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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Category: EU External Relations & Global Politics
“Turkey-U.S. Relations in the Changing Transatlantic Context”, Nilgün Arısan-Eralp, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Atila Eralp, Fuat Keyman and Çiğdem Nas (IPC, Turkey)
Director of the European Union Studies Centre at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) Nilgün Arısan-Eralp, Research and […]
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New publication by Prof. Pascaline Winand on EU-India relations (College of Europe, Natolin)
Professor Pascaline Winand, Director of Studies in the European Interdisciplinary Studies Department, has recently published a chapter entitled “Las relaciones entre la Unión Europea […]
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“The Return of the Generals? Civil-military Relations in Latin America at times of Pandemic”, Román D. Ortiz (Elcano, Spain)
The recent warnings from politicians and academics about the re-emergence of Latin American military power as a threat to democracy […]
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“Unlocking European Defence. In Search of the Long Overdue Paradigm Shift”, Arnout Molenaar (IAI, Italy)
The European Union’s range of new EU security and defence initiatives are ground-breaking, but they can only deliver on their […]
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“What Happened?: The 2020 election showed that libertarians have a long way to go before they can become a national movement”, Jeffrey Michels and Olivier Lewis (College of Europe, Natolin)
In the 2020 presidential election, the Libertarian Party candidate, Jo Jorgensen, gained 1.2 percent of the vote, less than half […]
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“The Alliance for Democracy Must Start at Home”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
For some years now democracies in general have experienced tough times, and the best illustration is Donald Trump’s attempt to […]
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“Global Risks and Future Scenarios: Starting Down the Road”, Raquel Jorge-Ricart (Elcano, Spain)
The annual World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report and the Davos Forum usually take place in January. While both are […]
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“Four Years on: The World has Changed for Biden (and for everyone)”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Joe Biden has a long track record in foreign policy, security and intelligence matters with his years in the Senate […]
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“The EU’s Search for “Effective” Strategic Autonomy in the Neighbourhood”, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
COVID-19 amplifies weaknesses while exacerbating latent illnesses in infected human beings. As we enter the second year of the pandemic, […]
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“The Current State of EU-Turkey Relations and Implications for Czech Foreign Policy”, Pelin Ayan Musil (IIR, Czech Republic)
The latest policy paper of researcher Pelin Ayan Musil discusses this important topic from the perspective of bringing back the […]
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“Hacking back Unpacked: An Eye for an Eye?”, Stefano Soesanto (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis will try to build a new baseline by explaining the fragmented history of hacking back and outlining varying […]
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“Acquis or not Acquis: Statelessness in the Context of Forced Migration”, Oleksandra Zmiyenko (College of Europe, Bruges)
Oleksandra Zmiyenko, Senior Academic Assistant in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department, recently published the article “Acquis or […]
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“EU Strategic Autonomy in the Shadow of Geopolitical Rivalry: A View from Moscow”, Sergey Utkin (FIIA, Finland)
The EU is determined to maintain the transatlantic bond, while Russia tends to interpret the EU’s strategic autonomy precisely as […]
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“Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: A Promising but Uncertain Future”, Matteo E. Bonfanti (Elcano, Spain)
Governments and private corporations are paying attention to the transformative capacity of AI but despite some early and promising applications […]
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“Horizon 2030: Assessing the Impact of Socio-economic and Governance Issues on the future of the MENA Region”, Chloe Berger (Elcano, Spain)
In view of the NATO Summit next year, the North Atlantic Council has initiated a comprehensive reflection on the Alliance’s […]
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“The Impact of the Biden Administration on Turkey-EU Relations”, Kadri Tastan and Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
After years of rising tensions in transatlantic relations, the European Union could have a sigh of relief when Joe Biden […]
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“American LNG and the EU-Russia Relationship: The End of Moscow’s Energy Weapon?”, Stefano Cabras (College of Europe, Bruges)
The Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies has published a new EU Diplomacy Paper entitled “American LNG and […]
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“Norway, NATO and the Northern Flank”, Karsten Friis (NUPI, Norway)
This chapter discusses Norwegian perspectives on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and security and defense policy. It begins with a […]
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“From ‘Resilience’ to Strategic Autonomy: A Shift in the Implementation of the Global Strategy?”, Pol Bargués (CIDOB, Barcelona)
There is a growing scepticism regarding the implementation of the European Union Global Strategy (2016), which builds on the idea […]
