On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump went through with his threat and, this time, has not submitted his […]
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Category: EU External Relations & Global Politics
“What Role for the Czech Republic in EU Military Missions?”, Ondřej Ditrych (IIR, Czech Republic)
Policy paper by Ondřej Ditrych seeks to capture how recent strategic trends and Russia’s assertive revisionism in the Eastern approaches […]
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“Bottom-up Approaches to EU–Turkey Migration Cooperation: A Call for Sustainable, Principled, Fair and Inclusive Governance”, Asli Selin Okyay (IAI, Italy)
Based on stakeholder consultations in Turkey, this report examines civil society actors’ views on policy issues regarding migration and mobility, […]
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“The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, Tobias Schumacher (College of Europe, Poland)
The article, entitled “The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, was published just a few days before U.S. […]
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“Russia 2018: a geopolitical World Cup”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The FIFA World Cup in Russia, the sporting event with the largest TV audience, is helping to overcome the Putin regime’s […]
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“A joined-up Union in counterterrorism and public diplomacy: Let’s stay on the right track!”, Lorenzo Vai (IAI, Italy)
The search for a more effective method of work has been explicitly mentioned in the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) through […]
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“Security and Defence: A Glass Half Full EUGS”, Nicole Koenig (IAI, Italy)
Strengthening European security and defence cooperation is one of the EUGS’s central aims and an area where significant progress has […]
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“Happy Birthday to the EUGS?”, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré (IAI, Italy)
The EU Global Strategy, presented by the High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini in June […]
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“European External Actions in a Multilateral Arena: An Analysis of EU Relations with Brazil”, Eleonora Poli (IAI, Italy)
Relations between the European Union and Brazil have often become stuck in a “vicious circle” of progress, stagnation and even […]
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“Association agreements between the EU and Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine”, Andriy Tyushka (eds.) (College of Europe Natolin)
This opening analysis presents the opinions on the implementation of the association agreements with Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, expressed in […]
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“Trump vs. NATO? Appearances and realities”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Coming hard on the heels of the G7 in Quebec, and featuring largely the same cast, is the NATO summit in Brussels. At the […]
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“Rethinking Global Cities Through International Municipalism and the Right to the City”, Agustí Fernández de Losada and Eva Garcia Chueca (CIDOB, Spain)
We live in the era of cities: more than half the world’s population lives in urban areas and forecasts suggest that […]
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“The demolition of Rodrik’s trilemma”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
In his book The Globalization Paradox, published in 2011, the Harvard Professor Dani Rodrik formulated his famous trilemma: it is impossible to […]
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“The EU and the Iran nuclear deal: How to proceed?”, Erzsébet Nagyné Rózsa (IWE, Hungary)
The European Union has played a complementary role to that of the United States over many issues in the Middle […]
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“Target 2030: illicit financial flows”, Alex Cobham (Elcano, Spain)
Target 16.4 in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) is a global commitment to reduce the level of illicit […]
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“Renminbi Internationalisation: stuck in mid-river – for now”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)
This paper looks at the internationalisation of the renminbi in May 2018, why it has stagnated since 2015 and what […]
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“The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy”, Carlota García Encina (Elcano, Spain)
At the end of 2017 the US published a new National Security Strategy (NSS), replacing the previous NSS of 2015 […]
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“Implementing the integrated approach: Investing in other international organisations”, Hylke Dijkstra (IAI, Italy)
This contribution points at the importance that the EU ascribes to partnership in the EU Global Strategy and other policy […]
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“EU-Russia Relations in the New Putin Era: Not Much Light at the End of the Tunnel”, András Rácz and Kristi Raik (EVI, Estonia)
On 7 May 2018, Russia entered the fourth and probably final presidency of Vladimir Putin. This was preceded by a […]
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“Innovating Global Governance: bottom-up, the inductive approach”, Andrés Ortega, Aitor Pérez and Ángel Saz-Carranza (Elcano, Spain)
In this Policy Brief authors argue that inductive global governance is a bottom-up mode of organising global collective action that […]
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“The US-Europe vs. Russia Triangle”, Eugene B. Rumer (IAI, Italy)
Russia’s relations with Europe and the United States are at their worst since the end of the Soviet Union. Russian […]
