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Category: Publications
“The Western Balkans and the European Union Moving? In the right direction?”, Matteo Bonomi (CIFE, France)
“After years of sluggish progress, the first half of 2018 has been characterised by renewed initiatives for EU enlargement. On […]
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“Africa’s Dependency Curse: – the Case of Botswana”, Zsuzsánna Biedermann (IWE, Hungary)
Zsuzsánna Biedermann analyses the complex reasons behind the largely fruitless diversification efforts in Botswana. Many African countries abundant in non-renewable […]
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“China’s go out policy – A review on China’s promotion policy for outward foreign direct investment from a historical perspective”, Yushan Li (IWE, Hungary)
China became the second largest outward investor for first ever in 2015. The dominant role of Chinese “go out” policy […]
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“Private enforcement of EU competition law: the impact of the damages directive”, Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti, and Marco Botta (EUI, Italy)
During the past decade, the use of private enforcement within competition law has gradually increased throughout Europe but major differences […]
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“The EU Codification of Private Law: Between Constitutional and Regulatory Rationales”, Maryia Breskaya (CoE, Poland)
This article draws a parallel between the national and supranational contexts of constructing Private Law systems and analyses whether national […]
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“Impact of greening on the upgrading of manufacturing subsidiaries’ technological capabilities – A Hungarian perspective”, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE, Hungary)
This paper investigates the relation between greening in global companies and the upgrading of manufacturing subsidiaries’ technological capabilities. Drawing on […]
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“Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy”, Andriy Tyushka (CoE, Poland)
The chapter on “Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy” challenges the mainstream perception of middle powers […]
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“Export influencing factors in the Iberian, Baltic and Visegrád regions”, Andrea Éltető, Norbert Szijártó (IWE, Hungary)
The global financial crisis and the euro crisis had severe negative impacts on the European economy and highlighted the problems […]
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“The leap of faith : the fiscal foundations of successful government in Europe and America”, Sven Steinmo (EUI, Italy)
Why are citizens in some countries more willing to pay taxes than in other countries? This book examines the history […]
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“Is Catching Up Possible?: The example of Central and Eastern Europe”, Annamária Artner (IWE, Hungary)
In the age of “transnational monopoly capitalism,” the hierarchy of nations along the axial division of labor has become more […]
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“Too much trash and overflowing dustbins!”, Jean-Marie Rousseau (CIFE, France)
On June 5th, 2018, Benoît Lecomte, a French architect established in the United States for more than 25 years, embarked […]
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“Le revenu universel: un projet réaliste?”, Jean-Claude Vérez (CIFE, France)
Sur un plan sémantique, il y a une prolifération de dénominations, de concepts et de définitions : revenu universel, revenu […]
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“L’économie est avant tout un acte politique”, Andy Smith and Colin Hay (SPCEE, France)
À rebours de l’adage que l’été fournit à tous un temps de réflexion, le fatalisme ambiant qui marque cette rentrée […]
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“The Growth of Shadow Banking: A Comparative Institutional Analysis”, Thiemann, Matthias (SPCEE, France)
The ‘shadow banking system’ refers to a system of credit-provision occurring outside of the official regulatory perimeter of commercial banks. […]
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“Race, Religion, or Culture? Framing Islam between Racism and Neo-Racism in the Online Network of the French Far Right”, Caterina Froio (SPCEE, France)
When debates about Islam acquire importance in the public sphere, does the far right adhere to traditional racist arguments, risking […]
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“Russia’s evolving gas relationship with the European Union: Trade surges despite political crises”, Marco Siddi (FIIA, Finland)
Gas trade between the European Union and Russia increased considerably in both 2016 and 2017, despite the ongoing political crisis. […]
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“The governance of migration and border controls in the European-North African Context”, Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Raffaella A. Del Sarto (IAI, Italy)
MENARA Papers Against the backdrop of the growing leverage that MENA states have been acquiring vis-à-vis Europe on the issue […]
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“The New Era of Populism? Theoretical, Empirical and Comparative Perspectives”, Camil Ungureanu and Ivan Serrano (CIDOB, Spain)
Populism has undoubtedly been one of the most controversial political concepts of recent years. Transcending the boundaries of academia, it […]
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“How should the EU confront President Trump?”, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
“The surly challenges that President Trump has hurled at his European partners have increased at the same rate as his […]
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“Holy Rus challenged: The conflict between Churches in Ukraine has consequences for Russia, Ukraine and the Orthodox world”, Veera Laine (FIIA, Finland)
