Foreign affairs
An EU Strategy for the South Caucasus
Conflicts in the Caucasus region are hindering the improvement of living standards in the region, and hampering the EU's...
Instrument for Stability and Peace (ISP)
Combatting drug traffic in West Africa, mediating inter-community tensions in Lebanon, empowering women candidates for the...
EU policies in favour of human rights defenders
Human rights defenders (HRDs) are persons who act alone or with others to promote or protect human rights by peaceful...
European External Action Service
The latest version of the European treaties, the Lisbon Treaty, provided for the creation of a European External Action Service...The cultural dimension of the EU's external relations
As the European External Action Service (EEAS - the European equivalent of a ministry of foreign affairs) evolves, the EU needs...The EU Strategy for Central Asia
In 2007 the EU began implementing a Strategy for Central Asia, covering Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and...
Recommendation on the mandate of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights
In July 2012, the European External Action Service (EEAS) appointed a new Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR for...
The situation in Gaza
Prompted by renewed hostilities and rocket attacks between Israel and the Palestinian territories, Parliament decided to...
Digital Technology in EU Foreign Policy
Internet access plays such an important role in our everyday lives that several EU Member States have identified it as a...
The negotiations of the new EU-Russia Agreement
The old Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between EU and Russia expired in 2007, 10 years after its signature.
...The situation in Ukraine
Most international observers described Ukraine's parliamentary elections in 2012 as unfair because opposition leaders were...
The EU's human rights strategy
When Catherine Ashton took office as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, one of her first...
EU Annual Reports on Human Rights in the World (2009, 2010, 2011)
Refugee resettlement, human rights strategy in the wake of the Arab Spring, and a coherent approach to human rights in...