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“Finland, Sweden, and NATO’s 2018 summit: The agenda looks good for the Nordic neighbours”, Matti Pesu (FIIA, Finland)
The heads of NATO’s allies will assemble in Brussels in mid-July to give their blessing to NATO’s future agenda. Although […]
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“Nordic responses to Brexit: Making the best of a difficult situation”, Kristin Haugevik, Björn Fägersten, Pétur Gunnarsson, Juha Jokela, Catharina Sørensen, Baldur Thorhallsson, Anders Wivel (NUPI, Norway)
This policy brief examines how the British decision to withdraw from the EU has influenced the political debates in and […]
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“Digital sovereignty”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The debate about sovereignty has entered the digital realm. At root, sovereignty involves control of one’s own destiny. The Chinese […]
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“G7 in Canada: Trump’s bravado annoys Europe”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)
The G7 meeting has been one of the most disastrous in years. The debate in Europe will continue to be […]
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“Jamā’at Nuṣrat al-Islām wa-l-Muslimīn: a propaganda analysis of al-Qaeda’s project for the Sahel”, Sergio Altuna Galán (Elcano, Spain)
The lessons that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has learnt after years of activity in the Sahel have crystallised […]
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“A Brazilian perspective on the challenges facing the EU and Latin American cooperation agenda”, Carlos R. S. Milan (Elcano, Spain)
The construction of a cooperation agenda between the EU and South America must take into account the challenges Latin American […]
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“Turkey in and out of NATO? An instance of a turbulent alliance with Western institutions”, Yaprak Gürsoy, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
Turkey’s links with its Western allies have steadily deteriorated over the past few years. There have been major developments over […]
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“Ambiguity and stability in the Baltic Sea region: Defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden increases both”, Charly Salonius-Pasternak (FIIA, Finland)
Defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden has created a ‘fleet-in-being’ effect across the Baltic Sea region, with mixed consequences for […]
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“The security strategies of the US, China, Russia and the EU: Living in different worlds”, Mika Aaltola, Jyrki Kallio, Kristi Raik, Katri Pynnöniemi (FIIA, Finland)
This report analyzes and compares the security strategies of four major international actors: the United States, China, Russia and the […]
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“Trump’s Iran sanctions gamble: Divergence across the Atlantic”, Katja Creutz & Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
Donald Trump’s new Iran policy, with the abandonment of the nuclear agreement and the reimposition of sanctions, reveals a fracture in […]
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“Lebanon-EU Relations and Ways Forward: Qualitative Research Findings with Key Stake-holders in Lebanon”, Karina Goulordava (IAI, Italy)
This report provides qualitative findings from interviews conducted with key stakeholders in Lebanon within the categories of labour, women’s rights, […]
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“The US-Japan-India-Australia Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Indo-Pacific alignment or foam in the ocean”, Sophie Eisentraut, Bart Gaens (FIIA, Finland)
FIIA Briefing Paper 239, May 2018 In late 2017 the US, Japan, India and Australia re-launched the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, […]
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“Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal”, Thomas Gomart, Robin Niblett, Daniela Schwarzer, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:30, May 2018. US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as […]
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“European Defence and Third Countries after Brexit”, Øyvind Svendsen (NUPI, Norway)
The UK’s departure from the European Union has given energy to the process towards ‘ever closer Union’ in the EU’s […]
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“Limits to the European Union’s Normative Power in a Post-Conflict Society: EULEX and Peacebuilding in Kosovo”, Rok Zupančič, Nina Pejič (CIR, Slovenia)
Springer published a new book Limits to the European Union’s Normative Power in a Post-Conflict Society: EULEX and Peacebuilding in […]
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“A Stronger North? Nordic cooperation in foreign and security policy in a new security environment”, Tuomas Iso-Markku, Eeva Innola, Teija Tiilikainen (FIIA, Finland)
Nordic cooperation on foreign and security policy has gained renewed attention in recent years. Changes in the Nordic states’ immediate […]
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“Putin 4.0: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’”, Arkady Moshes (FIIA, Finland)
FIIA Comment 10/2018, May 2018 Russia’s re-elected president speaks about the need to achieve a “breakthrough”. But his only realistic […]
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“Sustainable Growth and Development in Small Open Economies”, Andrea Éltető, Isidora Ljumović (IWE, Hungary)
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“Understanding the shift from micro- to macro-prudential thinking: a discursive network analysis”, Matthias Thiemann, Mohamed Aldegwy, Edin Ibrocevic (SciencesPo-CNRS, France)
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2018 Read it here
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“The dangerous politics of humiliation”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
