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Category: Publications
“The EU and its Neighbourhood: The Politics of Muddling Through”, Tobias Schumacher (College of Europe, Natolin)
Professor Tobias SCHUMACHER, Chairholder of the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, has just published an article titled: ‘The EU and its Neighbourhood: The Politics of […]
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“The European Council and Europe’s Magic Lantern”, Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
The July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
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“Trilemma Tradeoffs in International Relations: Brexit and the Irish Border Question”, Olivier Lewis (College of Europe, Bruges)
During the NEXTEUK Project International Online Conference “Brexit and European integration: Political, policy and legitimacy challenges” – organised by the Centre for European […]
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“A Differentiated “Dual Track” European Union as a Remedy in Times of Cri-sis? Debating Habermas, Arendt, and the Theoretical Foundations of Graduated European In-tegration”, Lars Rensmann (IAI, Italy)
This EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
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“Ideology, Not Strategy, Explains the US Troop Withdrawal from Germany”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
Tracing the partial withdrawal of US assets from Germany back to badly thought-out considerations hardly stands to reason. Those offered […]
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“Italian Peacekeeping Missions: Vast, Praised and Underused”, Gabriele Abbondanza (IAI, Italy)
Italian peace support operations (PSOs) under UN, EU, NATO and Italian aegis are well-known and respected by the peacekeeping community. […]
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“Re-energising Transatlantic Relations: Towards a Different EU Approach to Latin America”, Raffaele Piras (IAI, Italy)
The fast-evolving international environment and the ongoing global pandemic have introduced new challenges and opportunities for Europe’s transatlantic partnerships. While […]
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“Turkey’s ‘reconquests’ in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond”, Daniel Pipes (CEIA, Cyprus)
Daniel Pipes, a historian, is the president of the Middle East Forum. A former official in the U.S. departments of […]
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“EU Defence: Franco-German Cooperation and Europe’s Next Generation Battle Tank”, Ester Sabatino (IAI, Italy)
The land component of European armies suffered from neglect over the past decades, as emerging asymmetric and hybrid threats pushed […]
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“The Conference on the Future of Europe is an opportunity – also for the European Committee of the Regions”, Mark Speich (IEP, Germany)
North Rhine-Westphalia’s State Secretary for European Affairs, Mark Speich (CDU), sees the conference as an opportunity to reduce the over-constitutionalisation […]
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“How Does Differentiated Integration Work in the EU Financial Sector? Spot-light on Banking Union”, Sebastian Mack (IAI, Italy)
Five years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
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“Differentiated Cooperation in European Foreign Policy: The Challenge of Coherence”, Giovanni Grevi et al. (IAI, Italy)
This paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: Addressing the right problems with the right instruments at the right time: Reflections on the Conference on the Future of Europe”, John Erik Fossum (IEP, Germany)
Political scientist John Erik Fossum analyses three key questions that need to be answered in the preparation of the conference: […]
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“Differentiation in ASEAN, ECOWAS and MER-COSUR: A Comparative Analysis”, Bart Gaens, Bernardo Venturi and Anna Ayuso (IAI, Italy)
This policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, […]
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“EU Member States’ approaches to external crisis management”, Māris Andžāns (LIIA, Latvia)
A whole-of-government approach (WGA) to dealing with external conflicts and crises has not been defined as a specific objective in […]
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“Eastern Enlargements and EU Defence Ambitions”, Marcin Zaborowski (IAI, Italy)
Despite their common history, Central Europeans have never had a coordinated or consistent position on the issue of European defence […]
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“Julian Plottka, Enhancing the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
We are happy to announce the publication of three policy papers by our Senior Researchers Manuel Müller und Julian Plottka […]
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“How Many Europes? Fragmentation in the European Space since the Great Re-cession”, Marco Zoppi (IAI, Italy)
Since the Great Recession started in the late 2000s, the European Union (EU) has experienced an acute crisis that has […]
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“Prevailing Themes in Disinformation, Misinformation, and Conspiracy Theories during the COVID-19: Latvian Case Analysis”, Aleksandra Palkova and Artūrs Bikovs (LIIA, Latvia)
The main aim of this publication is to identify the prevailing themes of disinformation, misinformation, and conspiracy theories in Latvia […]
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“How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes To-wards Differentiation? The Cases of France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey”, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the ways in which national identities shape attitudes towards differentiated integration in two old member states, one […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: If there were European elections next Sunday”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
