{"id":1754,"date":"2008-04-07T12:38:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2008-04-07T12:38:56","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T12:38:56","slug":"links-for-2008-04-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/04\/links-for-2008-04-07\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-04-07"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net\/2008\/04\/06\/door-opens-for-a-democratic-ec-president\/\">Who&#8217;s Your Candidate?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The campaign for a transparent and democratically elected President of the European Commission&#8221; &#8211; Hurrah! I&#8217;m sure that (for once) we can all agree this is a good idea. (via Our Kingdom)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/stories\/2008\/04\/07\/006.html\">Putin&#8217;s Mixed Signals Sidelining Medvedev<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;appearances matter&#8230; Putin has acted and spoken publicly in ways that have reinforced the impression that he intends to remain the country&#8217;s ultimate decision maker&#8221; &#8211; good overview, and some things I&#8217;d missed<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/article\/turkey_s_risk_europe_s_role\">Turkey\u2019s risk, Europe\u2019s role<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Nice open letter on openDemocracy: &#8220;the credible prospect of EU membership was the best way to achieve a democratic and reformed Turkey which was in European interest&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Turkey\">Turkey<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,3247557,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-eu-2092-rdf\">Europe Splits Russian, US Presidents at Final Meeting<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yep &#8211; that&#8217;s the old Cold War superpowers still arguing over how Europe should be carved up. Hurrah for progress!<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Europe\">Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/featuresarticle\/2008\/4\/80de7039-0e0a-41e1-90a0-aa579a12f871.html\">Who &#8216;Won&#8217; The NATO Summit?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The initial post mortems on this week&#8217;s NATO&#8217;s summit in Bucharest are reminiscent of the old fable about a group of blindfolded men trying to identify the elephant in their midst&#8221; &#8211; sounds like a familiar argument (ahem), but worth making again<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/NATO\">NATO<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/en\/main\/blogs\/9167\/\">Serbia and elections<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;There are many paths that Serbia can take after May 11 elections. None of them is painless, none of them is easy&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Serbia\">Serbia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Kosovo\">Kosovo<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/33ef59f6-03eb-11dd-b28b-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html\">UK backs Japan-Europe trade deal<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Good. Can we also get a deal on free movement of workers while we&#8217;re at it? (And not just because the missus is Japanese, honest&#8230;)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/UK\">UK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Japan\">Japan<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/europe\/introducing-biffo-irelands-taoiseach-waiting-in-the-wings-805134.html\">Introducing Biffo, Ireland&#8217;s Taoiseach waiting in the wings<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Ireland&#8217;s had the same people at the top for so long, a handy intro to the new guy was just what I needed (even if I should already have known more about the guy).<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Ireland\">Ireland<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/fistfulofeuros\/bBvg\/~3\/265476557\/italys-upcoming-election-another-parliamentary-stalemate-in-the-making\">Italy\u2019s upcoming election: another parliamentary stalemate in the making?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Another good, timely overview of what the hell&#8217;s going on, for those who like their politics complex and confusing<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Italy\">Italy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Elections\">Elections<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/djnozem.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/forza-nederlandia.html\">Forza Nederlandia!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Looks like something&#8217;s happening in the Dutch Right &#8211; something that&#8217;s not being noticed while all attention is focussed on the more obvious controversies over Muslim-baiting movies<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Netherlands\">Netherlands<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/crossick.blogactiv.eu\/2008\/04\/05\/europe-must-redefine-its-relationship-with-the-us\/\">Europe must redefine its relationship with the US<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Hurrah! &#8211; &#8220;greater realism must be injected into the European approach to the relationship&#8230; This does not mean rupturing the relationship: realism, acknowledged and wisely applied, will strength<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Europe\">Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clausvistesen.squarespace.com\/alphasources-blog\/2008\/4\/7\/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-member-of-the-eurozone.html\">To Be or Not to Be &#8230; a Member of the Eurozone?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Tip-top look at whether or not the Euro could be in the process of replacing the US dollar as the world&#8217;s top currency. Even I (mostly) understood it, and I&#8217;m an economic illiterate&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;s Your Candidate? &#8220;The campaign for a transparent and democratically elected President of the European Commission&#8221; &#8211; Hurrah! I&#8217;m sure that (for once) we can all agree this is a good idea. (via Our Kingdom) (tags: EU) Putin&#8217;s Mixed Signals &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2008\/04\/links-for-2008-04-07\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linklog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}