Does ASEM work? CEPS Policy Brief No. 321, 14 October 2014

This CEPS Policy Brief is based on a larger study for the EEAS and European Commission, written by the same authors in the run-up of the Milan ASEM summit of 16-17 October 2014. The main idea of the study is to assess whether ASEM works and how, by verifying the factual evidence in detail. After all, ASEM has no institutions, no budget and no treaty, whilst dialogues and a loose improvement over time in Asia-Europe relations refer to process much more than genuine ‘results’. The stocktaking covers all ASEM activities since the 2006 Helsinki summit. Summit and foreign ministers’ declarations and ASEM calendar of activities (and interviews) are used to trace ASEM activities in the three ASEM pillars (political, economic, and peoples-to-peoples/cultural). All the ‘regular’ ASEM meetings at ministerial and other levels (many of which are only known to relatively few) have been mapped. Also the ASEM working methods, based on the 2000 AECF framework and many subsequent initiatives, have been scrutinised, including whether they are actually implemented or not or partially. Such methods refer to how to work together in areas of cooperation (beyond the typical ASEM dialogue), organisation, coordination and ASEM visibility. The main conclusion is that ASEM works reasonably well, once one accepts the ASEM of today, although some inefficiencies still characterise the ‘system’. There is a host of secondary conclusions on the three pillars, the foreign ministers, the strong government-to-government nature of ASEM and the working methods. We recommend that today’s ASEM needs no reform and that not having ASEM would entail political and diplomatic costs. We emphasise that ASEM is well placed to stimulate exchange of information between the mega-FTAs such as TPP, RCEP and TTIP. However, the ASEM of tomorrow might be different, given the great changes in geo-political and economic conditions since ASEM began in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the size of ASEM has become such that classical ways of operating with (after Milano) 53 countries (including the EU and ASEAN) cannot possibly be effective all the time. We suggest that, in the run-up to the 20th ASEM birthday (2016), EU and Asian independent think-tanks get together to write an ‘options report’ reconsidering options for a new ASEM, as the basis for a profound and wide debate how to get more value-added out of ASEM.

Awkward partner once again? Repercussions for Europe of Poland’s elections. EPIN Commentary No. 27, 3 November 2015

A clear majority of Poles voted to end eight years of Civic Platform (PO) government on October 25th when they brought the national-conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) back to power. This outcome might be difficult to understand for Poland’s West European partners and may also confuse some EU officials who have observed developments in Poland since it joined the EU in 2004. The implications of these elections for relations with Germany and France, and for Poland’s own EU policy, are a source of concern. Do the results herald a return to the country Poland was during its early years as EU member? In this EPIN commentary the author attempts to throw light on the reasons behind the return to power of Law and Justice Party and considers the wider implications for the EU and European cohesion.

C'era una volta il doppiaggio - Analisi del doppiaggio della varietà diacronica nella versione spagnola del primo episodio della serie tv Once Upon A Time

L’argomento principale di questa tesi è il doppiaggio. Nel primo capitolo ci inoltriamo nel mondo della traduzione audiovisiva, concentrandoci sulla storia del doppiaggio e sui processi che servono per portare le opere in paesi dove non si parla la lingua originale dei film e delle serie tv. Il secondo capitolo introduce la serie tv americana targata ABC Once Upon A Time. Vengono presentati trama, personaggi, temi e alcuni dati sulla distribuzione della serie in Italia e in Spagna. Il terzo capitolo invece, ci porta nel pieno dell’analisi del doppiaggio in italiano e in spagnolo del primo episodio della serie attraverso la comparazione con l’originale inglese e lo studio della varietà diacronica attraverso le formule di cortesia, il lessico, la fraseologia, i sintagmi verbali e la morfologia. In conclusione, il nostro scopo è quello di dimostrare che la scelta traduttiva adottata dalla Spagna è diversa da quella italiana, quest’ultima più simile all’originale inglese.

How to write criterion-referenced tests for Spanish-English bilingual programs /

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Rasgos históricos del 11 [i.e. once] de agosto de 1911 : cómo caen los tiranos /

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How to read, write, and speak modern German,

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America reads challenge : read*write*now : activities for reading and writing fun.

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Encyclopaedia of etiquette : what to write, what to do, what to wear, what to say : a book of manners for everyday use.

Mode of access: Internet.

Simple things you can do to help all children read well and independently by the end of third grade : read, write, now.

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Celia once again,

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The gospels in art; the life of Christ by great painters from Fra Angelico to Holman Hunt, the text by Léonce Bénédite, Henry Van Dyke, R. F. Horton and the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe;

On cover : The Bible in art: The New Testament.

How to write a wrong : complain effectively and get results /

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Learning to write; a research report.

Bibliography: p. 47-54.