Since February 22, 2019, Algeria has been rocked by a protest movement against the fifth term of President Abdelazziz Bouteflika, […]
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Category: EU External Relations & Global Politics
“EU “Sanctions” and Russian Manoeuvring: Why Brussels Needs to Stay its Course while Shifting Gears, IAI Commentaries”, Antonio Bultrini (IAI, Italy)
The EU will soon be called upon to decide on the economic measures targeting trade exchanges with Russia, triggered by […]
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“Biowar next? Security implications of the coronavirus”, Karsten Friis (NUPI, Norway)
In this Strategic Update, Karsten Friis investigates the pandemic’s potential consequences for the world, its armed forces, the integration of […]
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“The Role of Philanthropy in the Syrian War: Regime-Sponsored NGOs and Armed Group Charities”, Ayman Aldassouky and Sinan Hatahet (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This article examines the motivations, tools, strategies and affiliations of three regime-sponsored organizations and two charities associated with warlords. The […]
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“Reality and fears of the rise of China in a historical context”, Marjan Svetličič (CIR, Slovenia)
China is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Yet fears are not new. They started with fear of the […]
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“China in Europe: All for One and One for All?”, Agnes Szunomar (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The Chinese presence in Europe is rapidly gaining momentum; however, China should not be seen as an emerging power with […]
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Dr Sebastian Steingass presents findings of his forthcoming book at international webinar (College of Europe, Natolin)
During an online seminar of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) on 16 June 2020, Dr […]
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“Spaces and Institutional Logics in Post-Conflict Settings of Mitrovica”, Kari Osland, Jozef Bátora, Florian Qehaja and Sonja Stojanović Gajić (NUPI, Norway)
Spaces structure interactions between communities in post-conflict settings. They are governed by particular institutional logics, which can foster boundary building […]
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“Female Peacekeepers and Operational Effectiveness in UN Peace Operations”, Kari Osland, Jenny Nortvedt and Maria Gilen Røysamb (NUPI, Norway)
More women are needed in UN peace operations, both on the grounds of equality and performance. March 2020 survey data […]
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“Sharpening EU sanctions policy: Challenges and responses in a geopolitical era, FIIA Report”, Niklas Helwig, Juha Jokela and Clara Portela (FIIA, Finland)
The European Union increasingly uses sanctions in order to respond to breaches of international norms and adverse security developments in […]
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“Cities on the frontline: Managing the coronavirus crisis”, Agustí Fernández de Losada and Hannah Abdullah (CIDOB, Spain)
This CIDOB Report examines how 12 cities around the world – Milan, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Vienna, Zurich, San Francisco, Chicago, […]
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“Geopolitical Shifts and the Post-COVID World: Europe and the Multipolar System, IAI Commentaries”, Stefano Cont (IAI, Italy)
The full extent of COVID-19’s impact on global geopolitical balances cannot yet be assessed. Nevertheless, a number of trends are […]
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“The EU’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis with a focus on the Eastern Neighbourhood and Africa”, Philipp Brugner and Klaus Schuch (ÖGFE, Austria)
The EU’s global response in tackling the COVID-19 crisis follows a ‘Team Europe’ approach and also includes large amounts of […]
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“Through the Looking Glass: The Nordic-Baltic Region and the Changing Role of the United States”, Piret Kuusik (EFPI, Estonia)
This analysis focuses on the countries in the Nordic-Baltic region – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden – and […]
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“Series on the Conference on the Future of Europe”, Der (Europäische) Föderalist (IEP, Germany)
The conference on the Future of Europe, which should have started in May, was postponed due to the Corona pandemic. […]
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“Populist Attitudes and Selective Exposure to Online News: A Cross-Country Analysis Combining Web Tracking and Surveys”, Sebastian Stier, Nora Kirkizh and Caterina Froio (Sciences Po, France)
Research has shown that citizens with populist attitudes evaluate the news media more negatively, and there is also suggestive evidence […]
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“Elections in Wartime: The Syrian People’s Council (2016-2020)”, Ziad Awad and Agnès Favier (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This technical report discusses citizenship in Tanzania. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and […]
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“The Logic of Strategic Inhumanity and the Cost of Publicism”, Ondřej Ditrych (IIR, Czech Republic)
In the new essay for New Perspectives, Ondrej Ditrych discusses the argument of Matthew Kroenig’s The Logic of American Nuclear […]
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“Dimensions and Trajectories of Russian Foreign Policy”, Sabine Fischer (IAI, Italy)
Russian foreign policy went from integration to confrontation with the West, particularly after the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the […]
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“Russian approaches to military technology: The Northern dimension”, Jakub Godzimirski (NUPI, Norway)
This policy brief presents the main findings of a project on Russian approaches to technological challenges, and the implications for […]