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“Cities in Global Governance: from Multilateralism to Multi-stakeholderism?”, Agustí Fernández de Losada and Marta Galceran-Vercher (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Cities have been advocating for a seat at the global table for decades. They are part and parcel of the […]
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“Memory, History, and Politics in Central Europe: from Reconciliation to the Reactivation of Conflicts”, Georges Mink (College of Europe, Bruges)
Professor Georges Mink, Chair of European Civilization at the College of Europe at Natolin and Director of Emeritus Research at […]
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“Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia”, Cedric de Coning et al. (NUPI, Norway)
Somalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are […]
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“Russia’s contestation of Europe’s liberal identity, power and hegemony”, Andriy Tyushka (College of Europe, Bruges)
Dr Andriy Tyushka, Senior Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin, has […]
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“Ethiopia: A potential (De) Stabilising Presence in the Horn of Africa”, Oriol Puig (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The Ethiopian government ended its military intervention in the Tigray region last December after five weeks of open conflict against […]
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“The EU-MENA partnership: time for a reset”, Marc Otte (Egmont, Belgium)
The storm raging across the Southern Neighbourhood, as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is also known in […]
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“Green Deal Watch”, Lorenzo Colantoni (IAI, Italy)
This Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
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“Event Report Lunch Debate (digital): A Preliminary Assessment of the German EU Council Presidency”, Laura Worsch (IEP, Germany)
The end of the year 2020 also marked the end of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU. […]
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“Weaponizing narrative: Russia contesting Europe’s liberal identity, power and hegemony”, Andriy Tyushka (College of Europe, Natolin)
Dr Andriy Tyushka, Senior Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin, has published a new article […]
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“The Coronavirious Test of the International Relations”, Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova (CEIA, Cyprus)
The year 2020 left us with the devastating results of the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the main question that gnaws […]
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“The cost of strategic failure in North West Africa”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The EU’s position remains fully aligned with that of the UN Security Council which supports negotiations to resolve ongoing conflicts, […]
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“TINA for Putin – Or is there an alternative?”, Marc Franco (Egmont, Belgium)
EU relations with Russia hit the news headlines this week. The visit of EU High Representative Josep Borrell, launched in […]
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“Great Power Rivalry in the Middle East”, Wojciech Michnik (Elcano, Spain)
Today three external powers –the US, China and Russia– are the leading players behind great power rivalry in the Middle […]
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“Cyber Sanctions: Towards a European Union Cyber Intelligence Service?”, Yuliya Miadzvetskaya (College of Europe, Bruges)
A new issue of the College of Europe Policy Brief series (CEPOB) has been published: CEPOB #1.21 “Cyber sanctions: towards […]
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“Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula”, Henrik S. Hiim and Ian Bowers (NUPI, Norway)
In response to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, South Korea is quietly pursuing an independent conventional counterforce and countervalue strategy. […]
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“EU-Korea Security Relations”, Nicola Casarini (IAI, Italy)
This book provides an original examination of current European Union (EU)–Republic of Korea (ROK) security relations. It brings together analysis […]
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“From Europe to the Arab Peninsula? Cultural diplomacy practices in the United Arab Emirates”, Daniel Gołębiowski (IES, Poland)
This paper analyzes the practice of “cultural diplomacy” and “soft power” in the United Arab Emirates in light of previously […]
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“The National Cyber Force: Directions and Implications for the UK”, Danny Steed (Elcano, Spain)
The establishment of the National Cyber Force (NCF) raises significant questions about the directions that the cybersecurity of the United […]
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“Navigating de facto statehood: trade, trust, and agency in Abkhazia’s external economic relations”, Helge Blakkisrud, Tamta Gelashvili, Pål Kolstø and Nino Kemoklidze (NUPI, Norway)
What opportunities and trade-offs do de facto states encounter in developing economic ties with the outside world? This article explores […]
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“Geopolitics and Trade in Changing Times: a View from Barcelona”, Patricia García-Durán Huet and Eloi Serrano Robles (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Geopolitical and geoeconomic changes are destabilising the global trading system. China’s assertiveness, its rivalry with the US, WTO reform and EU […]
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“Can Kosovo be considered as a ‘third country’ in the meaning of EU law? Case note to Spain v. Commission”, Pierre Bachelier and Celia Challet (College of Europe, Bruges)
Pierre Bachelier and Celia Challet, Academic Assistants in the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe in Bruges, […]
