By Oana Popescu
November 2013
Adevarul
The visit of the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China to Bucharest has a truly special importance. Like many others, it is historical because we cannot do better (yet). More “historical” is Romania’s attempt to finally shape its policy towards China, after years of going from one mistake to another. Let us be clear though – it is only an attempt.
October 2013 | International
Location: Washington DC
Our participation in Think Romania Network aimed to identify accomplishments and lessons learnt from building the rule of law in Romania. The event was organized by CEPA (Center for European Policy Analysis).
By Oana Popescu
September 2013
Adevarul
When, following Iraq and Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt prove the limits to external intervention, the West cannot reject the invitation to dialogue launched by the new president of Iran.
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By Oana Popescu
June 2013
Stratfor
Central-Eastern Europe has been feeling the earth slipping beneath its feet, as it has been losing precisely these cherished boons. Instead, it has found itself sandwiched between an increasingly aggressive Russia, an EU in crisis and growing disunity, a more stand-offish and disengaged United States and now a more and more unstable and unpredictable vicinity.
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April 2013 | International
Location: Bratislava
Together with Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) we participated in organizing a roundtable-event in Bratislava: the first international reunion between Serbia and Kosovo at the highest level – after a more than a decade of no dialogue – in the same day when Serbia and Kosovo signed the historical agreement of normalization in Bruxelles.
Report: link/pdf
By Oana Popescu
March 2013
Aspen Institute
As both NATO and EU seem to be grappling for their identities and so is the Euro-Atlantic relationship, Central European countries find the pillars of their sense of security gone and their perspectives for prosperity dimmed.
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