The initiative to create an autocephalous national Orthodox Church in Ukraine, proposed by the political leadership of the country, now […]
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“The EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework: Where Should Italy Stand?”, Simone Romano (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaires Negotiations over the EU’s new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) officially began last May, when the European Commission tabled […]
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“Balancing Against Threats In Interactions Determined by Distance And Overall Gains”, Matus Halas (IIR, Czech Republic)
“Actors in the Prisoner’s Dilemma agent-based model presented here decide between cooperation and defection in binary interactions determined by distance […]
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“The Challenges of NATO Nuclear Policy: Alliance management under the Trump administration”, Robert Bell (FIIA, Finland)
In no aspect of NATO’s deterrence and defense posture is the challenge of Alliance management more demanding than in its […]
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“Mediterranean Cities, the Urban Dimension of the European Neighborhood Policy”, Eckart Woertz (CIDOB, Spain)
Cities play a growing role in international policy issues such as climate change mitigation, accommodation of migrants, and Track II […]
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“EU scenarios for 2027”, Antonio Estella (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Working Papers “In 2008 I published a paper on ‘EU scenarios for 2017’ (Estella, 2008). It was written over the course […]
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“Private Sector Contributions to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development: The Case of Italy”, Nicolò Sartori, Daniele Fattibene (IAI, Italy)
In September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, an action plan consisting […]
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“EU Foreign Policy in a Networked World: Webs against power politics”, Kristi Raik (FIIA, Finland)
The liberal, norms-based international order is being challenged by two contradicting trends: the rise of power politics and geopolitical conflicts, […]
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“Multinational enterprises: theories, practices, effects and policies”, Filip de Beule & Andreja Jaklič (CIR, Slovenia)
Edward Elgar published the Handbook of the International Political Economy of the Corporation. The publication, to which Andreja Jaklič from […]
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“Chips off the Old Block: Europeanisation of the Foreign Policies of Western Balkan States”, Ana Bojinović Fenko & Bernhard Stahl (CIR, Slovenia)
Palgrave Macmillan published a new book titled ‘The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans: A Failure of EU Conditionality?’ (editors: Jelena […]
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“The China-EU Relationship: Trade but Verify”, Alan Riley (CIDOB, Spain)
The EU (and the US) have been extremely naïve in the way they have developed their trade relationship with China. […]
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“Communist Parties In Russia, Ukraine and Moldova: Struggling with popular demands”, Jussi Lassila & Ryhor Nizhnikau (FIIA, Finland)
The appeal of left-leaning ideas is on the rise in Russia, Ukraine and Moldova. Nonetheless, the main left-wing parties, particularly […]
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“Forty years of democratic Spain: Political, economic, foreign policy and social change”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Whichever way one looks at it, Spain has been profoundly transformed since the 1978 democratic Constitution that sealed the end […]
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“Prospects and Parameters of the Donbas Peacekeeping Mission”, Mykhailo Pashkov (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
In August 2018, at the 8th meeting of Ukrainian, Russian and German experts in Italy (Cadenabbia), Co-director of the Foreign […]
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“A Union of States But Not of Intent. What If the Common European Vision Comes Apart?”, Virginia Volpi (IAI, Italy)
The European project was itself born out of an ambition to make war “not just unthinkable, but materially impossible”. The […]
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“The Civilian CSDP Compact: Strengthening or Repurposing EU Civilian Crisis Management?”, Tobias Pietz (IAI, Italy)
More than 15 years since the EU deployed its first civilian crisis management mission under Europe’s Common Security and Defence […]
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“Turkey’s Migration Policy Revisited: (Dis)Continuities and Peculiarities”, Seçil Paçacı Elitok (IAI, Italy)
The 2000s witnessed the restructuring of Turkey’s migration policy, mostly because of the EU accession process. In retrospect, Turkey’s migration […]
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“A New Narrative for an Old Project: Re-Imagining Europe”, Giovanni Santambrogio (IAI, Italy)
Considering that I was born on 30 May 1993, and the Maastricht Treaty entered into force when I was just […]
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“Inside Spain” Nr 152, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
‘A lively look at current affairs by a seasoned observer of Spanish political and economic life‘. Section specially commissioned for […]
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“Europe should not be betting against Trump”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog Europe, despite the insults meted out to it by Donald Trump, must devise its own strategy come what […]