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“The United States and Europe in the Post-Trump Era”, Van Coufoudakis (CEIA, Cyprus)
While campaigning for the presidency of the US, Biden’s message to Europe was “we will be back”. This is also […]
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“Hacking democracy: managing influence campaigns and disinformation in the digital age”, Niels Nagelhus Schia and Lars Gjesvik (NUPI, Norway)
How are states responding to the threat of using digital technologies to subvert democratic processes? Protecting political and democratic processes […]
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“Russia’s view of Georgia: a NATO proxy yet again?”, Julie Wilhelmsen (NUPI, Norway)
After the crises in Ukraine, and despite the Georgian government’s allegedly more pragmatic attitude towards Russia, official statements from Moscow […]
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“Guardian of the Galaxy? Assessing the European Union’s International Actorness in Cyberspace”, Constant Pâris (College of Europe, Bruges)
This paper aims at demystifying the international actorness of the European Union (EU) in cyberspace by assessing the extent to […]
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“Gas Scale: What Will Outweigh?”, Maksym Bielawski (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
We are witnessing how the authoritarian states of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are trying to […]
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“Norwegian cybersecurity: A small-state approach to building international cyber cooperation”, Lars Gjesvik (NUPI, Norway)
As a small, open and highly digitalized country, cyber security is an issue of growing policy importance in Norway. Yet, […]
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“The European Union’s engagement with ‘de facto States’ in the Eastern Partnership”, Stefania Kolarz (College of Europe, Bruges)
Through its enlargements and the launching of the Eastern Partnership the European Union (EU) approached Russia’s so-called near abroad. The […]
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“The Current State of EU-Turkey Relations and Implications for Czech Foreign Policy”, Pelin Ayan Musil (IIR, Czech Republic)
The latest policy paper of our researcher Pelin Ayan Musil discusses this important topic from the perspective of bringing back […]
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“Negotiating Privileged Partnerships: EU-Switzerland Relations and the Joined-up Approach in Practice”, Alexandre Veuthey (College of Europe, Bruges)
Focusing on EU-Switzerland relations and the negotiations of an Institutional Framework Agreement (InstA), this policy brief offers an analysis of […]
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“Five Years After the EU-Turkey Statement: Germany Can Contribute to Navigating a Turbulent Relationship”, Funda Tekin (IEP, Germany)
In a new issue #BerlinPerspectives, IEP Director Dr. Funda Tekin analyzes the EU’s current relations with Turkey, 5 years after […]
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“A triangle of incompatibility? The relationship between Brexit, European Defence, and CSDP”, Adrien Boudet, (College of Europe, Bruges)
Brexit has provoked reflection in the European Union about the future of the bloc. If the economic consequences of the […]
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“Rethinking EU Leadership in the “Neighbourhood”: Limits and Ambitions”, Bernardo Venturi and Silvia Colombo (IAI, Italy)
Definitions of “leadership” abound and attempts have been made to operationalise this concept when it comes to the European Union’s external […]
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“The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises”, Marianne Riddervold, Jarle Trondal and Akasemi Newsome (NUPI, Norway)
The Palgrave Handbook of EU crises comprehensively explores the European Union’s institutional and policy responses to crises across policy domains […]
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“Breaking Up is Hard to Do: the UK and the EU after Brexit”, Florence Faucher and Colin Hay (Sciences Po, France)
Despite the posturing, both the United Kingdom and the European Union are trying to reach a deal. However, London’s cliff-edge […]
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“European migration and border management: Future reforms reassert symbolic solidarity”, Saila Heinikoski (FIIA, Finland)
In 2021, major symbolic changes are expected to be made to European migration and border policies, as Frontex standing corps […]
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“The New Normal in Transatlantic Relations: The US and Europe Eye China”, Liselotte Odgaard (IAI, Italy)
During the 2020 US presidential campaign, Europe placed its bets on the Democratic contender, former Vice-President Joe Biden. Now that […]
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“Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Africa-EU Partnership Agenda on Migration and Mobility: A Continental Perspective”, Ottilia Anna Maunganidze and Tsion Tadesse Abebe (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the partnership between Africa and Europe on migration and mobility. […]
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“Broadening the Transatlantic Partnership to Address the China Challenge”, Carisa Nietsche (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point in Europe’s calculus regarding China. Beijing’s ham-fisted mask diplomacy, attempt to rewrite […]
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“The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Turkish Economy”, Ahmet Atıl Aşıcı (IPC, Turkey)
2020/21 Mercator-IPC Fellow Ahmet Atıl Aşıcı’s policy brief “The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Turkish Economy” was published […]
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“2021: A Window of Opportunity for Bosnia and Herzegovina?”, Jens Woelk (IAI, Italy)
25 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) seems lost in eternal transition. Necessary for ending the war, […]
