In 2008 the EU continued to largely mismanage the area that the Lisbon Treaty defines as the Union's top priority - peace.
The Treaty itself defines peace and security predominantly through a military prism and suggests military means as main conflict-management tools rather than conflict understanding, dialogue, negotiations and reconciliation. To put it crudely, the Treaty's peace understanding is not state-of-the art and light years behind the decade-old UN Charter.
The fact th...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.