One of the expressions that has cropped up in various analyses of Donald Trump’s foreign policy is «humiliation», whether in […]
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“The US and North Korea: will their Presidents shake hands?”, Félix Arteaga, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)
The best news that we can hope for is that the summit does finally take place and that it serves […]
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“What to do with Iran?”, Félix Arteaga (Elcano, Spain)
The relationship of Western countries with Iran is difficult because it is a country with two faces: a reformist face, […]
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“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Europe’s Uncertain Role in Middle Eastern Geopolitics”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:28, May 2018. The Middle East is experiencing a reconfiguration of power. As has often been the case […]
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“The Social Construction of Slovakia as a Donor and its Power Effects”, Tomas Profant (IIR, Czech Republic)
New article by Tomáš Profant in Europe-Asia Studies shows the power effects of Slovak development cooperation discourses. It focuses on […]
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“Russian-Chinese relations in Eurasia: Harmonization or subordination”, Marcin Kaczmarski (FIIA, Finland)
FIIA Briefing Paper 238, April 2018 Russia and China have largely managed to avoid direct competition in the post-Soviet space, […]
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“China: New Silk Road stir mixed reactions in Europe”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson (NUPI, Norway)
Europeans are growing more wary of China, but still welcome many of its contributions, according to this analysis by NUPI […]
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“Nordic-Baltic Security in Times of Uncertainty: The Defence-Energy Nexus”, Jakub Godzimirski, Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Marcin Terlikowski, Wojciech Lorenz, Bartosz Bieliszczuk, Artur Kacprzyk (NUPI, Norway)
The report shows that energy and defence in the Nordic-Baltic region are closely interrelated. During the Cold War, the energy […]
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“Societal Security in Baltic Sea Region: Expertise Mapping and Raising Policy Relevance”, Andris Sprūds, Boris Kuznetsov, Mika Aaltola eds. (LIIA, Latvia)
The book “Societal Security in Baltic Sea Region: Expertise Mapping and Raising Policy Relevance”, edited by Andris Sprūds, Boris Kuznetsov […]
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“Beyond Enlargement: Conceptualizing the Study of the European Neighbourhood Policy”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH, Zürich)
in: Schumacher, Tobias, Marchetti, Andreas and Demmelhuber, Thomas (eds.): The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy, Abingdon: Routledge, 2018, […]
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“Do Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?”, Mark Galeotti (IIR, Czech Republic)
New ECFR report by Mark Galeotti focusing on possibility of launch of a renewed Russian campaign in the Balkans in […]
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“Crisis Management versus Collective Defense”, Nicholas Williams (IIR, Czech Republic)
“After more than 20 years of focusing on crisis management and intervention, NATO knows how to do crisis management, but […]
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“Pro-Castro Cuba: Entrenched military guarantees continuity”, Mikael Wigell (FIIA, Finland)
FIIA Comment 9/2018, April 2018 Cuba’s presumed new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is facing hefty challenges. A major hurdle is the […]
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“Geoeconomics as concept and practice in international relations: Surveying the state of the art”, Mikael Wigell, Sören Scholvin (FIIA, Finland)
Recent cases of power politics such as China’s One Belt, One Road strategy, Venezuela’s petro-diplomacy during the era of Hugo […]
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“Report on EU comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding”, Giovanni Faleg, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Bernardo Venturi (IAI, Italy)
EU-CIVCAP, March 2018 This report appraises the evolution of the EU’s comprehensive approach into the integrated approach, in comparison with […]
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“Perspectives on an Uncertain World: Japan-EU Views on the United States and Russia”, Kazuto Suzuki (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:21, March 2018 Japan and the European Union share many commonalities. Both are advanced industrialized countries, are governed […]
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“Psychographic advertising: the global battle to sway minds”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The Cambridge Analytica case shows that almost anyone –private companies, governments, non-state organisations– with access to users’ data and a […]
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“Russia’s propaganda war about Syria: How pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts manipulate the West”, Sophie Eisentraut (FIIA, Finland)
Moscow is keen to exploit the conflict in Syria in its information war against the West. Russian messaging on Syria […]
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“The Decline of the Big Five”, Veronika Bílková, (IIR, Czech Republic)
Is the supremacy of the Big Five, inherited from the mid-20th century, on the brink of its decline? Have the […]
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“Roadblocks and Avenues for Brazil-Europe Cooperation: Exploring a Wider Security Agenda”, Leonardo Paz Neves, IAI Papers, 18:6, March 2018 (IAI, Italy)
Since 2013, Brazil and Europe have both been dealing with several crises that seem to have prevented them from […]