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“The Resurgence of the Right in Latin America: New Coalitions and Agendas”, Barry Cannon and Patricia Rangel (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Latin America has taken a rightward turn. The election of Mauricio Macri as president of Argentina in 2015 and, above […]
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“The Hour of Europe has not yet Passed: the Need for a Proactive EU Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Kristian L. Nielsen (CIFE)
25 years after the Dayton Accords ended the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country remains in a fragile state, […]
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“Turkey in Africa: a Strategy of Affirmation”, Merve Samalp and Nicolas Crocy (CIFE)
From the 1990s onwards, Turkey intensified its return to Africa using diplomatic, cultural and development tools. However, for several years […]
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“The World in 2021: Ten Issues that will Shape the International Agenda”, Eduard Soler i Lecha (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Is a return to the normal possible or even desirable? This question will permeate all manner of debates: on international […]
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“The Quest for European Strategic Autonomy: A Collective Reflection”, Ester Sabatino et al. (IAI, Italy)
The year 2020 has been a challenging year not only under a health, social and economic perspective, but also in […]
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“Living ‘One Tantrum Away’ from a Nuclear Strike”, Agnieszka Nimark, Pol Bargués et al. (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is of historic importance since its obligations are much more comprehensive than […]
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“Italy, Atlanticism and the Biden Administration: Greater Convergence to De-fuse Ambiguity on China”, Dario Cristiani (IAI, Italy)
In September 2019, the once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle – M5S) agreed to enter a ruling alliance with […]
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“Equal Rights as a Basis for Just Peace: a European Paradigm Shift for Israel/Palestine”, Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
Historically speaking, the European Community and then the European Union have always reacted with paradigm changes in their foreign policies […]
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“Going Transatlantic: The EU’s Lean Walk Towards Strategic Relevance”, Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
The concept of a geopolitical Europe – recently reaffirmed by Ursula von der Leyen as part of her political agenda […]
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“Conflict management in the Donbas: the elections that could not be”, Anna Korbut (CIDOB, Barcelona)
On the ground, there have been no substantial changes that allowed plans for democratic elections in the occupied Donbas. A […]
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“The European Union in a COVID World”, Riccardo Alcaro, and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is a place in which multilateralism-minded Europeans are ill at […]
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“Claudia Schmucker, The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US and European Commitment to the Multilateral Economic Order”, Claudia Schmucker (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased nationalist and protectionist policies and has intensified the geo-economic rivalry between the US […]
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“Localising Migration Diplomacy in Africa?: Ethiopia in its Regional and International Setting”, Andrew Geddes and Mehari Taddele Maru (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The paper analyses African-European diplomatic relations on migration. It looks closely at the ideas and practices that inform migration relations […]
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“25 after Dayton: The EU and the accompaniment of Bosnia’s future”, Pol Bargués (CIDOB, Barcelona)
November 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the three-and-a-half years war in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]
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“Uzbekistan’s new Central Asia policy: The economic rationale and political implications of good neighbourliness”, Kristiina Silvan (FIIA, Finland)
Under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has embarked on a moderate reform programme that aims to achieve socio-economic […]
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“Transatlantic Futures: Towards #NATO2030”, Edited by Andris Sprūds and Mārtiņš Vargulis (LIIA, Latvia)
The publication “Transatlantic Futures: Towards #NATO2030” offers a collection of articles that reflect on the topical security issues of the […]
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“Erdogan’s Picnic at Varosha”, Andreas Thephanous (CEIA, Cyprus)
It was not the first time that Erdogan visited the occupied northern part of Cyprus to celebrate the anniversary of […]
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“Spiraling toward a New Cold War in the North? The Effect of Mutual and Multifaceted Securitization”, Julie Wilhelmsen (NUPI, Norway)
Building on a discourse-theoretical reading of securitization theory, this article theorizes and examines how two political entities can become locked […]
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“Ending the EU’s Ambivalence to Free Movement in Africa”, Roderick Parkes and Mark McQuay (IAI, Italy)
When the October 2020 summit between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) was postponed, leaders blamed the […]
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“Algeria takes a step forward”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Two narratives confront each other in Algeria today: the cronyism of Algerian leaders and their interests, and the one of […]
