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Category: Publications
“Global trends in the energy sector and their implication on energy security in NATO’s southern neighbourhood”, Rim Berahab (Elcano, Spain)
The energy sector has undergone major transitions from the use of wood as a dominant fuel to the adoption of […]
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“Brexit: removing the connective tissue of the United Kingdom?”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Dr Andrew Blick asks whether membership of the EU was the glue holding the UK together since 1973. He fears […]
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“Qualified solidarity”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Spain)
After years of interminable meetings and never-concluded discussions on migration and asylum, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission seemed determined […]
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“Independence of the ECB and the ECJ during the Sovereign Debt Crisis: From Active Leadership to Rubber‐Stamping?”, Marijus Bernatavičius (IIRPS, Lithuania)
During the sovereign debt crisis the ECB and ECJ were constrained by two main factors: pressures from the Crisis Management […]
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“Time to Exist and Resist: the European Union and Russian Political War”, Mark Galeotti (IIR, Czech Republic)
Russia is waging a political war campaign of active measures intended to divide, distract, and dismay European states, not as […]
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“Climate action in the European Commission’s natural gas policy”, John Szabo (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Natural gas has been understood to be the transition fuel allowing inter alia the European Union to substitute more polluting […]
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“NATO’s Future: Euro-Atlantic Alliance in a Peacetime War”, Alessandro Marrone and Karolina Muti (IAI, Italy)
Looking at 2030, NATO evolution will depend on two main variables. First, whether the international security environment will lean towards […]
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“Mitigating the COVID-19 effect: Emergency economic policy-making in Central Europe”, Tomáš Profant (IIR, Czech Republic)
IIR researcher Tomáš Profant co-authored the paper Mitigating the COVID-19 effect: Emergency economic policy-making in Central Europe which explores the economic […]
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“The EU’s role and policies in the Sahel: The need for reassessment”, Tuomas Iso-Markku and Teemu Tammikko (FIIA, Finland)
As the EU is looking to strengthen its relations with Africa, the Sahel is set to be among its priorities. […]
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“Implications of the UK’s Russia Report for the next National Cyber Security Strategy”, Danny Steed (Elcano, Spain)
The recent Russia Report by the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee revealed much to be surprised about in British activities […]
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“Prezident Zelenskyy’s First Year: Achievements and Miscalculations”, Summary of the Analytical Report (Razumkov, Ukraine)
After a certain period of growth of the society’s optimism, the majority of citizens returned to the traditionally critical assessment […]
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“Film Globally, Work Locally: Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of the Production Incentive Programme in the Croatian Audio-visual Industry”, Jaka Primorac (IRMO, Croatia)
The Senior Research Associate Jaka Primorac from IRMO’s Department of Culture and Communication published an article in the international scientific […]
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“The Grabski Tax Reform and Jewish Merchants: State Building in Interwar Poland”, Zachary Mazur (College of Europe, Natolin)
Dr Zachary Mazur, Research Fellow in the European Civilization Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin, recently published the […]
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“Slovenia: Drivers and Challenges of Energy Transition to Climate Neutrality”, Danijel Crnčec, Boris Sučić and Stane Merše (CIR, Slovenia)
The book examines energy transition issues within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The European Union is aiming for […]
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“The Political Economy of Private Law: Comment on ‘The Code of Capital'”, Matthias Thiemann (Sciences Po, France)
Katharina Pistor’s book “The code of capital – how the law creates wealth and inequality” is an original and insightful […]
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“Big Tech and the Digital Economy: the Moligopoly Scenario”, Nicolas Petit (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This book asks a simple question: are the tech giants monopolies? In the current environment of suspicion towards the major […]
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“Europe’s Manoeuvring on 5G Technology: The Case of Italy”, Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
Great power competition over 5G technology, the world’s next generation wireless system, has been growing for some time. Both the […]
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“YouTubing Europe: Transnational Communication and Identity Formation in a European Network”, Dennis Lichtenstein (ÖGFE, Austria)
Plans for promoting European identity on social media start from crisis diagnoses, rightly stating that the European Union suffers from […]
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“Sánchez must snatch the Economic Vice-presidency for Spain”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias and Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
Spain deserves a top job in the EU and Pedro Sánchez is determined to get it. For a country that […]
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“Regulatory barriers to trade in services: A new database and composite indices”, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Sebastian Benz and Janos Ferencz (NUPI, Norway)
