The Biden Administration’s China policy is expected to significantly differ from Trump’s and to be more similar to that of […]
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The Biden Administration’s China policy is expected to significantly differ from Trump’s and to be more similar to that of […]
Read moreDirector of the European Union Studies Centre at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) Nilgün Arısan-Eralp, Research and […]
Read moreProfessor Pascaline Winand, Director of Studies in the European Interdisciplinary Studies Department, has recently published a chapter entitled “Las relaciones entre la Unión Europea […]
Read moreThe recent warnings from politicians and academics about the re-emergence of Latin American military power as a threat to democracy […]
Read moreThe European Union’s range of new EU security and defence initiatives are ground-breaking, but they can only deliver on their […]
Read moreIn the 2020 presidential election, the Libertarian Party candidate, Jo Jorgensen, gained 1.2 percent of the vote, less than half […]
Read moreFor some years now democracies in general have experienced tough times, and the best illustration is Donald Trump’s attempt to […]
Read moreThe annual World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report and the Davos Forum usually take place in January. While both are […]
Read moreJoe Biden has a long track record in foreign policy, security and intelligence matters with his years in the Senate […]
Read moreCOVID-19 amplifies weaknesses while exacerbating latent illnesses in infected human beings. As we enter the second year of the pandemic, […]
Read moreThe latest policy paper of researcher Pelin Ayan Musil discusses this important topic from the perspective of bringing back the […]
Read moreThis analysis will try to build a new baseline by explaining the fragmented history of hacking back and outlining varying […]
Read moreOleksandra Zmiyenko, Senior Academic Assistant in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department, recently published the article “Acquis or […]
Read moreThe EU is determined to maintain the transatlantic bond, while Russia tends to interpret the EU’s strategic autonomy precisely as […]
Read moreGovernments and private corporations are paying attention to the transformative capacity of AI but despite some early and promising applications […]
Read moreIn view of the NATO Summit next year, the North Atlantic Council has initiated a comprehensive reflection on the Alliance’s […]
Read moreAfter years of rising tensions in transatlantic relations, the European Union could have a sigh of relief when Joe Biden […]
Read moreThe Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies has published a new EU Diplomacy Paper entitled “American LNG and […]
Read moreThis chapter discusses Norwegian perspectives on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and security and defense policy. It begins with a […]
Read moreThere is a growing scepticism regarding the implementation of the European Union Global Strategy (2016), which builds on the idea […]
Read moreCities have been advocating for a seat at the global table for decades. They are part and parcel of the […]
Read moreProfessor Georges Mink, Chair of European Civilization at the College of Europe at Natolin and Director of Emeritus Research at […]
Read moreSomalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are […]
Read moreDr Andriy Tyushka, Senior Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin, has […]
Read moreThe Ethiopian government ended its military intervention in the Tigray region last December after five weeks of open conflict against […]
Read moreThe storm raging across the Southern Neighbourhood, as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is also known in […]
Read moreThis Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
Read moreThe end of the year 2020 also marked the end of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU. […]
Read moreDr Andriy Tyushka, Senior Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin, has published a new article […]
Read moreThe year 2020 left us with the devastating results of the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the main question that gnaws […]
Read moreThe EU’s position remains fully aligned with that of the UN Security Council which supports negotiations to resolve ongoing conflicts, […]
Read moreEU relations with Russia hit the news headlines this week. The visit of EU High Representative Josep Borrell, launched in […]
Read moreToday three external powers –the US, China and Russia– are the leading players behind great power rivalry in the Middle […]
Read moreA new issue of the College of Europe Policy Brief series (CEPOB) has been published: CEPOB #1.21 “Cyber sanctions: towards […]
Read moreIn response to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, South Korea is quietly pursuing an independent conventional counterforce and countervalue strategy. […]
Read moreThis book provides an original examination of current European Union (EU)–Republic of Korea (ROK) security relations. It brings together analysis […]
Read moreThis paper analyzes the practice of “cultural diplomacy” and “soft power” in the United Arab Emirates in light of previously […]
Read moreThe establishment of the National Cyber Force (NCF) raises significant questions about the directions that the cybersecurity of the United […]
Read moreWhat opportunities and trade-offs do de facto states encounter in developing economic ties with the outside world? This article explores […]
Read moreGeopolitical and geoeconomic changes are destabilising the global trading system. China’s assertiveness, its rivalry with the US, WTO reform and EU […]
Read morePierre Bachelier and Celia Challet, Academic Assistants in the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe in Bruges, […]
Read moreWhile campaigning for the presidency of the US, Biden’s message to Europe was “we will be back”. This is also […]
Read moreHow are states responding to the threat of using digital technologies to subvert democratic processes? Protecting political and democratic processes […]
Read moreAfter the crises in Ukraine, and despite the Georgian government’s allegedly more pragmatic attitude towards Russia, official statements from Moscow […]
Read moreThis paper aims at demystifying the international actorness of the European Union (EU) in cyberspace by assessing the extent to […]
Read moreWe are witnessing how the authoritarian states of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are trying to […]
Read moreAs a small, open and highly digitalized country, cyber security is an issue of growing policy importance in Norway. Yet, […]
Read moreThrough its enlargements and the launching of the Eastern Partnership the European Union (EU) approached Russia’s so-called near abroad. The […]
Read moreThe latest policy paper of our researcher Pelin Ayan Musil discusses this important topic from the perspective of bringing back […]
Read moreFocusing on EU-Switzerland relations and the negotiations of an Institutional Framework Agreement (InstA), this policy brief offers an analysis of […]