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“An outbreak of ethics in Silicon Valley”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog To what can we ascribe this outbreak of ethics in Silicon Valley and elsewhere? The political awakening spread […]
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“Space forces”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog Globalisation and its control do not (yet) operate on a cosmic scale, but they do extend as far […]
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“The Europeanisation of the anti-Europeans”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog They are gaining ground in general elections. The most recent stride forwards was on Sunday by the Sweden […]
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“Prospects for scientific and technological cooperation between Spain and China”, Mario Esteban & Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
In the course of only a few years, China has become a first-rank scientific and technological power (in both quantitative and qualitative […]
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“The ICC and the RtoP in a post-interventionist world: Adapting to critique?”, Katja Creutz (FIIA, Finland)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) principle both seek to respond to mass atrocities. They […]
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Partnering for democracy: protecting the democratic order in post-Brexit Europe, Pablo José Castillo Ortiz (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Working Papers The EU has been a key actor in the democratisation of the European continent and in the […]
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“The future of the world : Futurology, futurists and the struggle for the post Cold War world”, Jenny Andersson (SciencesPo, France)
The Future of the World is devoted to the intriguing field of study which emerged after World War Two, futurism or […]
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“Trump against the future of China”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog Why is it unlikely that the US will fail to attain its goals against China, which go far […]
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“Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: the Euro-Atlantic consolidation of the Baltic region”, Rafael José de Espona (Elcano, Spain)
In 2018 the three Baltic countries jointly commemorated the centenary of their birth as independent states. The integrated inter-Baltic vision, […]
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“Partnering for democracy: protecting the democratic order in post-Brexit Europe”, Pablo José Castillo Ortiz (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Working Papers “The EU has been a key actor in the democratisation of the European continent and in the […]
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“Xi Jinping thought and China’s future foreign policy: Multipolarity with Chinese characteristics”, Jyrki Kallio (Elcano, Spain)
Xi Jinping Thought is aimed at guiding China both domestically and internationally. The goal is China’s national rejuvenation, which will […]
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“Coercion and Cyberspace”, Miguel Alberto Gómez (Elcano, Spain)
This ARI provides an overview of factors crucial in our understanding of coercive cyber operations as the exercise of power […]
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“India and the geoeconomics of climate change: Global responsibility as strategic interest”, Emma Hakala (FIIA, Finland)
As climate change progresses, it will have impacts on global politics, creating both new vulnerabilities and opportunities. Geoeconomics provides a […]
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“China and Russia in global governance: Long-term obstacles to cooperation”, Marcin Kaczmarski (FIIA, Finland)
Russia and China play dissimilar roles in global governance and define their interests in this sphere in divergent ways. While […]
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“The United States braces itself for the midterm elections: Is there a foreign-policy dimension?”, Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
“The upcoming congressional midterm elections on November 6, 2018 will serve as the first electoral litmus test for Donald Trump’s […]
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“From Thessaloniki to Sofia: Turning the Enlargement Process into a Win-Win Deal for All”, Ginevra Poli (IAI, Italy)
During the conference “From Thessaloniki to Sofia and Beyond: Heading towards a Credible European Enlargement towards the Western Balkans?” (Rome, […]
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“The Paradox of Weakness in European Trade Policy: Contestation and Resilience in CETA and TTIP Negotiations”, Dirk De Bièvre (IAI, Italy)
The International Spectator, 53:3 Over the last decade, trade negotiations with Canada and the United States met with considerable resistance […]
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“The New Sea People: China in the Mediterranean”, Ronald H. Linden (IAI, Italy)
The surge in overseas investment that has accompanied China’s Belt and Road Initiative has swept into Mediterranean region. Italy, Greece, […]
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“Recasting EU Civilian Crisis Management”, Ginevra Poli (IAI, Italy)
The process leading to a Civilian Compact calls for a deeper understanding of the strengths and shortcomings of the civilian […]
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“Pension reform in Russia: A test of the regime’s resilience and citizens’ patience”, Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
On June 14, the day that marked the kick-off for the FIFA World Cup, the Russian government announced that from […]
