In foreign and security policy, New Power, New Responsibility proposes strengthening the role of the EU High Representative and the role of the European Action Service. Current EU High Representative Catherine Ashton continues to prove the worth of EU foreign policy institutions by, for example, brokering a remarkable peace between Serbia and Kosovo and playing a key role in nuclear negotiations with Iran.

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But that might not be enough in an EU with more than 500 million citizens. Other EU states need to follow their example in order to make European foreign policy truly effective and influential.

A similar political signal is needed today to overcome EU member states resistance to decisions that advance a common foreign policy. Here, too, the sum needed would probably be rather small compared to the overall EU budget.

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If the EU is divided on an issue lying at its geographic heart and at the heart of its interests its credibility as a foreign policy actor on matters beyond its borders will suffer dramatically. And only a united EU can bring Russia on board for a harmonized policy towards the Balkans.

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An invasion of Iraq would bring that process to a grinding halt. EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana has made plain that Europe strongly opposes any large scale Turkish military operation in Iraq.

Why not start now to overcome the traditional tension between NATO and the EU especially as French policy toward NATO under President Nicolas Sarkozy has been moving in the right direction? A regular mutual presence of the Secretary General of NATO and of the head of EU foreign policy in the councils of both organizations doesn t require much time and effort.

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In late 2014, Russia cut off Ukraine completely, again signaling its readiness to use gas supplies as a weapon of foreign policy. The EU rushed in to broker a settlement that some contend was against Ukraine's interests.

If the EU is to progress beyond the limits of a common economic and monetary policy and develop a defense and security policy along with a common foreign policy, the UK must be on board. Exchange rate fluctuations between sterling and the euro disturb market forces among member states, and at times even have a negative impact in London.

Development cooperation is becoming an integral part of our foreign policy.

In this regard, Indonesia's foreign policy is always to promote peace.

Instead of continuing to push for unbalanced fiscal integration, it must work to implement key elements of political union, including an integrated police force, common asylum laws, a single foreign policy, and, above all, a united army. If recent events have taught us anything, it is that threats to the EU stem not from inadequate fiscal risk sharing, but from insufficient coordination on foreign policy and security challenges.

I suggest the creation of a new institutional post of Special Representative on foreign energy policy, which would facilitate the coordination of all policies related to the external aspects of energy security. Working under the authority of the High Representative on Foreign Policy, who under the terms of the new reform treaty will also become a Vice President of the European Commission, this post would reinforce synergies within the EU.

And whining and complaining about what our foreign policy ought to be.

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Fourth, NATO can not only bring important military capabilities to the table, reducing the drain on American forces in a turbulent world it also offers a much more plausible vehicle for serious foreign policy multilateralism than either the EU or the UN.

The question of Haiti has particular relevance in the foreign policy of Mexico.

Those rules and principles constituted the basis of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan.

Stabilizing the western Balkans remains a priority on my country's foreign policy agenda.

With the EU 15 comprising around 80 of all EU GHG emissions, these countries should be the ones taking a leading role in EU climate change policy. It is past time that they step up their efforts.

So if one looks at the statements that have been made about this, I am impressed that when Hillary Clinton described the foreign policy of the Obama administration, she said that the foreign policy of the Obama administration was going to be smart power, as she put it, using all the tools in our foreign policy tool box.

The EU s goal is to be a global player with its own foreign policy, one shared by its 27 member states. Any effective foreign policy clearly needs to rely on effective military and civilian resources.

A grand coalition could show greater flexibility in addressing the euro crisis, but less on questions of foreign and security policy. In this respect, however, Germany would gain much from the opportunity to craft a proper foreign policy in the framework of the EU and the Western alliance that in recent years has had a dangerous void where Germany used to be though this is more a vague hope than a concrete expectation.

But the fact that foreign policy did not materially affect the November elections does not mean that the results will not affect US foreign policy. They will, but in ways that are inconsistent and even surprising.

Noting with appreciation the Secretary General's recent letters of invitation addressed to Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission and Mr. Javier Solana, the EU High Representative for Common Foreign Security Policy, and his fruitful discussions with the EU Commissioner for External Relations, Mrs. Benita Ferrero Waldner, on the sidelines of the 17th Arab League Summit in Algiers.

The promotion and protection of human rights is central to Spain's foreign policy priorities.