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“Military Technology: Risks and Opportunities for the Atlantic Alliance”, Pierluigi Barberini (IAI, Italy)
New disruptive military technologies will play a crucial role in future warfare. Investing in this field requires a long-term political […]
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“COVID-19 and terrorism: when the exception locks down the rule”, Moussa Bourekba (CIDOB, Spain)
Exceptional measures have been called upon to fight the spread of the coronavirus. But while they may be justified in […]
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“From Sophia to Irini: EU Mediterranean Policies and the Urgency of ‘Doing Something'”, Federico Alagna (IAI, Italy)
Amidst the COVID-19 emergency and following months of negotiations and deadlocks, Operation Sophia, the EU’s maritime mission in the Mediterranean, […]
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“African economies and COVID-19: which accompanying mechanisms from the EU?”, Moussa Khoré Traoré (CIFE)
The man objective of this note is to contribute to the economic and social issues of covid-19 in Africa. It […]
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‘COVID-19: Why EU solidarity should extend to its neighbours”, Eduard Soler (CIDOB, Spain)
How will the coronavirus crisis affect the European Union’s relationship with its neighbours? What scope exists for the EU to […]
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“Japan and the Visegrad 4: The Unsensational Strategic Partners”, Rudolf Fürst (IIR, Czech Republic)
This paper points out to the convergence between the Visegrad 4 and Japan that is driven by economic concerns and […]
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“Burkina Faso and the Sahel Crisis: What Options for Italian Foreign Policy?”, Marco Davì (IAI, Italy)
Despite a limited footprint in Africa, Italy has also recently strengthened its engagements in the Sahel, including the 2019 high-profile visits […]
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“Crisis tests China’s relations to Europe”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI, Norway)
A new report takes the temperature on China’s relations to European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Norway is one of […]
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“EUCACIS in Brief No. 12: Eurasian Economic Union and Uzbekistan – Accession prospects and economic implications”, Jamshid Normatov (IEP, Germany)
“The EU, Central Asia and the Caucasus in the International System” (EUCACIS) is a PhD Support Programme for Postgraduates and […]
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“Contemporary States and the Crisis of the Western Order”, edited by Marek Aleksander Cichocki (Natolin European Centre, Poland)
The current crisis cannot be referred only to the liberal concept of globalisation. It is also a crisis of a […]
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“States, International Organizations and Strategic Partnerships”, Andriy Tyushka (College of Europe, Natolin)
Dr Andriy Tyushka, Senior Research Fellow in the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin, has […]
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“Lessons from the Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Community engagement, crisis communication and countering rumours”, Frida Bjørneseth, Morten Bøås, Henriette Erstad, Alessio Iocchi and Kari Osland (NUPI, Norway)
What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself […]
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“Nationalism by Choice: How the Presidents of Turkey and Russia Take Advantage of National Feelings to Stay in Power”, Michael Thumann (IPC, Turkey)
2019 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Michael Thumann’s policy brief “Nationalism by Choice: How the Presidents of Turkey and Russia Take Advantage […]
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“The impact of COVID19 on the performance of peace operations”, Cedric de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
Between the African Union, European Union, OSCE, NATO and United Nations there are approximately 160,000 civilian, police and military personnel […]
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“Russian Expert and Official Geopolitical Narratives on the Arctic: Decoding Topical and Paradigmatic DNA”, Jakub Godzimirski and Alexander Sergunin (NUPI, Norway)
This article examines current Russian expert and official narratives on the Arctic, situating them in the broader context of the […]
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“Turkey, Russia and the West: Reassessing Persistent Volatility, Asymmetric Interdependence, and the Syria Conflict”, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Evren Balta and Andrew O’Donohue (IPC, Turkey)
Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Senior Scholar Evren Balta, and IPC Researcher Andrew O’Donohue’s report […]
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“COVID19 will change the way the UN conducts peacekeeping operations in the future”, Cedric de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted UN peacekeeping operations. In the short-term, activities have been reduced to the most critical, […]
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“War and Peace in the Persian Gulf: Pre-Westphalian, Westphalian or Post-Westphalian?”, Erzsébet N. Rózsa and László Csicsmann (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The international order of territory-based sovereign nation-states (Westphalia) has been in transition towards a so-called ‘post-Westphalian order’, but pre-Westphalian structures […]
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“The Impact of COVID19 on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”, Kari M. Osland, Maria Gilen Røysamb and Jenny Nortvedt (NUPI, Norway)
“The year 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 on Women, Peace […]
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“EUCACIS in Brief 12: Eurasian Economic Union and Uzbekistan: accession prospects and economic implications”, Jasur Salomov (IEP, Germany)
“The EU, Central Asia and the Caucasus in the International System” (EUCACIS) is a PhD Support Programme for Postgraduates and […]