This paper presents new data on services trade regulation for 46 countries in 22 services sectors over 6 years (2014–2019). […]
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“On the Concept of Sovereignty”, Claude Nigoul (CIFE)
Sovereignty is back. A concept proscribed by democratic ideology itself, it has been rehabilitated, since it would become the attribute […]
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“Pathways for a low-carbon electricity system in Poland and Hungary”, Csaba Weiner (IWE CERS, Hungary)
This chapter examines the transition to low-carbon electricity in Poland and Hungary from a security–of–supply point of view. Despite large […]
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“The EU Defence Market Directives: Genesis, Implemen-tation and Way Ahead”, Alessandro Marrone and Michele Nones (IAI, Italy)
The 2009 directives on defence procurement (2009/81) and intra-EU transfers (2009/43) were adopted after a delicate process led by the […]
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“The deepening Finnish-Swedish security and defence relationship: From operative cooperation to ‘strategic interoperability’?”, Matti Pesu and Tuomas Iso-Markku (FIIA, Finland)
Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation has taken significant steps. Currently, the two countries engage in operative planning, which constitutes a significant part […]
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“Turkey and Spain: bilateral relations and the road ahead for Customs Union modernisation”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
Spain has always been one of the supporters of Turkey’s accession to the EU. Since there is no historical baggage or […]
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“Boris Johnson’s day of reckoning cannot be far off”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
Boris Johnson’s Covid19 policy is, in the eyes of a growing number of British people, a mystery. The same is […]
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“COVID-19, Border Closures, and International Law”, Bríd Ní Ghráinne (IIR, Czech Republic)
Politicians all around the world often describe coronavirus pandemic as a war or a national emergency. Because of the COVID-19 […]
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“Energy Governance in Hungary”, John Szabo, András Deák and Csaba Weiner (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Hungarian energy governance conveys a unique disposition, filled with contradictions, lacking clarity, but reflecting centralized control at the highest echelons […]
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“A New Lifeline for the G20? The Role of African and European Actors in Enhancing Its Legitimacy and Effectiveness”, Luca Barana, Daniele Fattibene and Bernardo Venturi (IAI, Italy)
The erosion of global governance has accelerated in recent years in the face of rising global inequality. The current global […]
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“Trump 2.0 or a first Biden administration? How different worldviews will shape US foreign policy”, Charly Salonius-Pasternak and Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
The US president has considerable power over the country’s foreign policy. The different worldviews espoused by President Trump and presidential […]
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“G20: political snapshots of power dynamics”, Beatriz Pérez de la Fuente (Elcano, Spain)
Through the prism of the G20, the world’s premier forum for international economic cooperation, we have learnt that the complicated […]
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“A Difficult Choice for Johnson: A Brexit deal or no deal”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Brendan Donnelly argues that despite the resumption of the Brexit negotiations Boris Johnson could still opt for a “no deal” […]
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“The COVID juncture”, Francesco Pasetti (CIDOB, Spain)
At the end of March 2020, a third of the world’s population was living in lockdown. More people were subject […]
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“Between Two Giants: Materialism and the Social Imaginary in the Energy (Transitions) of Hungary”, John Szabo (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Power lines, reactors and radioactive waste repositories, generators, furnaces, and photoelectric cells: citizens may think that they have little to […]
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“‘Irregular’ Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel”, Kari M. Osland and Henriette U. Erstad (IAI, Italy)
On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could […]
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“How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes Towards Differentiation?”, Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl (IIR, Czech Republic)
A new policy paper of our researchers Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl just came out! It was written with a […]
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“Turkey and the post-pandemic world: What kind of revisionism?”, Toni Alaranta (FIIA, Finland)
This study analyzes Turkish foreign policy narratives generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and their intellectual and political context provided by […]
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“EUCO diaries: will the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean lead to a watershed?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
EU leaders have met in Brussels to discuss many important items on external relations, including the recent tensions with Turkey […]
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“Geopolitics of the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Maksym Bielawski (Razumkov, Ukraine)
The article is devoted to the study of the history of mass diseases and their impact on geopolitics. According to […]
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“Creative Workers in Permanent Crisis: Labor in the Croatia’s Contemporary Arts and Culture”, Jaka Primorac, Valerija Barada and Edgar Buršić (IRMO, Croatia)
