This paper seeks to explore the underlying power dynamics between supranational and national actors within the European Union. It argues […]
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Category: Publications
“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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“Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation: What history suggests about future scenarios, FIIA Briefing Paper”, Charly Salonius and Henri Vanhanen (FIIA, Finland)
Defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden has a history that far predates the most recent ‘reignition’ of 2014, and is […]
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“EU-UK Relations After the High Level Conference, IAI Commentaries”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)
The respective positions of the two parties continue to remain quite distant. The four rounds of negotiations conducted so far, […]
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“The Hungarian administrative system: from centralization to regionalization and back”, Tamás Szigetvári (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The paper deals with the development of the administrative system in Hungary with a special focus on centralisation and decentralisation […]
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“Main Battle Tanks, Europe and the Implications for Italy”, Alessandro Marrone and Ester Sabatino (IAI, Italy)
Since 2014 Russia’s war in Crimea, NATO’s renewed priority to collective defence implies higher requirements for its members, and allies […]
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“Geopolitics and Italian Foreign Policy in the Age of Renewable Energy”, Luca Franza, Margherita Bianchi and Luca Bergamaschi (IAI, Italy)
Climate change is a major security challenge of the 21st century. While inaction would lead to catastrophic consequences (with implications […]
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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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“The European Parliament: One year after the European elections”, Johanna Edthofer and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
After a long time of negotiations and political tug-of-war, the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. Since […]
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“Mass Migration as a Hybrid Threat to European Security”, Ioannis P. Sotiropoulos (CEIA, Cyprus)
The recent attempt of thousands of migrants to illegally enter the Greek/European territory by crossing the Greek Turkish borders in […]
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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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“Why didn’t the 5 Star Movement break through in Milan? A metropolitan-scale structural analysis”, Niccolo Morelli, Tommaso Vitale, Jonathan Pratschke, Bruno Cousin, et al. (Sciences Po, France)
This article assesses the pre-adoption, adoption, implementation and impact of party parity penalties established in 2002 to promote gender equality […]
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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, Caterina Froio and Ralph Schroeder (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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“Party penalties for parity: less than meets the eye”, Amy Mazur, Éléonore Lépinard, Anja Durovic, et al. (Sciences Po, France)
This article assesses the pre-adoption, adoption, implementation and impact of party parity penalties established in 2002 to promote gender equality […]
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“Solidarity in the time of COVID-19: towards new engagements”, Tommaso Vitale and Ettore Recchi (Sciences Po, France)
In the first weeks as we emerge from lockdown, a number of groups have warned of the risk inherent in […]
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“Are Capitalist Democracies Really Resilient? A Response to Torben Iversen”, Jenny Andersson, Uppsala University and Cyril Benoît (Sciences Po, France)
For Torben Iversen, capitalism is not responsible for the crisis democracies are currently facing. Responding to this argument, Jenny Andersson […]
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Watch: TEPSA Explainer “Eurosceptics in Germany: the Illusion of an Alternative”
In this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Katrin Böttger and Funda Tekin from the Institut für Europäische Politik […]
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“Corona pandemic and the German EU Council Presidency”, Funda Tekin and Jana Schubert (IEP, Germany)
In their article “Deutschlands Corona-Präsidentschaft. Weichenstellungen für die Zukunft Europas“ (German only), Funda Tekin and Jana Schubert give an outlook […]
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“Why Bergamot?”, Marco Cremaschi (Sciences Po, France)
The Italian region of Bergamot in Italy has been one of the places in the world that has been the […]
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Watch: TEPSA Explainer “Euroscepticism in Finland”
In this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Juha Jokela from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) takes […]
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“Transnational lists can save the Spitzenkandidaten system”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
In a guest article for the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist” Charles Goerens, vice-chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional […]
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“A COVID-19 Moment for Technological Sovereignty in Europe?”, Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered important debates about technological and industrial sovereignty in Europe. The lack of essential equipment such […]
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“The use of development funds for de-risking private investment: how effective is it in delivering development results?”, by Kate Bayliss, Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Ourania Dimakou, Christina Laskaridis, Bruno Bonizzi, and Farwa Sial
TEPSA has recently coordinated a study for the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE), authored by Dr Kate BAYLISS (Senior […]
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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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New issue of “La Regionisto” – The Regions of Europe Society’s journal (College of Europe, Natolin)
The Regions of Europe Society, founded by a group of students of the College of Europe in Natolin, is really […]
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“Assessing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for teaching Energy Transition and Governance”, Rachel Guyet and François Bafoil (CIFE)
Seeking to integrate the consequences of the pandemic compels us to deepen our reflections on governance, with in the forefront […]
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“Cooperation, competition and local politics amid COVID-19”, Francesca Ghiretti and Lorenzo Mariani (IAI, Italy)
In John Seaman (ed.), Covid-19 in Europe-China Relations A country-level analysis. ETNC Special Report, Paris, French Institute of International Relations […]
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“Solidarity and coronavirus: the end of naïve Europeanism?”, Héctor Sánchez Margalef (CIDOB, Spain)