In the eight-weekly European election seat projection on the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, the corona effect, from which national governments […]
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“The European Green Deal: Saving the Planet or Protecting the Markets?”, Danila Bochkarev (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s energy policy has experienced a dramatic shift as the key focus moves towards climate change and environmental concerns rather […]
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“Defence G2G Agreements: National Strategies Support-ing Export and Cooperation”, Alessandro Marrone and Ester Sabatino (IAI, Italy)
Government-to-Government agreements (G2G) represent a widely used instrument for the sale of arms within the defence market, complementary to those […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: The Polarisation Dilemma”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
On the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, our Senior Researcher Manuel Müller compares the lead candidates’ campaigns in the last two […]
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“Italian-Turkish Economic Relations: An Overview”, Sinan Ekim and Nicola Bilotta (IAI, Italy)
The historically stable relationship between Italy and Turkey is experiencing a moment of uncertainty. Italy’s officials and businesspeople generally support […]
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“Europe and the Role of International Cooperation in Combatting Climate Change”, Giulio Maccarrone (IAI, Italy)
For some time now, the observable reality of climate change and environmental degradation has posed significant challenges to the international […]
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“After the presidential elections in Belarus: Germany’s role in formulating a united EU position defending human rights and rule of law”, Katrin Böttger (IEP, Germany)
In the new #BerlinPerspectives Dr. Katrin Böttger analyses the ongoing political crisis in Belarus in the aftermath of the presidential […]
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“The European Commission’s Mission to Reform EU Migration Policy: Will Member States Play Ball?”, Asli Selin Okyay and Luca Barana (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s institutional landscape and political context have evolved considerably over the past year, with implications spanning numerous policy domains, including […]
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“The Planet, Europe and I: What All of Us Can Do to Save Our Planet”, Joël Christoph (IAI, Italy)
Climate change is one of the preeminent global challenges of our times. Humankind is confronted with a range of immediate […]
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“The Sinatra Doctrine: How the EU Should Deal with the US–China Competition”, Josep Borrell (IAI, Italy)
To avoid becoming entrenched between the US and China, the EU should deal with them in its own way: it […]
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“Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus: Element of Defense, Attack, or Political Influence?”, Maksym Bielawski (Razumkov, Ukraine)
Twelve years have passed. In August 2020, physical start-up operations of the first power unit of the nuclear power plant […]
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“Les Cahiers de Tunisie”, Jean-Pierre Cassarino (College of Europe, Bruges)
Le Prof. Jean-Pierre CASSARINO, Chercheur senior de la Chaire de la Politique européenne de Voisinage, vient de publier un dossier thématique, intitulé : « La […]
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“Putting Democratic Values at the Centre of International Assistance to Ukraine”, Oleksiy Melnyk (Razumkov, Ukraine)
Ukraine has made a remarkable progress in the area of SSR during the last six years. The value of Western […]
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“The global transition to a circular economy: Finland needs a stronger focus on the foreign policy dimension to remain a frontrunner”, Okko-Pekka Salmimies (FIIA, Finland)
Finland is preparing a Strategic Programme for the Circular Economy this autumn. It offers an opportunity to strengthen policy coherence […]
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“Towards the 2021 Duma Election: The Russian Opposition Needs Stronger leaders”, Jussi Lassila (FIIA, Finland)
Peopleʼs grievances were not reflected in Russia’s regional elections this year. The Kremlin is reaping the benefits of increasingly blatant […]
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“La question de l’expulsion dans les relations euro-méditerranéennes: Faire la lumière sur la zone grise”, Jean-Pierre Cassarino (College of Europe, Natolin)
Ce dossier comporte les contributions de Haykel Ben MAHFOUDH, Daria DAVITTI, Valeria HÄNSEL et Jean-Pierre CASSARINO. Les auteurs partent tous […]
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“Turbulence in arms control: Open Skies Treaty became a victim of the great power competition”, Jyri Lavikainen (FIIA, Finland)
Non-compliance and disputes between Russia and the US resulted in the US exiting the Open Skies Treaty. If Russia withdraws […]
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“COVID-19 and Civil Conflict: The Cases of Syria, Libya and Yemen”, Bülent Aras and Devin Patrick Brown (IPC, Turkey)
Senior Scholar Bülent Aras and IPC Intern Devin Patrick Brown’s policy brief “COVID-19 and Civil Conflict: The Cases of Syria, […]
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“The Helsinki Process and its applicability: Towards regional security-building in the Persian Gulf”, Mikael Wigell, Mika Aaltola and Mariette Hägglund (FIIA, Finland)
The idea of a ‘Middle East Helsinki Process’ has been raised as a potential collective security mechanism to help avoid […]
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“Belarus without Lukashenko: How it became a realistic scenario”, Arkady Moshes and Ryhor Nizhnikau (FIIA, Finland)