The Senior Research Associate Jaka Primorac from the IRMO’s Department for Culture and Communication in collaboration with Valerija Barada from […]
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“Facilitating circular change with services”, Metka Stare (CIR, Slovenia)
Metka Stare, PhD (a member of Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), […]
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“Law and Judicial Dialogue on the Return of Irregular Migrants from the European Union”, Madalina Moraru, Galina Cornelisse and Philippe De Bruycker (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
While the role of judges has been widely addressed in European asylum law and EU law more generally, their role […]
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“Enduring consensus: why the EU legislative process stays the same”, Stéphanie Novak, Olivier Rozenberg and Selma Bendjaballah (Sciences Po, France)
The multiple crises that the EU has faced over the last decade could lead observers to expect an increase in […]
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“Resisting Europe: Practices of Contestation in the Mediterranean Middle East”, Raffaella A. Del Sarto and Simone Tholens (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Resisting Europe conceptualizes the foreign policies of Europe—defined as the European Union and its member states—toward the states in its immediate […]
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“The European Defence fund and Norway”, Karsten Friis (NUPI, Norway)
The establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) represents an important step towards a more coherent European security architecture. It […]
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“The World is Our Oyster: Strengthening Transatlantic Action on Climate Change”, Maria Elena Sandalli (IAI, Italy)
As the largest and wealthiest market in the world, the transatlantic economy accounts for one third of global GDP in terms of […]
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“Finnish foreign policy during EU membership: Unlocking the EU’s security potential”, Matti Pesu, Tuomas Iso-Markku and Juha Jokela (FIIA, Finland)
This FIIA Finnish Foreign Policy Paper looks at the evolution of Finnish foreign and security policy during the country’s 25 […]
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“The design of an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law: what are the options?”, Alina Averchenkova and Lara Lázaro-Touza (Elcano, Spain)
The European Parliament and Council are currently discussing the draft European Climate Law that establishes a framework for achieving ‘climate […]
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“Pathways towards a revitalised Africa-Europe strategic partnership”, Cedric de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
The African Union and European Union were scheduled to adopt a new strategic partnership agreement at an AU-EU summit in […]
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“No Deal Brexit: The path of least resistance for Boris Johnson?”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Check out the latest video podcast by the Federal Trust in which its Director Brendan Donnelly discusses the Brexit negotiations. […]
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“Huawei in Central and Eastern Europe: Strategic Partner or Potential Threat?”, Ágnes Szunomár, Jopanna Karas and Iulia Oehler-Sincai (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The change of Central and Eastern European countries from centrally planned to market economies resulted in increasing inflows of foreign […]
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“Brexit and External Differentiation in Foreign, Security and Defence Policy”, Ian Bond (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief examines the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy relations with third countries, and their relevance to the […]
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“Taking stock of the UN at 75: Highs and lows in the shadow of great-power competition”, Katja Creutz (FIIA, Finland)
The UN has achieved its aims with variable results. Thus far, the world has been spared another devastating world war, […]
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“Mali: A coup against France?”, Oriol Puig Cepero (CIDOB, Spain)
The fall of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) following the coup in Mali reflects the failure of the international security […]
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“The Significant Political Declaration and the Forthcoming 10th NPT Review Conference”, Miroslav Tůma (IIR, Czech Republic)
Miroslav Tůma discusses in his new policy paper the importance of the political declaration issued in connection with the 10th […]
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“The CEE Energy Transition: Recurring 50 year old dynamics”, John Szabo and András Deak (IWE CERS, Hungary)
A growing need for the global community to take action against limate change has prompted governments to pledge climate action […]
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“Unpacking the Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Since conflict has entrenched in Cyprus, the EU has turned its back on Turkey, while Ankara began inexorably sliding towards […]
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“The emergence of strategic capitalism: geoeconomics, corporate statecraft and the repurposing of the global economy”, Henrique Choer Moraes and Mikael Wigell (FIIA, Finland)
The global economy is gradually drifting in the direction of strategic capitalism. In contrast to the free market capitalism prevailing […]
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“The lull before the storm: the worst may be yet to come in the Korean Peninsula”, Antoine Bondaz (Elcano, Spain)
It would be both an analytical and a political mistake to believe the situation in the Korean Peninsula is stable […]