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“Thirty years of EU-Mediterranean Policies (1989-2019): an assessment”, Bichara Khader and Haizam Amirah-Fernández (Elcano, Spain)
“From the EU’s perspective, 1989 was an annus mirabilis. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the […]
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“Regional or global player? The EU’s international profile”, Iliana Olivié and Manuel Gracia (Elcano, Spain)
The upcoming ‘Geopolitical Commission’ has the task of re-thinking several aspects of the EU’s foreign policy and global role. This […]
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“COVID19 calls for European strategic autonomy: The EU needs to manage global dependencies without pulling up the drawbridges”, Niklas Helwig (FIIA, Finland)
COVID19 has revealed the risks of Europe’s global dependencies in strategic sectors and intensified the debate on European strategic autonomy. […]
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“Rules-based connectivity, maritime security and EU-Japan cooperation in the Indian Ocean”, Luis Simón and Tomohiko Satake (Elcano, Spain)
Taking the 2019 EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) as its point of departure, this paper puts forward a number of […]
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“Four Years of the EU-Turkey Deal”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Spain)
Everything has changed in the four years since the EU-Turkey agreement was made. On the one hand, Turkey has stopped […]
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“Can the EU Stand Up to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’?”, Michelle Pace and Haim Yacobi (IAI, Italy)
Reacting to President Trump’s proposed “vision” for the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, EU High Representative Josep Borrell made clear that the initiative departs […]
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“EUCACIS Online Paper No. 11: Non-Recognized States, Security Threats and Post Conflict ‚Stateness’ – The Quartet of post-Soviet Space”, Violetta Manukyan (IEP, Germany)
“The EU, Central Asia and the Caucasus in the International System” (EUCACIS) is a PhD Support Programme for Postgraduates and […]
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“China: From Careful Participant to Budding Development Partner”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr, Kari M. Osland and Cedric H. de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
While the rest of the world is shutting down China is restarting its machinery after months of strict infection measures. […]
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“Technology: An Exit Strategy for COVID-19?”, Cristian Barbieri and Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
Over the past week, COVID-19 infected more than 400.000 people worldwide reaching almost every country in the world. With a high transmission rate […]
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“Report on Citizenship Law: Tanzania, 2020”, Caroline Nalule, Anna Nambooze (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This technical report discusses citizenship in Tanzania. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and […]
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“Beyond Europe’s AI Strategy: Global Governance for the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Carolina Polito (IAI, Italy)
On 19 February 2020, the European community welcomed the publication of three new documents that will drive the European Digital […]
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“COVID-19: the Harm Caused by Neglecting Precautions”, Michel Callon and Pierre Lascoumes (Sciences Po, France)
The cause of all governmental lack of preparation to deal with the current coronavirus crisis is a specific ideology: “anti-precautionism”. […]
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“Conflict and Peace Scenarios in Times of COVID-19”, Juan Garrigues (CIDOB, Spain)
What impact will the global outbreak of the coronavirus have on conflicts around the world? Whether it is seeking ceasefires […]
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“Euro-Mediterranean Economic Integration”, Messaoud Boudhiaf (CIFE)
European economic integration poses certain risks for Tunisia, but also has the potential to be very fruitful. In this edition […]
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“The Fight Against Terrorism in the Sahel: What Role for the EU?”, Mamadou Camara and Moussa Khoré Traoré (CIFE)
Since the end of Gaddafi’s reign in Libya and the outbreak of violence and conflict across north Mali, the Sahel […]
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“The Threats of Dual-use Drones and the Implications for Italy: Executive Summary”, Ester Sabatino and Francesco Pettinari (IAI, Italy)
In recent years, the proliferation of dual-use drones has increased the intensity of the hybrid and asymmetric threat these products […]
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“Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Ingo Borchert and Nigel Cory (NUPI, Norway)
The increasingly rapid uptake of digital technologies is launching the global economy into the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and the next […]
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“China, Italy and COVID-19: Benevolent Support or Strategic Surge?”, Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
The bilateral relationship between Italy and China is back in the spotlight one year after the signature of the Memorandum […]
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“The Coronavirus as a Yardstick of Global Health Policy”, Félix Arteaga (Elcano, Spain)
Global health is one of the few policy areas that can be considered to have been internationalised. Although it remains […]
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“China After the Pandemic: Insecurity Spills Over to Contradictory Foreign Policy Actions”, Jyrki Kallio (FIIA, Finland)
China has garnered international goodwill by aiding countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. China is in a position to […]