Read moreIn a new issue #BerlinPerspectives, IEP Director Dr. Funda Tekin analyzes the EU’s current relations with Turkey, 5 years after […]
Read moreBrexit has provoked reflection in the European Union about the future of the bloc. If the economic consequences of the […]
Read moreDefinitions of “leadership” abound and attempts have been made to operationalise this concept when it comes to the European Union’s external […]
Read moreThe Palgrave Handbook of EU crises comprehensively explores the European Union’s institutional and policy responses to crises across policy domains […]
Read moreDespite the posturing, both the United Kingdom and the European Union are trying to reach a deal. However, London’s cliff-edge […]
Read moreIn 2021, major symbolic changes are expected to be made to European migration and border policies, as Frontex standing corps […]
Read moreDuring the 2020 US presidential campaign, Europe placed its bets on the Democratic contender, former Vice-President Joe Biden. Now that […]
Read moreThis paper explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the partnership between Africa and Europe on migration and mobility. […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point in Europe’s calculus regarding China. Beijing’s ham-fisted mask diplomacy, attempt to rewrite […]
Read more2020/21 Mercator-IPC Fellow Ahmet Atıl Aşıcı’s policy brief “The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Turkish Economy” was published […]
Read more25 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) seems lost in eternal transition. Necessary for ending the war, […]
Read moreLatin America has taken a rightward turn. The election of Mauricio Macri as president of Argentina in 2015 and, above […]
Read more25 years after the Dayton Accords ended the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country remains in a fragile state, […]
Read moreFrom the 1990s onwards, Turkey intensified its return to Africa using diplomatic, cultural and development tools. However, for several years […]
Read moreIs a return to the normal possible or even desirable? This question will permeate all manner of debates: on international […]
Read moreThe year 2020 has been a challenging year not only under a health, social and economic perspective, but also in […]
Read moreThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is of historic importance since its obligations are much more comprehensive than […]
Read moreIn September 2019, the once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle – M5S) agreed to enter a ruling alliance with […]
Read moreHistorically speaking, the European Community and then the European Union have always reacted with paradigm changes in their foreign policies […]
Read moreThe concept of a geopolitical Europe – recently reaffirmed by Ursula von der Leyen as part of her political agenda […]
Read moreOn the ground, there have been no substantial changes that allowed plans for democratic elections in the occupied Donbas. A […]
Read moreThe world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is a place in which multilateralism-minded Europeans are ill at […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased nationalist and protectionist policies and has intensified the geo-economic rivalry between the US […]
Read moreThe paper analyses African-European diplomatic relations on migration. It looks closely at the ideas and practices that inform migration relations […]
Read moreNovember 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the three-and-a-half years war in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
Read moreUnder the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has embarked on a moderate reform programme that aims to achieve socio-economic […]
Read moreThe publication “Transatlantic Futures: Towards #NATO2030” offers a collection of articles that reflect on the topical security issues of the […]
Read moreIt was not the first time that Erdogan visited the occupied northern part of Cyprus to celebrate the anniversary of […]
Read moreBuilding on a discourse-theoretical reading of securitization theory, this article theorizes and examines how two political entities can become locked […]
Read moreWhen the October 2020 summit between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) was postponed, leaders blamed the […]
Read moreTwo narratives confront each other in Algeria today: the cronyism of Algerian leaders and their interests, and the one of […]
Read moreThe COVID pandemic has presented the transatlantic alliance and multilateralism with an existential challenge: can they tackle a global emergency […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 crisis has not only revealed a world that has moved into an age of interdependence and competition, it […]
Read moreThis book examines how states in the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa reject, resist, challenge, modify, or entirely change […]
Read moreThe continuous debate on whether the EU is “punching below its weight” in global affairs is an implied admission that […]
Read moreWhat impact will the new Biden administration have on Arctic politics? While the Arctic as a region is not likely […]
Read moreThis study examines the implementation of the European Union (EU) defence package, which consists of the Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC […]
Read moreOn 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying […]
Read moreJoe Biden’s victory represents a defeat for European nationalist populists, who saw in Trump a leader and role model. The […]
Read moreThe EU is increasingly concerned with the diffusion and uncertainty of risks and threats in the neighbourhood, and resilience appears […]
Read moreFor all the talk about a new geopolitics in the Caucasus, made up of Turkish drones and Syrian jihadis, Iranian […]
Read moreOnce a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts […]
Read moreThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is experiencing deep and profound challenges spanning the geopolitical and geoceonomic domains, as […]
Read moreThe 2016 EU Global Strategy delineated the level of ambition of the Union, but four years later the EU still […]
Read moreThe new US administration represents a political opportunity to better address the Alliance’s needs, also through the elaboration of a […]
Read moreAssesses key issues in the dispute over the United States’ claim that from 2012-2015, China exceeded its limits on domestic […]
Read moreChina and Russia are jointly advancing their shared interests in the international arena and are building up cooperation in the […]
Read moreThe chapter on Slovenia–China (economic) relations writen by dr. Marjan Svetličič, professor emeritus, focuses on the historic development of Slovenia’s […]
Read moreSpeculation is rife that China could take advantage of the potential confusion during the US presidential election and invade Taiwan. […]
Read moreThis article investigates the activities of the centre-right European People’s Party in Georgia and North Macedonia, demonstrating how Europarties can […]
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