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“How Covid-19 affects sustainable energy transitions”, Ane Teksum Isbrekken (NUPI, Norway)
Less flying. More biking. More staying at home, also when you are working. A new article by nine renowned energy […]
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“The Greek-Turkish crisis calls for negotiation”, Emmanuel Comte (CIDOB, Spain)
To justify French intervention in the Greek-Turkish crisis, President Emmanuel Macron resorted to Western rhetoric that has been well-established for […]
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“The dangerous development of the security situation and the complication of the extension of the last US-Russia new START arms control treaty”, Miroslav Tůma (IIR, Czech Republic)
The last arms control treaty New START will expire on 5 February 2021. Although the treaty may be extended by […]
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“Asian Foreign Direct Investments in the Visegrad Countries: What Are Their Motivations for Coming Indirectly?”, Andrea S. Gubik, Magdolna Sass and Ágnes Szunomár (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Asian foreign direct investments are significant in the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Statistics compiled by the […]
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“Empty Oceans: EU Policy and Illegal Fishing in Ghana”, Daniele Fattibene (IAI, Italy)
Importing countries like EU states bear a strong responsibility to promote healthier and more ecologically sustainable fisheries. The Union has […]
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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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“Replacing the Westphalian system: Essay on the Identification of the EU as a democratic Union of democratic States”, Jaap Hoeksma (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Jaap Hoeksma argues that the EU is no longer an incomprehensible hybrid between a state and an international organisation. Instead, […]
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“Protecting the Rule of Law in the EU”, Natasha Wunsch (Sciences Po, France)
Natasha Wunsch, Assistant Professor of European Integration/Political Science at Sciences Po Paris, has contributed to IEP Berlin’s #BerlinPerspectives series. The […]
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“Contribution of the Automotive Industry to the Domestic Economy, From a Center-Periphery Point of View”, Gábor Túry (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The paper investigates the contribution of the automotive industry to the domestic economy from the point of view of regional […]
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“The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen”, Indra Øverland (NUPI, Norway)
While most hydrogen research focuses on the technical and cost hurdles to a full-scale hydrogen economy, little consideration has been […]
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“Ursula Von der Leyen’s First State of the Union”, Brigid Laffan (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
On 16th of September 2020, Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen gave her first State of the Union (SoU) address, a practice […]
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Online Debate: “Euroscepticism in Europe”, 29 October 2020
On 29 October at 16:00, TEPSA and the EP office in Madrid invite you to attend an online debate […]
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WATCH: TEPSA Debate: “Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, 20 October 2020
On 20 October at 11:00, TEPSA hosted an online TEPSA Debate on “Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from […]
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Danijela Jaćimović appears on Radio i Televizjia Crne Gore to discuss “Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”
Danijela Jaćimović, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, recently appeared on Dobro Jutro, the morning television programme […]
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Online Discussion: “The Future of the EU and Euroscepticism: Germany Perspectives in COVID-19 Times”, 8 October 2020 (IEP, Germany)
The COVID-19 pandemic poses enormous challenges for EU cohesion. While euroscepticism has gained momentum in some of the member states […]
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Watch: TEPSA Explainer “Euroscepticism in the Czech Republic”
In this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Petr Kratochvíl, Full Professor of International Relations, Senior Researcher at the […]
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“Turkey’s Dilemmas in Foreign Policy and External Economy in the Early 21st Century”, Tamás Szigetvári (IWE CERS, Hungary)
This volume analyses the key orientation dilemma of Turkey in the early 21st century. Should Turkey continue to follow its […]
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“The missallocation of climate research funding”, Indra Øverland and Benjamin Sovacool (NUPI, Norway)
The window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C will require rapid and […]
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“The three archetype European historic development models and their impact in East-Central Europe”, Miklós Szanyi (IWE CERS)
This paper deals mainly with the historic origins of the special rent-based East-Central European development model. The Atlantic competition-based model […]
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“The geopolitics of renewables: New board, new game”, Indra Øverland, Daniel Scholaten, Morgan Bazilian and Kirsten Westphal (NUPI, Norway)
This policy perspective sums up the main input of four members of the Research Panel for IRENA’s Global Commission on […]
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“Digital entrepreneurs in factory economies: Evidence from the automotive industry in Hungary”, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Andrea Szalavetz has contributed to the new book “The challenge of digital transformation in the automotive inductry: Jobs, upgrading and […]