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“Germany and European defence cooperation: A post-Atlantic turn?”, Niklas Helwig (FIIA, Finland)
Tensions in the transatlantic partnership are spurring the German debate on how to prepare for the possibility of a post-Atlantic […]
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“Reshaping Cultural Heritage Protection Policies at a Time of Securitisation: France, Italy, and the United Kingdom”, Paolo Foradori et. al. (IAI, Italy)
In the context of the increasing securitisation of cultural heritage, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom have reacted differently to […]
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“Normative and Civilisational Regionalisms: The EU, Russia and their Common Neighboorhoods”, Andrey Makarychev (IAI, Italy)
The contours of regionalism in a wider Europe are shaped by two dominant actors, the European Union (EU) and Russia, […]
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“Europe’s Dependence on Critical Raw Materials: Implications for the Competitiveness and Independence of Strategic Industries”, Francesco Paron (IAI, Italy)
Since the launch of the Raw Materials Initiative back in 2009, the European Commission has stepped up efforts to ensure […]
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“Analysing Migration Policy Frames of Lebanese Civil Society Organizations”, Jad Chaaban et. al. (IAI, Italy)
This paper is part of a series of working papers of the MEDRESET project to investigate existing EU policies in […]
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“Shifting Borders and New Technological Frontiers: The Case of Italy”, Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries September 2018 “Technology is the new frontier”. This concept is so often used that one has trouble tracing […]
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“PESCO and Security Cooperation Between the EU and Turkey”, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) aims to achieve more effective, efficient and synergic military capabilities through a series of ad […]
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“The Crisis of GCC and the Role of the European Union”, Máté Szalai (IAI, Italy)
MENARA Papers, Future Notes 14 The dispute that erupted in 2017 between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) […]
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“Russia and the Baltics: A Testing Ground for NATO–EU Defence Cooperation”, by Lucrezia Sapienza (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries September 2018 Russia’s growing international assertiveness is particularly relevant to the Baltic region. Due to its geographic position […]
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Research Paper on the Italian election campaign, Alexander Grasse and Jan Labitzke (IEP, Germany)
The days following the Italian parliamentary elections on 4 March 2018 were marked by alarmist headlines in the German and […]
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Research Paper “Soziales Europäisches Semester?”, Björn Hacker (IEP, Germany)
For the first time since its proclamation, the European Commission will incorporate the European Pillar of Social Rights in the […]
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“EU Fears of Balkan Ghosts at Kosovo-Serbia Border Changes”, Pol Bargués-Pedreny (CIDOB, Spain)
Discussions between Serbia and Kosovo about the possibility of agreeing on border adjustments to settle a solution to the current […]
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“Need to have or nice to have? Nordic cooperation, NATO and the EU in Norwegian foreign, security and defence policy”, Nina Græger (NUPI, Norway)
Nordic-ness and Nordic values clearly are embedded in Norway’s conception of its foreign policy role. Nordic cooperation is also important […]
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Universal jurisdiction and international crimes: Constraints and best practices, Florian Jeßberger, Julia Krebs, Cedric Ryngaert (European Parliament)
TEPSA has recently coordinated a publication for the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) on “Universal jurisdiction and international crimes: Constraints […]
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“The US Withdraws from the UN Human Rights Council”, Veronika Bilkova (IIR, Czech Republic)
In mid-June 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council. It sat in the Council for […]
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“Brexit: Salzburg makes a people’s vote more likely”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, UK)
Over the past two years, the Conservative Party has been riven by the conflict between those who wanted the United […]
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“Spain-US relations and the transatlantic relationship”, Juan Tovar Ruiz (Elcano, Spain)
The first visit of King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House was the second top-level encounter between Spain and the […]
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“The Political Cost-Effectiveness of Private Vessel Protection: The Italian Case”, Eugenio Cusumano, Stefano Ruzza (IAI, Italy)
Italy has traditionally been wary of private providers of security. Still, private military and security companies (PMSCs) have recently started […]
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“Pension reform in Russia: A test of the regime’s resilience and citizens’ patience”, Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
On June 14, the day that marked the kick-off for the FIFA World Cup, the Russian government announced that from […]
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“EU Migration Policy and Regional Integration in Africa: a New Challenge for European Policy Coherence”, Luca Barana (IAI, Italy)
As intra-European tensions on migration policy rage on, more attention should be devoted to the long-term consequences of the EU’s […]