The solidarity (or lack thereof) prompted by the coronavirus crisis might have an unexpected consequence: the end of naïve Europeanism […]
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“Citizenship: Contrasting Dynamics at the Interface of Integration and Constitutionalism”, Jo Shaw (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This working paper explores the complex tapestry of citizenship in the European Union context, and examines how discourses of citizenship […]
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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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“The European Free Trade Association: An Intergovernmental Platform for Trade Relations”, Georges Baur (LI, Liechtenstein)
This book shall be an introduction into the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as an international organization and, inter alia, […]
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“Work in London, Love in Paris: Middle Class Mobility over the Channel Tunnel”, Christine Barwick and Patrick Le Gales (Sciences Po, France)
Our paper contributes to the analysis of the transformation of middle classes in Europe by linking the issue of spatialization […]
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“European Defence and PESCO: Don’t Waste the Chance”, Sven Biscop (IAI, Italy)
Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is a major initiative in differentiated integration within the EU in the field of defence. This […]
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“What previous crises tell us about the likely impact of COVID19 on the EU”, Marianne Riddervold, Jarle Trondal and Aksemi Newsome (NUPI, Norway)
The Covid-19 crisis and its wide-ranging consequences illustrate the importance of understanding how the EU responds to crises. Drawing on […]
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“Disinformation and power: the intermediaries crisis”, edited by Daniel Innerarity and Carme Colomina (CIDOB, Spain)
The digital acceleration has transformed the media, narratives, information consumption, and the configuration of public opinion. The rise of social […]
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“COVID-19 Exposes Italy’s Vulnerability to US-China Antagonism”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
Sars-Cov-2, the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has put Italy’s healthcare system under severe strain and indirectly plunged the […]
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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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“COVID-19, Border Closures, and International Law”, Bríd Ní Ghráinne (IIR, Czech Republic)
IIR Senior Researcher Bríd Ní Ghráinne published a new reflection about the coronavirus. In her work, she focuses on the […]
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TEPSA Explainer: Euroscepticism in Albania
In this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Leonie Vrugtman from the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) takes […]
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“From a Europe of Bits and Pieces to a Union of Variegated Differentiation”, Deirdre Curtin (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Thirty years after the Europe of bits and pieces of the Maastricht Treaty, the EU legal system has evolved beyond […]
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“COVID-19 puts China at centre of increasingly divisive national debate”, Rudolf Fürst (IIR, Czech Republic)
China has been providing medical supplies and support to many European states affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chinese “face-mask” diplomacy […]
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“Political elites and citizens view EU cooperation with scepticism”, Jan Kovář (IIR, Czech Republic)
The European Policy Institutes Network has published a report on the various responses to the Covid-19 crisis and how EU […]
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“Consuming Culture in the era of COVID-19”, Giovanna Di Mauro (College of Europe, Natolin)
The British Sociological Association (BSA) has published a blog post authored by Dr Giovanna DI MAURO, Student Affairs Officer at […]
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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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“European Identity and the Test of COVID-19”, Irene Caratelli (IAI, Italy)
What does it mean to be European? Identity is not a natural element, biologically determined and fixed in time, but […]
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“Lessons from a global crisis: coronavirus, the international order and the future of the EU”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Spain)
The coronavirus crisis will confront us with certain lessons. Questions will be asked about our democracies, the authoritarian regimes of […]
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“Syrian Workers and Informality in the Textile Sector in Istanbul”, Gökçe Uysal and Engin Volkan (IPC, Turkey)
2019/20 Mercator-IPC Fellow Gökçe Uysal and independent researcher Engin Volkan’s policy brief “Syrian Workers and Informality in the Textile Sector […]
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“Extending Loans and Providing Equity: The EIB and National Development Banks Must Act Now”, Matthias Thiemann and Peter Volberding (Sciences Po, France)
“The European Union is at a pivotal moment. The debate over how solidarity should be organised to respond jointly to […]
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“A gender bias in the European Journal of Political Research?”, Emiliano Grossman (Sciences Po, France)
Publications have become the single most important factor of career evaluation in the social sciences, as well as in most […]
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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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“Economy should take centre stage in EU’s (security) links with North Africa”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
One of the unavoidable consequences of the current pandemic will be the repatriation of part of the value chains of […]
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“Treacherous Mirror: Misinterpreting Italian Euroscepticism”, Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 crisis triggered intense debates about Italy’s position concerning Europe. While the epidemic was kicking in, criticism against the […]
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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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“Coronabonds and Eurobonds: the stakes for the Eurozone”, Laurent Baechler, Arnaud leconte and Jean-Claude Vérez (CIFE)
After having hypothesised that eurobonds ought to be instituted as a result of the effects of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, […]
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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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“Exclusion and Inclusion: The Core of Chechen Mobilization to Jihad”, Julie Wilhelmsen (NUPI, Norway)
The article explores the broad social and relational drivers behind mobilization of Chechens into armed jihad in the Levant. It […]
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“A Fumbling or an Enabling European Union: Envisioning Multilateralism in a Post-Corona World”, Atila Eralp and Fuat Keyman (IPC, Turkey)
