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NATO-Serbia relations: New strategies or more of the same? - 10 December 2010 - Opinion

The Serbian government will soon have to clarify to its citizens its policy of neutrality towards NATO, argues Jelena Radoman, a research fellow at the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.

Crossick: Lifting arms embargo can break EU-China stalemate - 30 November 2009 - Interview

Although the EU will enter today's (30 November) EU-China summit with a revamped outlook provided by the Lisbon Treaty, no major turning point should be expected from the meeting unless Europe commits itself to lifting its arms embargo against China, argues Stanley Crossick, founding chairman of the European Policy Centre (EPC), in an interview with EurActiv.

Lifting arms embargo can break EU-China stalemate, says expert - 30 November 2009 - News

EU pledges to end trade in small arms - 04 October 2005 - News

The project for an international Treaty on Arms Trade, which aims to outlaw the trade in small arms such as rifles, pistols, machine guns and grenades, has won official EU support.

EU heading for climbdown on China arms embargo - 23 March 2005 - News

EU momentum to lift the China arms embargo is evaporating in the face of US pressure and the recent Chinese anti-secession law.

Rice warns EU off lifting China arms ban - 21 March 2005 - News

The possibility of an EU-US trade war moved closer on 20 March when Condoleeza Rice told the EU to drop plans to relax its arms embargo on China.

Brief - French defence minister seeks to calm US nerves over China arms embargo - 11 March 2005 - News

Strict arms controls will be maintained even after the EU lifts the China embargo, says France's defence minister in a bid to calm US concerns during a Washington visit.

Brief - Pressure grows on EU as Chinese law threatens use of force against Taiwan - 08 March 2005 - News

China has put forward a draft law allowing the use of military force if Taiwan ventures down the road of independence. This raises the stakes given the EU's planned lifting of the arms embargo.

US pressures EU not to lift China arms embargo - 04 February 2005 - News

EU plans to lift the arms embargo against China have sparked fierce criticism from the US House of Representatives. France, UK, Germany and Italy back a lifting of the embargo.

EU lifts arms embargo on Libya - 12 October 2004 - News

EU foreign ministers have agreed to lift the 1986 arms embargo imposed on Libya following Italian pressure.

EU lifts arms embargo against Croatia - 22 November 2000 - News

The EU has lifted the arms embargo against Croatia in a move that has generated little comment.

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