Building Greater Europe

MOSCOW Greater Europe is at a crossroads.

Europe needs greater fiscal federalism, not just centralized oversight of national budgets.

Nevertheless, a smart strategy for Europe will require greater investments in hard power.

Greater Western engagement is needed to ensure that the Europe factor is equally prominent.

Finally, while monetary union obviously requires greater sharing of sovereignty, there should also be a greater Europe that includes the United Kingdom and others.

The institutional integration of Russia into greater Europe will require strong commitment from both sides.

The institutional integration of Russia into greater Europe will require strong commitment from both sides.

Greater Europe would thus be able to claim a leading role in addressing international issues.

If kept separate, the three parts that make up Greater Europe will become politically marginalized.

These include greater fiscal discipline in the US, greater reliance on domestic demand in both Europe and Asia, and more flexible exchange rates in Asia.

Continental Europe did not deregulate as much, and preferred to seek growth in greater economic integration.

The Greek crisis may be forcing Europe to move towards greater integration, with or without Greece.

And much the same processes and responses are at work with even greater strength in Europe.

Greater defense integration in Europe is not just an appealing or interesting idea it is an imperative.

But it will not work, in Europe or elsewhere, without a much greater emphasis on social justice.

If Europe wants to pull its weight on the global stage, it will have to act with greater unity of purpose and shoulder a greater share of responsibility.

But this competition is set to occur in a Greater Europe that is becoming marginalized in global terms.

The French still expect greater things from their government than from an integrated Europe or the boundless world.

In Europe, monetary intervention has greater potential to help but with a similar risk of making matters worse.

In this geopolitical context, Europe and the US need each other more than ever, making greater transatlantic cooperation crucial.

Each of the three parts of Greater Europe Russia, the European Union, and the countries between them is in crisis.

Greater military integration in Europe will require sustained leadership by heads of government, military officials, and NATO and EU leaders.

The US rebalancing will also create an opportunity for Europe to play a greater role in an increasingly important region.

This makes the risk of social upheaval in Europe today much greater than it was in Japan two decades ago.

Then came the crash of 2008, which originated in the United States but caused greater problems in Europe than anywhere else.

While some aspects of culture are becoming globalized, variation across borders in Europe is far greater than it is between US states.

STOCKHOLM Europe has made an ambitious commitment to scale up its aid to Africa, and Africa s challenges call for that greater engagement.

No part of the world shares more values or has a greater capacity to influence American attitudes and power than does Europe.

Before the crisis, Europe looked like the most likely candidate to make a successful transition to the first equilibrium greater political unification.

The (re )emergence of big economies like China is thus bound to have a greater impact on Europe than on the US.

There could be no greater opportunity for doing so than this strategically crucial window in the history of Europe and the southern Mediterranean.

The US is hectoring Europe for more fiscal stimulus, while the Europeans pressure the US for greater and more globally coordinated financial regulation.

Europe badly needs immigrants, yet is not culturally prepared to welcome them. The coming decades will therefore see substantially greater social change in Europe than elsewhere, although the nature of that change is far from clear.

In the first scenario, a more united and homogeneous Europe emerges from the crisis, enforcing greater restrictions on member states budgets to reduce apparent risk.

We would welcome even greater engagement between NATO and Russia to build confidence and facilitate progress towards the goal of a nuclear weapon free Europe.

Russia must continue to press for an Alliance of Europe a new framework for economic and diplomatic relations among the EU, Russia, and the rest of Greater Europe which could offer a way out of Europe s systemic crisis.

Even now, Turkey s unrequited love for Europe can still fade into aversion, with Islamic fundamentalism and Greater Turkey nationalism continuing to represent other, eastward leaning options.

A greater number of countries in Europe and Asia reported school attendance by sex and age, while this was not the case in Oceania and Africa.

And, if a post American world entails greater risk of chaos and its consequences than hope for a new, stable order a risk that affects Europe in particular then perhaps Europe should reverse course on its apparent determination to dismantle itself.

Democracy has taken root in almost every corner of Europe, and Europeans now have far greater freedom to live, work, and study where and how they wish.

16.5 ECE will also contribute to reducing disparities and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines in Europe by promoting greater regulatory compatibility among ECE member States.

Furthermore, there are far more Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey than in Europe, and many of the innovative responses now emerging in Europe would have a greater impact (and larger returns on investment) if they were concentrated where most refugees reside.

Working with moderate Arab states, we can create a new regional security regime for the Greater Middle East, modeled on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Europe has neither the same geopolitical interests as the US, nor, more important, the same means, which implies that it has a greater stake in revitalizing multilateral trade.