South Korea and China.
In this context, the EU should support its partners, South Korea and the US, as they launch a process that could lead to sustainable engagement with North Korea, denuclearisation, and, as a result, a more stable Korean Peninsula. Working with its partners, Europe should creatively use its power of engagement and cooperation to change behaviour. This will enhance the position of the EU as a constructive actor in Asian affairs, support efforts by the US and South Korea to engage North Korea and, ultimately, offer a better opportunity for the EU to achieve its goals.
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Strengthening the Transatlantic-Pacific Partnership

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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In theory, the interests of US allies and partners in Europe and Asia should be aligned. On balance, all have a common stake in sustaining and adapting the current rules-based international order to an increasingly multipolar world. Whether the issue is the global trade and financial system, free access to the global commons—air, sea, space, cyber—or nuclear safety and nonproliferation, there is a shared interest and a pressing need to leverage the combined political weight of like-minded actors.
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The future of diplomacy

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L'avenir de la diplomatie
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Nous avons connu, avec la fin de la guerre froide, une période eupho-rique pour la diplomatie. Réunification allemande, conférences sur l’environnement, accords d’Oslo et de Dayton, création du TPI et de l’OMC, la diplomatie était reine, renouvelée par les discours sur le « nouveau multilatéralisme ».
Ce mouvement s’est maintenant quelque peu embourbé. Le « processus de paix » israélo-palestinien reste au point mort, les grandes conférences s’enlisent, et, rétrospectivement, les accords déjà signés ne semblent pas aussi bons qu’espérés.
Certains changements dans les relations internationales ont pour conséquence d’affaiblir le rôle joué par la diplomatie habituelle entre États, ou en tout cas d’en compliquer l’exercice. Il semble toutefois que nous assistions depuis quelques années à un retour de la diplomatie, mais sous une forme nouvelle. L’exigence d’efficacité, sous réserve de certaines adaptations, devrait conduire à lui redonner tout son lustre et son utilité.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
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It seems that we are witnessing in recent years a return to diplomacy, but in a new form. The requirement of effectiveness, subject to certain modifications, should lead to restore it to its former glory and usefulness.
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