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“Australia and the EU in the Indo-Pacific: Is Cooperation towards a Rules-Based Order Possible?”, Milena Selivanov, Nicola Casarini (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:19, March 2018 The regional power shift in the Indo-Pacific poses opportunities and threats to Australia and the […]
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“The decreasing asymmetry in Russia-China relations: The consequences of the Western policy shift towards China”, Marcin Kaczmarski (FIIA, Finland)
The changes in the Western policy towards China have the potential to diminish the asymmetry characterizing Russian-Chinese relations so far. […]
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Policy Paper: Challenges and Perspectives for a Sustainable Transformation in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood (IEP, Germany)
The policy paper aims to make an assessment of the impact of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) on the reform processes […]
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“Seeking the Eastern Partnership’s greatest integer”, Andriy Tyushka (CoE, Natolin)
in: New Easter Europe magazine (issue 2/2018, pp. 87-93) Dr Andriy TYUSHKA, Research Fellow with the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at […]
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“Nordic foreign and security policy cooperation: The new strategic environment as a catalyst for greater unity?”, Tuomas Iso-Markku (FIIA, Finland)
The deterioration of the Nordic states’ immediate security environment after the Ukraine crisis has given a new sense of relevance […]
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“Russian-Ukrainian relations: The farewell that wasn’t”, Arkady Moshes, Ryhor Nizhnikau (FIIA, Finland)
The “Revolution of Dignity” led to a considerable decrease in Russian economic, political and soft power influence over Ukraine. Yet […]
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“Regionalism à la ASEAN: Past achievements and current challenges”, Bart Gaens, Olli Ruohomäki (FIIA, Finland)
In the course of fifty years, ASEAN has developed from an anti-communist bloc to a successful and inclusive political association […]
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“EU member states and “Russia: National and European debates in an evolving international environment”, Marco Siddi (FIIA, Finland)
In March 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, relations between Moscow and the European Union precipitated into their deepest crisis since […]
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“Asia is booming – what are the implications?”, Ane Teksum Isbrekken (NUPI, Norway)
Connectivity has become a buzzword today. It topped the agenda at the joint conference on trade, infrastructure and Europe–Asia relations, […]
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“Strategic Communication (StratCom) policies”, Félix Arteaga (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Expert Comments The hybrid practices of Russia and China have highlighted just how vulnerable European and Japanese security and defence policies […]
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“A G20 agenda for technological justice”, Andrés Ortega, Francisco Andrés Pérez (Elcano, Spain)
Technological justice can play an important role within the international system in resolving global challenges and creating a smart and […]
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China’s Balkans Silk Road: Does it pave or block the way of Western Balkans to the European Union?, Magda Stumvoll, Tobias Flessenkemper (CIFE)
in: Policy Paper 66, February 2018 Read it here
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“How to make the democratic system resilient in the new global environment of the 21st century?”András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)
In: CIFE Policy Paper N°65, Centre international de formation européenne Democracy, at least its key building process can be dated back to several […]
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Between change and continuity: Making sense of America’s evolving global engagement, Mika Aaltola, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Juha Käpylä, Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
This report investigates the evolution of America’s global engagement. In particular, it examines both the longer-term trends and the more […]
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Donbas is becoming a no-man’s land: Pressures to freeze the status quo are rising, Ryhor Nizhnikau, Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
On the eve of the third anniversary of Minsk, both Kyiv and Moscow are increasingly helpless about the future of […]
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How to make the democratic system resilient in the new global environment of the 21st century?, András Inotai (CIFE)
in: Policy Paper 65 Read it here
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“Iraqi Kurdistan and Beyond: The EU’s Stakes”, Iraqi Kurdistan and Beyond: The EU’s Stakes(IAI, Italy)
Future Notes, no. 9, Menara Papers, February 2018. In 2017, Iraq saw events that dramatically changed its political and […]
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Taiwan’s role in East Asian security: Overlooked actor in a pivotal position, Jyrki Kallio (FIIA, Finland)
Taiwan is party to the same territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea as China, and […]
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“The EU, Resilience and the MENA Region”, Silvia Colombo, et. al. (eds.) (IAI, Italy)
The EU Global Strategy outlines an ambitious set of objectives to refashion the EU’s foreign and security policy. Fostering […]
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Fourth interview of the series “Klartext”: The EU-Ukrainian Association Agreement and the role of think tanks in its implementation (IEP, Germany)