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“Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Financing for Climate Action”, Indra Øverland and Stella Tsani (NUPI, Norway)
The 2018 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on limiting global warming to 1.5 °C highlights the importance […]
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“Digital transformation and local manufacturing subsidiaries in central and eastern Europe: Changing prospects for upgrading?”, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Andrea Szalavetz has contributed to the new book “The challenge of digital transformation in the automotive inductry: Jobs, upgrading and […]
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“EU migration management in the Sahel: unintended consequneces on the ground in Niger?”, Morten Bøås (NUPI, Norway)
The policies implemented in the Sahel by the EU and individual member states have reduced the number of migrants transiting […]
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“Hydrogen…yet again”, John Szabó (IWE CERS, Hungary)
After much anticipation, the European Commission introduced ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’ to pave the way for “the missing link in the […]
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“The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid”, Morten Bøås and Henriette U. Erstad (NUPI, Norway)
Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been […]
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“How to dismantle a gas bridge?”, John Szabó (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The European Union has long presented itself as the leader in combating unsustainable practices of which climate change poses the […]
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“Impact of Digital Technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Trade In Services”, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås et al. (NUPI, Norway)
Digital technologies are cutting trade costs for services, turning more services from non-tradables into tradables, and putting trade in services […]
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“The politicisation of permanent crisis in Europe”, Colin Hay, Benedetta Voltolini and Michal Natorski (Sciences Po, France)
Taking stock of the numerous crises that have confronted Europe in the last decade, this special issue investigates the relationship […]
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“Clash of mask diplomacies? The COVID-19 and changing perceptions of China and Taiwan in Central and Eastern Europe”, Tamás Peragovics and Ágnes Szunomár (IWE CERS, Hungary)
It has become a truism that China’s mask diplomacy seeks to enhance the country’s global standing in the wake of the Covid-19 […]
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“The Far Right Honeytrap: Georgian Media and the Mediagenic Far Right”, Tamta Gelashvili (NUPI, Norway)
The recent wave of far-right mobilization across the globe, including Georgia, naturally attracts wide media attention. Although the interrelation of […]
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“The end of the right to seek asylum?: COVID-19 and the future of refugee protection”, Daniel Ghezelbash and Nikolas Feith Tan (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the institution of asylum, exacerbating longer term trends limiting the ability […]
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“China-MENA relations in the context of Chinese global strategy”, Tamás Peragovics and Erzsébet N. Rózsa (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Tamás Peragovics and Erzsébet N. Rózsa have contributed to a book on “The Role of China in the Middle East […]
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“A ‘Europe des Nations’: far right imaginative geographies and the politicization of cultural crisis on Twitter in Western Europe”, Caterina Froio and Bharath Ganesh (Sciences Po, France)
Contestation over European integration has been widely studied in the rhetoric of parties, leaders, and movements on the far right […]
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“China’s EU policy in the pandemic era: A new normal?”, Magnus Langset Trøan (NUPI, Norway)
During the pandemic era, media reports and leaks indicate a growing assertiveness from China towards the EU. Is this a […]
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“Governing finance in Europe: a centralisation of rulemaking?”, Adrienne Heritier and Magnus G. Schoeller (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Incorporating insights from a variety of disciplines, Governing Finance in Europe provides a comprehensive framework to investigate the dynamics leading […]
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“China’s political, military and cultural engagement in the MENA region”, Tamás Peragovics and Erzsébet N. Rózsa (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Tamás Peragovics and Erzsébet N. Rózsa have contributed to a book on “The Role of China in the Middle East […]
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“Half-full or half-empty? Framing of UK–EU relations during the Brexit referendum campaign”, Tatiana Coutto (Sciences Po, France)
This article analyses the political construction and politicisation of UK–EU relations by British parliamentarians in Westminster and in the European […]
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“A Comprehensive Strategy EU Strategy for Africa Political Dialogue: Governance, Security and Migration”, Morten Bøås (NUPI, Norway)
Much has changed since the creation of the Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy in 2007. The developing world has been […]
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“Assessing global governance in the area of human trafficking through civil society participation in its regime complex”, Amandine Orsini (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Human trafficking (HT) is a major international problem that states still struggle to tackle. Against this backdrop, this working paper […]
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