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Zooming out on Syria in the #EUGlobalstrategy

8/28/2016

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Little sense of failure, or reference to lessons learnt:

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Compare with critical assessment of Marc Pierini,former EU Ambassador now at Carnegie: 

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Check out the see-the-links tool:

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August 21st, 2016

8/21/2016

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Huge ambitions on maritime security in the #EUGlobalstrategy 

8/20/2016

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The member state perspective

8/9/2016

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The EU delegation perspective

8/9/2016

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The staff perspective

8/9/2016

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Human rights advocacy and the #EUGlobalstrategy 

7/19/2016

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On human rights advocacy and the #EUGlobalstrategy (Part 1) Click: https://t.co/ZyTAlrIxHR pic.twitter.com/V87w7RrYY5

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 10, 2016

Some early NGO reactions - On human rights advocacy and the #EUGlobalstrategy (Part 2) https://t.co/xYMNr03r7t pic.twitter.com/4szmhbz6y0

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 10, 2016

Human rights advocacy and the EU Global Strategy part 3: https://t.co/H6qJY4AFM2 via @YouTube

— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 10, 2016
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A key reference in the text: 

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Many references - many commitments - but expert comments so far to the overall text point to a shift in emphasis from values to interests. Judge for yourself: 

Snapshot from my freedom page - can one expect at least one colour change in the world freedom map for next year to the worse? 


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The #EUGlobalstrategy in overview

7/16/2016

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Here is the structure using the see-the-links tool in outline format - click the image to get to the full screen application. There you can hover over the headlines to get the excerpts directly and click to change focus and see further links. May be useful since the text covers 60 pages and 15ooo words...

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And here is the link to my webpage on strategies with the full text of the Global Strategy attached. 

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What is at stake? Contingency planning EU-Turkey 

7/16/2016

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The embedded version of the see-the links tool below - for the full screen version -click here

Click on image below to go to the dedicated EU-Turkey webpage with live Twitter feed: 

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Positive and negative flows in the #EUGlobalstrategy at a glance 

7/15/2016

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From the #EUGlobalstrategy: 

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Mainly indirect links between the flow concept in the Strategy and specific types of flows - click on the image to move around: 

In contrast the Handbook on EU and Security and this website contains a lot of pages presenting much more differentiated and interlinked images:

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