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| European Culture: What is this? The European in the youth experience | | Christoforos Pavlakis, GE National Ambassador for Greece, looks at the way European culture faces globalisation. |  | Download file |
| Introduction of a Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities | | Roman Tskhovrebadze looks at minority rights when and where "majority rules"... |  | Download file |
| Education in Europe - quo vadis? | | Danut asks whether there is more to education than formal learning. | | | Download file |
| Remarks on Turkey's EU Accession | | Coskun, from Turkey, explains why he thinks Turkey should join the EU. | | | Download file |
| Who are tomorrow's knowledge workers? | | Chingiz Maatkerimov from Kyrgystan questions who will lead tomorrow's workplace. | | | Download file |
| 11 golden rules for effective communication | | Hendrik offers Commissioner Wallstrom suggestions on how to better communicate. | | | Download file |
| What is Civil Society? | | From Hegel to Habermas, Kanykey Jailobaeva explores the definition of civil society. | | | Download file |
| Is a US-style labour system better for Europe? | | Kanykey Jailobaeva debates whether a US-style labour system would be more appropriate for the EU. | | | Download file |
| Is globalisation good for us? | the Henry examines the globalisation phenomenon and questions its impact on society
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| Explaining the Chinese Phenomenon | | Chingiz Maatkerimov from Kyrgyzstan exams the emerging predominance of Asia's newest tiger. | | | Download file |
| Are there any limits to EU enlargement? | | James explores the question of the limits of EU enlargement. | | | Download file |
| Democracy, what does it really mean? | | Stephen Spillane looks at what is at the heart of democracy. | | Download file |
| Celtic Tiger, Prosperity for all? | | Stephen Spillane questions who are the real winners behind Ireland's economic growth. | | | Download file |
| Region forming, resource hunting and rebellion in Nigeria | | Nigeria was invented by colonial powers who merged tribes and traditions despite their ethnic and regional contrasts. Can this system that Nigeria inherited account for its current woes? | | | Download file |
| Challenges to Stereotypes, Sterility and Shame in Africa | | Henry Ekwuruke explains the prejudice inflicted on Africa's childless couples | | | Download file |
| Fight against Africa’s Sexual Revolution! | | Henry argues for a reversal of Africa's sexual revolution | | | Download file |
| Studying in Baden-Württemberg: Degrees for the future! | | Selen makes her case for studying abroad! | | | Download file |
| Capital punishment is an affront to civilized society | | Tonia Antona argues that capital punishment causes more harm to society than it resolves. | | | Download file |
| Challenges to Growing Up in Africa | | Henry Ekwuruke: Challenges are perpetual especially in the life of young Africans. | | | Download file |
| Commitment is the cornerstone to success | | Henry Ekwuruke: What does it take to be successful? | | | Download file |
| Privitisation in Nigeria | | Henry Ekwuruke: Is privatisation the key to economic success in Nigeria? | | | Download file |
| Its time to reclaim African identity! | | Henry Ekwuruke: Africa needs to reclaim its proud history, tradition and identity. | | | Download file |
| Who determines lady luck? | | Henry Ekwuruke. I used to think of opportunities as something outside one’s control. A lucky break is a special chance, something that comes knocking on one’s door, a destined opportunity that no-one else can covet and so on. I waited for it to come knocking on my door or collide with me whenever time and space permitted, but it never did and if there was a knock, it was some something that brought me nothing and took me no-where. | | | Download file |
| International vs Constitutional Treaty? | | Dimitrios Salampasis: The purpose of this paper is to explore and present the most vital differences between an international and a constitutional treaty. However it is wise from my point of view to depict first some useful terms as it is not possible to talk about something without knowing what it is. | | | Download file |
| In Defence of a European Foreign Policy | | Hajar Barbach: The European Union’s international role holds a central part in current discussions on the European Constitution terms, agreed upon on 19 June. The benefits of the EU asserting itself more effectively on the global stage are increasingly clear, EU policy having become global in scope and destination; the EU indeed has the potential to be a major force in shaping world events, the total EU funding for external relations (RELEX) accounting for 55% of all international aid development assistance and some 66% of all grant aid. | | | Download file |
| Subservience in the last compartment | | Zane: Instead of having the EU enlargement as a solemn 'return' of the Eastern European countries in Europe, the process has turned into a cold-blooded mutual battle for the most profitable deal and self-seeking. | | | Download file |
| On the way to nowhere... | | Zane: Year 1991 marked a historical moment – the emergence of Eastern Europe. At least in geographical terms. Morally and politically these states have for a long time, and for some even today, been post-communist states. That is to say – different from other European states in terms of economy, politics, life and mentality. On the other hand, in Eastern Europe politicians talk of the reintegration in Europe, the return to Europe, meaning that we have always been a part of it, sharing the cultural heritage, having Europeans on our land... | | | Download file |
| Centralism in Europe | | JCastro: What is wrong with central power rule? How can it be substituted by democracy? | | | Download file |
| It is Our Future | | Seleninal: With no doubt, technologies of the future will make our life easier, but there are some serious questions that we need to answer to protect the human being itself against the abuse risk of future's technology and to guarantee the social rights of people. The questions are that if people will be able to control the big power of technology or not, what will happen if a big technological gap occurs between the developed and the under developed countries, what will be the future of the environment and if people will be able to keep peace or not. | | | Download file |
| What is Globalisation | | Deliana explains globalisation means to her. | | | Download file |
| CSR and the free agent model | | Ardo: When talking about CSR and trying to see how the social responsibility can be increased, one should also look at the current trends in labour markets in order to understand potential future players. | | | Download file |
| Defining sustainability | | Euro: Defining sustainability within the context of development demands that one defines both sustainability and development. Development can be defined as a positive process of change evaluated by a set of chosen indicators. | | | Download file |
| Corporate Social Responsibility and Government | | Xenophontos: CSR: Government Policies in Europe | | | Download file |
| Does the second Irish Referendum really matter? | | Biancheri and Kirk: The Nice Treaty - a dead treaty? | | | Download file |
| Thoughts about working possibilities | | To-Dai: "We are looking for a good-looking, independent lady under 30 years old, in the position of executive assistant." Such advertisments are not rare in the newspapers... | | | Download file |
| Young Europeans Challenge Today’s Leaders | | Eimear Farrell: Young people and the role of business in society | | | Download file |
| Shaping the future European Youth Summit | | Julian Azzopardi: In his opening presentation, Ken Mifsud Bonnici, one of Malta's two representatives at the European Youth Summit, stated 'a wise man is someone who has something to say, a fool is someone who has to say something'. On this pretext students and youth aged 19-25 from the thirteen candidate countries1 for EU membership and fifteen member states, gathered in the European Parliament (EP), in Brussels, to speak their minds on the future of Europe's labour market. | | | Download file |
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