Alexander Lukashenko’s “victory” in the election cannot bridge the gap between the president and the modern part of Belarusian society. […]
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“Mega-regionals and the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement: A Historical Institutionalist Analysis”, Tatiana Kakara (College of Europe, Bruges)
The European Union (EU) has increasingly turned towards the conclusion of mega-regional free trade agreements (FTAs). Drawing on historical institutionalism, […]
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“The Belarusian revolution and the Kremlin”, Carmen Claudín (CIDOB, Spain)
Moscow is increasingly alone in eastern Europe. A revolution is underway in Belarus and the legitimacy of Russian hegemony is […]
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“Differentiation in ASEAN, ECOWAS and MERCOSUR: A comparative analysis”, Anna Ayuso, Bart Gaens and Bernardo Venturi, Giovanni Grevi and Marco Zeiss (CIDOB, Barcelona)
This policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, the paper […]
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“Great-power competition and the rising US-China rivalry: Towards a new normal?”, Bart Gaens and Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
The United States and China are posited to be at the epicenter of an emerging and – by most accounts […]
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“President Zelensky’s first year leading Ukraine: A case of déjà vu”, Ryhor Nizhnikau (FIIA, Finland)
During his first year as President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky prioritized presidential power-building. In order to do so, he relied […]
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“Delegated act or implementing act: clearly delineated?”, Sabina Lange (EIPA, Maastricht)
Almost a decade after the Lisbon Treaty introduced the division, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on […]
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“The EU agenda and the right of initiative”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
The Conference on the Future of Europe was to be launched on 9 May 2020 to debate the EU’s priorities, […]
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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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“Nothing New Under the Sun? Continuity and Change in Russian Policy Towards Ukraine”, James Sherr (EFPI, Estonia)
The aims of this report are to explain Ukraine’s consolidation, resilience and determination to make its own decisions despite great […]
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“Beyond Protection: Why the EU Should Shift to Ethnic Minority Integration in Georgia”, Victor Le Grix (College of Europe, Bruges)
In the context of the European Union’s relations with Georgia, association instruments properly address issues related to the protection of […]
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“The Future EU–UK Partnership: A Historical Institutionalist Perspective”, Sieglinde Gstöhl and David Phinnemore (College of Europe, Bruges)
This article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) […]
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“Empty Shell no More: China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe”, Ivana Karásková, Alicja Bachulska, Ágnes Szunomár, Stefan Vladisavljev, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Konstantinas Andrijauskas, Liisi Karindi, Andrea Leonte, Nina Pejič & Filip Šebok (CIR, Slovenia)
Authors from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) analyze China’s economic, political and social footprint in the region. They provide policy […]
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“Differentiated cooperation in European foreign policy: The challenge of coherence”, Pol Morillas, Eduard Soler i Lecha, Giovanni Grevi and Marco Zeiss (CIDOB, Spain)
This paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and the foreign […]
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“UN @ 75: Rethinking multilateralism”, Pol Bargués (CIDOB, Spain)
This CIDOB Report examines the challenges currently facing the UN and offers pathways for the reform and strengthening of multilateralism […]
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“The European Union’s New Foreign Policy”, Martin Westlake (College of Europe, Bruges)
This book brings together senior practitioners and academic specialists to consider how the EU’s new foreign policy has been evolving […]
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“Could a Bridge between the EU and Latin America Boost Innova-tion “Sovereignty” in a Multipolar World?”, Nicola Bilotta and Alissa Siara (IAI, Italy)
The economic ramifications of COVID-19 will accentuate the technological innovation gap between Latin America and the rest of the world. […]
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“Methodological Pluralism in European Political Science”, Virginie Guiraudon (Sciences Po, France)
This chapter reflects on the diversity of approaches in political science and its associated challenges, comparing them with the risks […]
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“Some international players have a strategy in Libya, others not”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
The EU has been reduced to the role of bystander, paralysed by the conflict between Italy and France which support […]
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“EU Policy and the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Time for a Reassessment”, Amer Al-Hussein (IAI, Italy)
The West is not only Donald Trump’s USA; it is high time for Europe to think of its interests in […]
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“Attitudes to immigration in the Arab World: Explaining an overlooked anomaly”, James Dennison and Mohamed Nasr (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This paper explores public attitudes to immigration in the Arab world and considers their effects on migration policies in the […]
