JAN 21, 2012
Future options for European defense
Thenewfederalist.eu
On top of that, up until now Europe has been able to compensate for the crisis of its military influence with a solid soft power relying on the attractiveness of its economic model or strong ties with former colonies. However this well-known hallmark of the European sway is waning too
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JAN 19, 2012
Turkish Foreign Policy Evolution and Goals under the AKP Government
Balkananalysis
Given that the EU considers liberal democratic transformation the main criteria of membership, Turkey thus accelerated the process of de-securitization and worked to increase its soft power identity, a sine qua non condition to gain credibility in Western eyes.
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JAN 17, 2012
Priests, farmers, lesbian truckers tweet for Sweden
Reuters
Officials at Sweden's tourism board agreed to hand over control of their @sweden Twitter feed in December to a different Swedish citizen each week. The project -- billed as "the world's most democratic Twitter account" -- has so far been hugely popular, featuring a female priest, an advertising executive and an organic sheep farmer.
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JAN 16, 2012
U.S. ambassador to Russia’s YouTube presentation
The Huffington Post
Russian speakers/readers of the language might be struck by the number of negative comments to the Ambassador's YouTube performance, which suggests that Russian anti-Americanism is indeed a factor to consider in the two countries' relations -- and that, on a more mundane level, Russians use the Internet as a way of "letting off steam."
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JAN 13, 2012
From The Euro Crisis To Disputes On Future Of Europe
Eurasia Review
Joseph S. Nye, who describes the situation as “present day Europe having seizures of over-optimism and Euro-pessimism consecutively,” also draws attention to another dimension of the problem...a failing Europe is the issueat hand in the new geopolitical order...
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