World Affairs

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Think Tanks And Terrorism

A new report by the Foreign Policy Research Institute concludes the Council "has been a leader among think tanks in terms of adjusting its efforts to a post-9/11 world."

INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES NATO Decisionmaking: AuRevoir to the Consensus Rule? STRATEGIC FORUM 202

The author examines options for key changes in NATO's consensus-based decision-making procedures in the context of recent international events, the implications raised by changes, and ironically, the Catch-22 obstacle to change.

http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF202/sf202.pdf.

European Union

The CER guide to the draft EU constitution

EU governments begin negotiations over the proposed EU constitution on October 4. The Inter-governmental conference (IGC) looks set to expose deep divisions between big countries and small, old and new members and between the integrationist and more sceptical countries. Throughout the IGC, the CER will provide analysis of key issues such as the proposed creation of a Council president and EU 'foreign minister', the reform of the Commission and the battle over voting weights and the extension of qualified majority voting.

Centre for European Policy Studies Wider Europe CEPS Policy Briefs

This paper by Michael Emerson proposes recalibrating, clarifying and further developing the initial policy ideas of the EU on the Wider Europe in specific directions.