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“Governing the Arctic: The Russian State Commission for Arctic Development and the Forging of a New Domestic Arctic Policy Agenda”, Helge Blakkisrud (NUPI, Norway)
After a period of relative neglect in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Arctic is back on the agenda of […]
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“Narratives Matter: In Search of a Partnership Strategy”, Wolfgang Wessels (IPC, Turkey)
2019 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Wolfgang Wessels’ policy brief “Narratives Matter: In Search of a Partnership Strategy” was published. Relations between […]
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“The Politicization of COVID-19 in Iran: Domestic and International Power Play Hampers the Response”, Mariette Hägglund (FIIA, Finland)
In Iran, the response to the coronavirus pandemic would require cooperation but is marred by the politicization of the crisis. […]
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“The Role of the UN Security Council in Cybersecurity: International Peace and Security in the Digital Age”, Niels Nagelhus Schia and Eneken Tikk (NUPI, Norway)
At the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the UN Security Council is faced with difficult questions about its efficacy, […]
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“Handing over Infrastructure for China’s Strategic Objectives: ‘Arctic Connect’ and the Digital Silk Road in the Arctic”, Frank Jüris (EFPI, Estonia)
This paper aims to research one aspect of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), namely the Digital Silk Road (DSR), […]
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“The COVID-19 Solidarity Test”, Kemal Derviş (IPC, Turkey)
IPC Non-Resident Part-Time Senior Advisor Kemal Derviş’s Analysis “The Covid-19 Solidarity Test” has been published. This article was originally published […]
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“The Case for EU-Japan Digital Connectivity and Digital ODA”, Maaike Okano-Heijmans (Elcano, Spain)
The 2019 EU-Japan Connectivity Partnership paves the way for EU-Japan cooperation on all three practical elements of digital connectivity: telecommunications […]
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“Will European Defence Survive Coronavirus?”, Daniel Fiott (Elcano, Spain)
The tragedy that is the Coronavirus has already claimed too many lives, but it has also allowed Europe’s public services […]
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“Empty Shell No More: China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe”, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova (LIIA, Latvia)
Ten experts from Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania covered the most important developments in […]
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“Governance, State and Democracy in a Post-Corona World”, Senem Aydin-Duzgit and Fuat Keyman (IPC, Turkey)
Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit and Director Fuat Keyman’s policy brief “Governance, State and Democracy in a Post-Corona […]
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“Can the Possible non-Extension of the New START Treaty Influence the Strategic Stability in the Use of the Outer Space Domain?”, Miroslav Tůma (IIR, Czech Republic)
The New START Treaty, which limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons, will expire in February 2021. According to […]
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“Between God and the Sugar Dates: Lessons for a “Geopolitical” EU from the US–Iran Crisis”, Tommaso Emiliani (IAI, Italy)
The EU is presently stuck between a deepening strategic rift with its US ally and its inability to advance its […]
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“Estonia in the UN Security Council: The Importance and Limits of European Cooperation”, Dr. Kristi Raik (EFPI, Estonia)
In January 2020, Estonia became a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term. The […]
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“A Tale of Two Unions: Africa, Europe and a Pragmatic Investment in Multilateralism in Times of COVID-19”, Luca Barana (IAI, Italy)
The European Commission’s Joint-Communication “Towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa”, published on 9 March 2020, envisioned the beginnings of a […]
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“The COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia: No Applause for Putin’s Political Play?”, Veera Laine and Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
In Russia, the confirmed COVID-19 infections have been suspiciously few. The official numbers do not reflect reality as there has […]
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“Russia and the COVID-19 Crisis: Hardship at Home, Soft Power Flexing Abroad”, Nona Mikhelidze (IAI, Italy)
On 25 March, one month after Russia registered its first confirmed case of Coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced a week of paid […]
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“Fieldwork as Failure”, Jan Daniel (IIR, Czech Republic)
Jan Daniel, Ph.D. is a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague and his main fields of interest […]
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“Tackling Covid-19 Calls for Trust: Building Confidence is Part of Containing a Pandemic”, Tyyne Karjalainen (FIIA, Finland)
COVID-19 highlights the relevance of sharing information at a time of crisis. The revision of International Health Regulations in 2005 […]
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“Manufacturing the Jihad in Europe: The Islamic State’s Strategy”, John Turner (IAI, Italy)
As the Islamic State (IS) caliphate in the Middle East has collapsed, it is seeking to extend its influence elsewhere, […]
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“How Libya Impacts North Africa”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
Algeria is looking to play a leading role in the Libyan political process. It is too far from the combat […]
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“Time to Exist and Resist: the European Union and Russian Political War”, Mark Galeotti (IIR, Czech Republic)