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TEPSA-IESIR Online Event: “Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, 24 September 2020
The Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) and its member institute from Slovakia, the Institute of European Studies and International […]
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“Emergency Powers, COVID-19 and the New Challenge for Human Rights”, Michele Collazzo and Alexandra Tyan (IAI, Italy)
“A human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis”. UN Secretary General António Guterres was among the first […]
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“The European asylum system: A necessary case of differentiation”, Emmanuel Comte (CIDOB, Spain)
The European asylum system is based on the 1990 Dublin Convention and its revisions and developments in EU law. It […]
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“Differentiated Integration in the EMU: Impact on Policy Ef-fectiveness and Political Unity”, Marta Pilati and Francesco De Angelis (IAI, Italy)
This paper describes and assesses the functioning of differentiated integration arrangements in the field of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). […]
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“Uni-formity and Differentiation in the Fundamentals of EU Membership”, Ivan Damjanovski, Christophe Hillion and Denis Preshova (IEP, Germany)
Measures to contain the corona pandemic are exacerbating existing trends in some EU member states: For years Poland and Hungary […]
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TEPSA-IWE CERS Online Event: “Euroscepticism in Hungary and Slovenia: an Analysis”
On September 21, the Institute of World Economics CERS and the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), hosted an online […]
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“Bringing Paris into the EU’s Energy Infrastructure Policy: What Future for Gas?”, Marco Giuli (IAI, Italy)
Rapidly evolving climate policies, technologies and energy security requirements call for an infrastructure policy that is integrated into wider transformational […]
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Watch: TEPSA Explainer “Euroscepticism in Slovakia”
In this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Lucia Mokrá, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences […]
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“Manifesto for a Post-COVID-19 Recovery Towards Smarter and More Sustainable Transport”, Matthias Finger, Juan Montero and Teodora Serafimova (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This Manifesto sets out to examine the response to the Covid-19 crisis in matters of transport at this stage and […]
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“Has a Red Line Been Crossed in Serbia? Enlargement as Yet Another Crucial Test for the German EU Presidency”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
While minimum democratic standards were upheld during the vote, Serbian democracy has taken a hard hit as a result of the partially boycotted […]
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Call for Contributions: “The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism” (IWE CERS, Hungary)
On behalf of Magdolna Sass and Miklós Szanyi from the Institute of World Economics (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies), […]
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“The EU’s ambitious plans for a climate-neutral Europe”, Bob Savic (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The European Commission has launched a Communication, on Energy System Integration (ESI) and Hydrogen strategies, as part of its framework for […]
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The (European) Federalist: “If there were European elections next Sunday (June 2020)” (IEP, Germany)
What will the “new normal” look like after Corona? Where will there be a return to the previous state, what […]
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“The weaponisation of synthetic media: what threat does this pose to national security?”, Matteo E. Bonfanti (Elcano, Spain)
The article deals with the national security implications generated by the weaponisation of AI-manipulated digital content. In particular, it outlines […]
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“Exploring Political Legacies”, Colin Hay, Stephen Farrall, Emily Gray (Sciences Po, France)
The concept of the political legacy, despite its importance for institutionalist and historically-minded political analysts more generally, remains both elusive […]
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“Hard Brexit plus COVID equals Divorce?”, Andrew Black (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
President Clinton admonished us that it was “the economy, stupid”. Perhaps, in the current febrile situation this should be amended […]
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“Russia in Latin America: repercussions for Spain”, Mira Milosevich-Juaristi (Elcano, Spain)
The disappearance of the Soviet Union in 1991 significantly reduced Moscow’s influence in Latin America. Its geopolitical influence in the […]
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“Economic Analysis of Georgia’s Free Trade Agreements with EU and China”, Mikheil Mgebrishvili (PMC, Georgia)
It’s been five years after DCFTA was implemented and two years have passed since FTA with China. It is interesting […]
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“Syrian Textile Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Closer Cooperation between Turkey and the EU”, Jannes Tessmann (IPC, Turkey)
2018/19 Mercator-IPC Fellow Jannes Tessmann’s policy brief “Syrian Textile Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Closer Cooperation between […]
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“Overcoming the net position thinking in EU member states”, Julia Bachtrögler-Unger, Mario Holzner, Veronika Kubeková and Margit Schratzenstaller (ÖGFE, Austria)