Within the framework of the project “Platform for Analytics and Intercultural Communication” (PAIC), the fourth interview of the “Klartext” series […]
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MIDEU Paper published: “Strengthening Social Cohesion and a Common Identity in the Republic of Moldova” (IEP, Germany)
The paper discusses the current situation of ethnic communities in Moldova, analyses the major challenges that hinder the emergence of […]
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The Controversial Question of Jerusalem from the Point of View of International Law, Veronika Bílková (IIR, Czech Republic)
What is the basis for the concept of recognition in international law and does an act of recognizing a capital […]
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Riyahd-Tehran: intertwined destinies, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 23 January 2018 The Middle East must face another additional challenge: the rivalry existing between Iran and Saudi […]
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An Argentine G20: a Latin American agenda that concerns everyone, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 6 February 2018 The G20 agenda has steadily broadened over the years. Argentina aims to rein it in […]
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Which way for Tunisia?, Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde (Elcano, Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 8 February 2018 With global attention focused on other hotspots of conflict and tension in the Arab and […]
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The narrowing gap between nuclear and conventional weapons, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 13 February 2018 The nuclear arms issue is back, in its strategic rather than its tactical or battlefield […]
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A global Cold War over Artificial Intelligence, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 20 February 2018 There is a race, essentially between China, the US and Europe, to acquire new technologies, […]
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Venezuela and PDVSA: killing the goose that lays golden eggs, Asier Achutegui (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 19 January 2018 In a country that depends almost entirely on its oil exports it seems very strange […]
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Portugal and Ibero-America: reflections on the past, present and future, Bernardo Ribeiro da Cunha (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 13 February 2018 The event organised on 20 and 21 November 2017 by the Real Institute Elcano and the […]
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Latin America, the international community and Venezuela, Carlos Malamud (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 13 February 2018 The question as to what is to be done with Venezuela has been formulated time […]
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Trump, Europe and one year into the US Presidency, Salvador Llaudes (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 19 February 2018 Trump´s controversial attitude has remained intact during his first stay in the U.S Presidency. In […]
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Europe in the face of a new privileged strategic scenario: the Indo-Pacific region, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)
in Expert Comments, 20 February 2018 The dawn of the 21st century has seen a re-balancing of the international playing field […]
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Europe-Japan cooperation for a rules-based international liberal order, Mario Esteban, Luis Simón (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 25 January 2018 Despite its shortcomings, the international liberal order is worth saving. […]
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The elections in Chile and Honduras and regional political trends in 2018, Carlos Malamud, Rogelio Núñez (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 2 February 2018 Chile and Honduras have kicked off an intense electoral period […]
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NATO and the south: opportunities for coherence and integration, Jordan Becker (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 13 February 2018 Challenges from the south present opportunities in the context of Alliance […]
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Donald Trump´s Twitter account: a brief content analysis, Juan Antonio Sánchez-Giménez, Evgueni Tchubykalo (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 15 February 2018 Donald Trump has become the first US President to actively use […]
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The EU´s external projection: some interpretations based on the Elcano Global Pressence Index, Iliana Olivié, Manuel García (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 16 February 2018 The Elcano Global Presence Index calculates the external projection of 100 […]
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“The EU’s Power in Inter-Organisational Relations”, Hanna Ojanen (former TEPSA board member)
This new book by former TEPSA Board member Dr Hanna Ojanen studies inter-organisational relations from a new angle: power. Drawing […]
Read more“The European Union and the Geopolitics of the Arctic”, Andreas Raspotnik, former TEPSA Fellow (The Arctic Institute, US)
The Arctic is a region that has seen exponential growth as a space of geopolitical interest over the past decade. […]
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“The Czech Republic: Receiving the First Relevant Chinese Investments”, Rudolf Fürst (IIR, Czech Republic)
The new report prepared by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) contains a chapter from our senior researcher and […]
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