Mark Galeotti, Senior Nonresident Fellow of the Institute of International Relations, published a new Policy Paper about the political war […]
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“A Planetary Retreat to Contain the Coronavirus: Resilience in Times of Catastrophe”, Pol Bargués (CIDOB, Spain)
Understanding the city in all its complexity means discovering the urban diversities that inhabit it along with their many political, […]
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“Globalization and its Critics”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
The coronavirus pandemic has offered an opportunity to those convinced that economic retreat and border closures are the best answers […]
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“Coronavirus: Infodemics and Disinformation”, Carme Colomina (CIDOB, Spain)
The coronavirus information overload is riddled with fake news, hoaxes and conspiracy theories. Distrust has become the new reality. Distrust […]
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“Coronavirus: Between the Global and the National”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Spain)
The coronavirus pandemic has vanished in record time the distance between global dynamics and their consequences for individuals. Against the […]
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“COVID19 – A Trigger for Global Transformation? Political Distancing, Global Decoupling and Growing Distrust in Health Governance”, Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)
Since late 2019, the world has sought – frantically at times – to appropriate policies for responding to the coronavirus […]
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“Idlib’s Crucible Moment: The Cost of Jihadist Proxies and Geopolitical Tensions”, Wolfgang Mühlberger & Olli Ruohomäki (FIIA, Finland)
The killing of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi last year put the jihadist nexus in North-Western Syria back in the spotlight. The […]
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“Managed Leadership Succession in Kazakhstan: A Model for Gradual Departure?”, Kristiina Silvan (FIIA, Finland)
In March 2019, Kazakhstan’s authoritarian leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, stepped down after three decades of rule and yielded power to his […]
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“The view from Brussels of the EU-UK Negotiations: a Total Illusion of Independence”, Graham Bishop (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Writing in his new blog, Federal Trust Council Member Graham Bishop fears that the British government still cannot face reality […]
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“China’s Evolving Approach to UN Peacekeeping in Africa”, Kari Osland and Cedric de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
China’s new, assertive role in UN peacekeeping, especially in Africa, represents a significant shift in Beijing’s peace and security posture […]
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“Win-Win! with ODA-man: Legitimizing Development Assistance Policy in Japan”, Wrenn Yennie Lindgren (NUPI, Norway)
Official development assistance (ODA) constitutes one of Japan’s most important foreign policy instruments as it builds Japan’s global network and […]
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“China in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Contributions to Health and Education”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI, Norway)
China is scaling up its investments in health and education, making significant contributions to the UN 2030 Agenda and related […]
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“From Careful Participant to Budding Partner: China in the Sustainable Development Agenda”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI, Norway)
China is an increasingly active player in the Sustainable Development Agenda. It has staked out a national Sustainable Development Goals […]
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“International Order and the European Project in Times of COVID19”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The international liberal order, as well as the European Union within it, has been in trouble for years now. Challenged […]
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“China in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Key Institutions for International Engagement”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI, Norway)
China has a large and expansive network of actors working on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) activities. Ministries and affiliated agencies […]
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Special issue of “De Europa” features six selected Master’s theses by College of Europe Natolin students (College of Europe, Natolin)
The European and Global Studies Journal “De Europa”, published by the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University […]
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“Connectivity and infrastructure: can the EU-Japan partnership make a difference?”, Marie Söderberg (Elcano, Spain)
A Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure was signed between the EU and Japan in September 2019. The Partnership […]
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”The Western Balkans, the reform of the accession and grands débats on the Future of Europe: waiting for Godot or engaging more strategically?”, Florent Marciacq (CIFE)
The French decision to oppose the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in October 2019 has opened […]
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“Russia-Ukraine Transit Deal: A Crisis Postponed?”, Alan Riley (CIDOB, Spain)
The last minute signing of the transit contract between Russia and Ukraine has led to a fall in European gas […]
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“Tunisia is the sick man of North Africa”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
The challenge facing the next Tunisian government is to speak the naked an uncomfortable economic truth to the people and […]
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