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“COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: If the US and Europe Find the Will, Multilateral-ism Is the Way”, Susan Corke (IAI, Italy)
The COVID pandemic has presented the transatlantic alliance and multilateralism with an existential challenge: can they tackle a global emergency […]
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“COVID-19 Reveals Europe’s Strategic Loneliness”, Éric André Martin (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 crisis has not only revealed a world that has moved into an age of interdependence and competition, it […]
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“Resisting Europe: Practices of Contestation in the Mediterranean Middle East”, Raffaella A. Del Sarto and Simone Tholens (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This book examines how states in the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa reject, resist, challenge, modify, or entirely change […]
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“The EU Common Foreign Policy and Cyprus”, Markos Kyprianou (CEIA, Cyprus)
The continuous debate on whether the EU is “punching below its weight” in global affairs is an implied admission that […]
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Op-ed: Doubling Down on Arctic Diplomacy (NUPI, Norway)
What impact will the new Biden administration have on Arctic politics? While the Arctic as a region is not likely […]
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“Research paper on the implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products”, Jean-Pierre Maulny, Edouard Simon and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
This study examines the implementation of the European Union (EU) defence package, which consists of the Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC […]
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“Irregular Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel”, Kari Osland and Henriette Ullavik Erstad (NUPI, Norway)
On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying […]
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“Europe and Biden’s America: Making European Autonomy and a Revamped Transatlantic Bond Two Sides of the Same Coin”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Joe Biden’s victory represents a defeat for European nationalist populists, who saw in Trump a leader and role model. The […]
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“Resilience and the EU’s external action instruments: Towards multiple, sustained, and indirect action”, Pol Morillas, Pol Bargués et al. (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The EU is increasingly concerned with the diffusion and uncertainty of risks and threats in the neighbourhood, and resilience appears […]
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“Winners, Losers and Absentees in Nagorno Karabakh”, Nathalie Tocci and Nona Mikhelidze (IAI, Italy)
For all the talk about a new geopolitics in the Caucasus, made up of Turkish drones and Syrian jihadis, Iranian […]
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“Governance, fragility and insurgency in the Sahel: a hybrid order in the making”, Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari (NUPI, Norway)
Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts […]
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“Collective Security and Multilateral Engagement in the Middle East: Pathways for EU Policy”, Silvia Colombo and Andrea Dessì (IAI, Italy)
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is experiencing deep and profound challenges spanning the geopolitical and geoceonomic domains, as […]
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“Europe of Defence in the New World (Dis)Order: Choices for Italy”, Ester Sabatino and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
The 2016 EU Global Strategy delineated the level of ambition of the Union, but four years later the EU still […]
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“NATO toward 2030: a resilient Alliance and its main priorities”, Ottavia Credi, Alessandro Marrone and Roberta Menotti (IAI, Italy)
The new US administration represents a political opportunity to better address the Alliance’s needs, also through the elaboration of a […]
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“China – Domestic Support for Agricultural Producers: One Policy, Multiple Parameters Imply Modest Discipline”, Dukgeun Ahn and David Orden (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Assesses key issues in the dispute over the United States’ claim that from 2012-2015, China exceeded its limits on domestic […]
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“Digital authoritarianism in China and Russia: Common goals and diverging standpoints in the era of great-power rivalry”, Elina Sinkkonen and Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
China and Russia are jointly advancing their shared interests in the international arena and are building up cooperation in the […]
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“Slovenia–China (Economic) Relations”, Marjan Svetličič (CIR, Slovenia)
The chapter on Slovenia–China (economic) relations writen by dr. Marjan Svetličič, professor emeritus, focuses on the historic development of Slovenia’s […]
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“Is China preparing to invade Taiwan? The time may be opportune, but the overall situation is not”, Jyrki Kallio (FIIA, Finland)
Speculation is rife that China could take advantage of the potential confusion during the US presidential election and invade Taiwan. […]
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“Europarties in the Neighbourhood: how Transnational Party Politics Bind Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans to the EU”, Angelos Chryssogelos (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This 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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