Focusing primarily on the question of net contributions to the EU budget instead of the question of the ideal size […]
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“Building a Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with, not for, Cities”, Sylvia I. Bergh (CIDOB, Spain)
How can more support for decentralised cooperation revive and improve the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP)? This CIDOB Briefing reports and reflects […]
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“Scotland’s England Problem”, Kirsty Hughes (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
That the UK’s union of four nations is under strain is not new to anyone who has been paying attention. […]
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“Living with COVID-19: The thinking behind Spain’s lockdown exit plan”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)
Spain’s lockdown exit plan is based on four pillars: (1) proper data and healthcare capacities; (2) geographical asymmetry; (3) a two-way street […]
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“From Roma autochthonous homophily to socialisation and community building in the Parisian metropolitan region shantytowns”, Grégoire Cousin, Federico Bianchi, Tommaso Vitale (Sciences Po, France)
Contemporary West European shantytowns have essentially been studied with qualitative methods. Questions related to their ethnic structure, homophily and interaction […]
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“Green Deal Watch, No. 1”, Margherita Bianchi, Lorenzo Colantoni and Luca Franza (IAI, Italy)
This is the first issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) […]
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Migration Policy Centre Annual Report 2019 (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The Migration Policy Centre Annual Report gives an overview of the programmes’ activities, research themes and achievements in 2019. Read […]
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“Framing an EU Response to Israel’s Annexation of the West Bank”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Europeans should reflect on the consequences of Israel’s ongoing disenfranchisement of Palestinian rights, the last iteration of which is Prime […]
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“The European Investment Bank’s financing activities in the Southern Mediterranean”, Tamás Szigetvári (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The Southern Mediterranean, as a neighbouring region for the European Union has received a special interest in the EU policies […]
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“How far can the Northern Ireland Protocol limit Brexit’s economic damage?”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
No version of Brexit avoids disruption for Northern Ireland and the peace process. Furthermore, it is inherent in the logic […]
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The (European) Federalist: “Pan-European lists – but how?” (IEP, Germany)
The public debate on pan-European (or, in Brussels jargon, “transnational”) European election lists has become a little quieter over the […]
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“Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy”, Félix Arteaga and Luis Simón (Elcano, Spain)
EU and Spanish foreign policy were undergoing a transition from multilateralism to strategic autonomy to adapt to an increasingly competitive […]
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“The new bureaucratic phenomenon: government by performance stuck between bureaucratisation, markets, and politics”, Philippe Bezes (Sciences Po, France)
Having been at the heart of the work done by the founding fathers of the sociological study of bureaucracies in […]
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“Italy and the Libyan Crisis: What Lessons for Foreign Policy?”, Camellia Mahjoubi (IAI, Italy)
Since 2011 the Libyan crisis has never stopped posing questions to the Italian political class and public opinion, showing all […]
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“FDI according to ultimate versus immediate investor countries: which dataset performs better?”, Magdolna Sass and Imre Fertő (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an ever-increasing role in the world economy; however, empirical research on many aspects of FDI […]
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“Belt and Road Cities Begin to Find their Form”, Simon Curtis and Maximilian Mayer (CIDOB, Spain)
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, China continues to invest financial and political capital in its Belt and Road Initiative. As it […]
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“In a mad Brexit world, “no deal” makes some kind of sense”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The Conservative government has been surprisingly successful in avoiding public discussion of the disappearance on 30th June of its option to […]
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“A Conference of Citizens and Parliaments: From the Conference on the Future of Europe to the Future for Europe’s Conferences”, Axel Schäfer (IEP, Germany)
Preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are ongoing. What are our expectations and wishes for it? Three […]
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“Balancing geopolitics with Green Deal recovery: in search of a comprehensive Euro-Mediterranean energy script”, Gonzalo Escribano and Lara Lázaro (Elcano, Spain)
To be consistent with both its energy and foreign policies, the EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan has to develop […]
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“China, EU and Georgia Nexus: Unpacking the Economic and Political Relations”, Irakli Sirbiladze and Mikheil Mgebrishvili (PMC, Georgia)
The main objective of the research is to study the impacts that free trade agreements with the EU (DCFTA) and […]
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