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“Le gouvernement des migrations en Tunisie : Vers un nouveau paradigme?”, Jean-Pierre Cassarino (CoE, Poland)
En dépit de sa perméabilité aux influences extérieures, le pouvoir en Tunisie n’est jamais resté passif face aux injonctions émanant […]
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“Dictionnaire d’économie politique : Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoir”, Colin Hay, Andy Smith (SCPEE, France)
L’économie est fondamentalement politique, la politique ne peut se comprendre sans l’analyse économique. Le postulat de l’interdépendance entre ces deux […]
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“How to boost productivity in the EU”, Klaus Weyerstrass (IHS, Austria)
Advances in total factor productivity (TFP) are important for sustaining economic growth in modern economies, in particular in the face […]
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“Portugal versus Spain: an Iberian economic saga”, Sebastián Puig, Ángel Sánchez (Elcano, Spain)
Spain and Portugal have been the focus of international attention due to their respective economic recoveries in recent years, coming from […]
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“Emigrants from the Western Balkans: the region’ s money sacks?”, Iris Koleša (CIR, Slovenia)
A new book titled ‘Diaspora Networks in International Business: Perspectives for Understanding and Managing Diaspora Business and Resources’ has been […]
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“Withdrawal under article 50 TEU: an integration-friendly process”, Christophe Hillion (NUPI, Norway)
Article 50 TEU acknowledges the right of Member States to withdraw from the EU,and contains a specific procedure. It also […]
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“How the EU really works”, Olivier Costa, Nathalie Brack (CoE, Belgium)
The European Union is facing a profound crisis and is confronted with multiple challenges. Over the last two decades, it […]
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“Liberal Intergovernmentalism and the Crises of the European Union”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
The Euro, Schengen and Brexit crises pose important explanatory challenges to liberal intergovernmentalism (LI). In contrast with the historical context […]
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“Traité d’études parlementaires”, Olivier Rozenberg, Eric Thiers (SCPEE, France)
Instances de législation, forums publics, lieux de jeux de pouvoir, réunions d’élites politiques… Les parlements apparaissent différemment selon la perspective […]
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Seventh interview of the “Klartext” series: “How does a European Future for Ukraine look like?” (IEP, Germany)
Within the framework of the project “Platform for Analytics and Intercultural Communication” (PAIC), the seventh interview of the “Klartext” series […]
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“Bureaucratic Authority and Mimesis: the Eurasian Economic Union’s Multiple Integration Logics”, Ueli Staeger, Christian Bobocea (IAI, Italy)
Regional economic integration in the post-Soviet space is related in a complex way with the European Union’s integration process. Multiple […]
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“Russian geopolitical narratives from ‘geopolitics 101’ to postmodern revisionism: Implications for the Baltic-Pontic Region”, Andriy Tyushka (CoE, Poland)
This article maps Russia’s manifold geopolitical narratives along a divide between classical and critical geopolitical thinking and disentangles its geopolitical […]
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Strategy-Making in the EU. From Foreign and Security Policy to External Action”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Spain)
This book provides a detailed analysis of the policy-making processes of EU strategies in foreign and security policy and external […]
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“Bridging the Gap Between India and the Baltics”, Sharanya Rajiv (EVI, Estonia)
Diplomatic relations between India and the Baltic states have remained below their potential. However, over the past decade, this began […]
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“Japan-Russia relations: The Kremlin has the upper hand”, Bart Gaens, Marcin Kaczmarski (FIIA, Finland)
Even though bilateral relations have warmed somewhat, Japan has failed to convince Russia to make concessions with regard to the […]
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“Chinese investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: the analysis of EU factor”, Fumei Zhang (IWE, Hungary)
Historically, the international relationship between China and the European Union mainly refers to trade and investment with western European countries. […]
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“The Divisive Nord Stream Two Gas Pipeline”, John Szabó (IWE, Hungary)
All eyes were on the 2018 NATO summit in Belgium in the first half of July, as U.S. President Donald […]
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“Positioning Central and Eastern Europe for Chinese investors? Qualitative characteristics of Chinese investments in CEE”, Ágnes Szunomár (IWE, Hungary)
The change of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries from centrally planned to market economy resulted in increasing flows of […]
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Latvia in the United States of Europe?
What do the parties, taking part in the 13th elections of the Saeima on October 6, 2018 think of the […]
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TEPSA Brief “The next generation of European farmers: solutions from Romania”, Maria Balea
TEPSA is happy to present its TEPSA Brief on “The next generation of European farmers: solutions from Romania“, written by Maria Balea in […]
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