The Oxford English Dictionary defines competence as "the ability to do something successfully or efficiently." In foreign policy, competence depends on a sufficient knowledge about the state of the world and the key forces that drive world politics so that one can make well-informed and intelligent policy choices. It also means having the organizational skills, discipline and judgment to pick the right subordinates and get them to combine the different elements of national power in pursuit of well-chosen goals.

Author: Arkady Moshes, Program Director of the EU Eastern Neighborhood and Russia Research Program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

What are the key developments in the EU-Russia relationship since the 2014 tipping point? What scenarios lie ahead for bilateral relations over the next three to five years? One may foresee three main possibilities: improvement, muddling through at the present level of conflict, or worsening of relations. The outlook is hazy and it is likely that none of the three options will materialize in full.

1. Argentina  
2. Australia  
3. Austria  
4. Belarus*  
5. Belgium  
6. Belize  
7. Bolivia*  
8. Côte d'Ivoire  
9. Cuba  
10. Egypt  
11. Eritrea*  
12. European Union
13. Honduras
14. Hungary
15. Iceland
16. Ireland
17. Jamaica
18. Jordan
19. Mongolia
20. Morocco
21. OECD
22. OSCE
23. Qatar
24. Saudi Arabia
25. Somalia
26. South Africa
27. South Korea
28. Sudan*
29. Sweden
30. Syria*
31. Tajikistan
32. Tanzania

1. Reporting Requirements

Global Government Relations (GGR) is about the establishment, operation and management of political and stakeholder relationships in any country of the world.

It entails:

Managing media interviews is an art that can only be mastered with lots of practice.

DOs

1.Bulgaria: Most of the positive policy measures on tackling corruption in Bulgaria aim at improving the overall level of transparency, and examples of such practices come from different fields. The principle of the overriding public interest is enshrined in the Access to Public Information Act, which opened the door to investigative journalism; some modest steps have already been made in this direction.

According to the International Monetary Fund, inflation will hit 650 percent this year and a whopping 2,300 percent in 2018. The country  has failed to make about $ 200 million in loan repayments. For Standard & Poor’s the country is in “selective default.” Experts worry this is the first sign that Venezuela’s wobbly economy is close to full collapse. The whole country of Venezuela is bankrupt.

1. Greece: 188.66%
2. Italy: 135.57%
3. Portugal: 132.21%
4. Cyprus: 107.84%
5. Belgium: 107.58%
6. Spain: 104.20 %
7. France: 98.53%
8. United Kingdom: 87.56%
9. Slovenia: 83.04%
10. Austria: 82.62%
11. Croatia: 81.57%
12. Hungary: 75.36%
13. Ireland: 74.42%
14. Germany: 69.00%
15. Finland: 62.95%
16. Netherlands: 62.93%
17. Malta: 59.51%
18. Poland: 54.69%
19. Sweden: 41.96%
20. Lithuania: 40.26%
21. Latvia: 39.94%
22. Romania: 36.90%
23. Czech Republic: 36.20%

Source: Anholt-GfK Nations Brand Index

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