2019/20 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Atila Eralp and Director Fuat Keyman’s policy brief “A Fumbling or an Enabling European Union: Envisioning […]
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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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“Inside Spain Nr. 172”, 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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“Improving Food Choices Through Nutrition Labelling: Towards a Common ‘Nutri-Score’ Scheme Across the EU – CEPOB 3.20”, Vincent Delhomme (College of Europe, Bruges)
The European Union is committed to the global fight against obesity and overweight, in which nutrition labelling plays an important […]
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“Weaponising the Exit Agreement: the ongoing Irish dimension of Brexit”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Dr Andrew Blick analyses the complex issues caused for the island of Ireland by Brexit; and warns the British government […]
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“Preventing Organized Crime. The Need for a Context-Sensitive, System-Wide Approach”, Kari Osland and Arthur Boutellis (NUPI, Norway)
Recent years have seen important developments regarding the UN Security Council and the UN Secretariat. The Security Council, which has […]
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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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“Inside Spain Nr. 171”, 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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“How Relevant? The EU’s ‘Geopolitical’ Commission and the Response to the COVID19 Pandemic – CEPOB 4.20”, Tommaso Emiliani (College of Europe, Bruges)
The COVID19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge for the European Union (EU), posing existential internal as well as external threats […]
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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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“Norway: Crisis highlights normality in bilateral relations with China”, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI, Norway)
The chapter describes the situation in Norway and is part of a larger report on China’s relations to European countries […]
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“25 Years of Liechtenstein’s EEA Membership – Survey Findings: Study on behalf of the Ministry of General Government Affairs and Finance”, Christian Frommelt (LI, Liechtenstein)
Liechtenstein joined the European Economic Area (EEA) 25 years ago. On this occasion, the Liechtenstein Institute conducted a survey on […]
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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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National Security & Defence Journal No.1–2: “Ukraine’s European Integration: The Russian Factor” (Razumkov, Ukraine)
The Razumkov Centre presents the issue of “National Security & Defence” journal No.1–2 (2020) with the results of the Project […]
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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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“Spain-China relations and COVID-19: the bright and dark sides of a necessary partnership for Spain”, Mario Esteban and Ugo Armanini (Elcano, Spain)
As to whether COVID-19 will bolster or erode China’s international influence, for the time being there is no qualitative change […]
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“Social and Economic Reconstruction of the European Union Dimensions: Toward Bottom-Up and Top-Down Institutional Reconstruction of the European Union – more inclusive, more sustainable and more pluralistic EU”, Matjaž Nahtigal (CIR, Slovenia)
The purpose of this monograph is to show that there is a path beyond the pessimistic, shallow, fragmentary EU on […]
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“The influence, and weakness, of Spain’s European policy in the face of the pandemic: from a diagnostic to proposals and recommendations”, Ignacio Molina and Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The coronavirus represents a major challenge for the EU and its Member States, with Spain among the countries that will […]
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“Rebuilding Sweden’s crisis preparedness: Lack of clarity impedes implementation”, Mariette Hägglund (FIIA, Finland)
Changes in the security environment and Sweden’s related policy changes adopted in the early 2000s made large national-level planning and […]
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“Is Spain doing well or badly in its response to COVID-19?”, Carmen González Enríquez (Elcano, Spain)
“Comparisons are odious, as the saying goes, and yet we all like making them. In fact, we like them so […]
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“Turkey in Africa: Chasing markets and power with a neo-Ottoman rhetoric”, Toni Alaranta (FIIA, Finland)
Turkey’s increasing activity in Africa is part of its new foreign policy doctrine within which Turkey is conceptualized as a […]
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“Oil markets, energy transition, climate governance and COVID-19: the short, the medium and the long term”, Gonzalo Escribano and Lara Lázaro-Touza (Elcano, Spain)
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered the energy outlook, both in economic and geopolitical terms. Climate governance has also been […]
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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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“Coronavirus crisis – trade effects for the Iberian and Visegrád countries”, Andrea Éltető (IWE CERS, Hungary)
In this paper I describe some characteristics of the foreign trade of two European semi-peripheric regions: the Iberian countries (Spain […]
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“International responses to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: From political inaction to growing legal pressure”, Katja Creutz (FIIA, Finland)
In December 2019, Myanmar defended itself before the International Court of Justice against genocide charges for the atrocities committed in […]
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“The end of globalisation? A reflection on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis using the Elcano Global Presence Index”, Iliana Olivié and Manuel Gracia (Elcano, Spain)
Similar to the 2008 crisis, the current pandemic and its consequences could precipitate a slowdown in globalisation or even result […]
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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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“Eurasian Union fails a critical test: Displaying irrelevance in the time of the corona crisis”, Arkady Moshes, Ryhor Nizhnikau and Kristiina Silvan (FIIA, Finland)
“The COVID19 pandemic has subjected the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to a double ordeal. On the one hand, the question […]
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“COVID19 bends the rules on internal border controls: Yet another crisis undermining the Schengen acquis?”, Saila Heinikoski (FIIA, Finland)
Free movement within the Schengen Area has been challenged in recent years by national measures: from internal border checks after […]
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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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