Currently, the world system is in a state of complex crisis and transformation. The overall influence of its US-led centre […]
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Currently, the world system is in a state of complex crisis and transformation. The overall influence of its US-led centre […]
Read moreProfessor Tobias SCHUMACHER, Chairholder of the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, has just published an article titled: ‘The EU and its Neighbourhood: The Politics of […]
Read moreThe July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
Read moreDuring the NEXTEUK Project International Online Conference “Brexit and European integration: Political, policy and legitimacy challenges” – organised by the Centre for European […]
Read moreThis EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
Read moreTracing the partial withdrawal of US assets from Germany back to badly thought-out considerations hardly stands to reason. Those offered […]
Read moreItalian peace support operations (PSOs) under UN, EU, NATO and Italian aegis are well-known and respected by the peacekeeping community. […]
Read moreThe fast-evolving international environment and the ongoing global pandemic have introduced new challenges and opportunities for Europe’s transatlantic partnerships. While […]
Read moreDaniel Pipes, a historian, is the president of the Middle East Forum. A former official in the U.S. departments of […]
Read moreThe land component of European armies suffered from neglect over the past decades, as emerging asymmetric and hybrid threats pushed […]
Read moreNorth Rhine-Westphalia’s State Secretary for European Affairs, Mark Speich (CDU), sees the conference as an opportunity to reduce the over-constitutionalisation […]
Read moreFive years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
Read moreThis paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and […]
Read morePolitical scientist John Erik Fossum analyses three key questions that need to be answered in the preparation of the conference: […]
Read moreThis policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, […]
Read moreA whole-of-government approach (WGA) to dealing with external conflicts and crises has not been defined as a specific objective in […]
Read moreDespite their common history, Central Europeans have never had a coordinated or consistent position on the issue of European defence […]
Read moreWe are happy to announce the publication of three policy papers by our Senior Researchers Manuel Müller und Julian Plottka […]
Read moreSince the Great Recession started in the late 2000s, the European Union (EU) has experienced an acute crisis that has […]
Read moreThe main aim of this publication is to identify the prevailing themes of disinformation, misinformation, and conspiracy theories in Latvia […]
Read moreThis paper explores the ways in which national identities shape attitudes towards differentiated integration in two old member states, one […]
Read moreIn the eight-weekly European election seat projection on the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, the corona effect, from which national governments […]
Read moreEurope’s energy policy has experienced a dramatic shift as the key focus moves towards climate change and environmental concerns rather […]
Read moreGovernment-to-Government agreements (G2G) represent a widely used instrument for the sale of arms within the defence market, complementary to those […]
Read moreOn the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, our Senior Researcher Manuel Müller compares the lead candidates’ campaigns in the last two […]
Read moreThe historically stable relationship between Italy and Turkey is experiencing a moment of uncertainty. Italy’s officials and businesspeople generally support […]
Read moreFor some time now, the observable reality of climate change and environmental degradation has posed significant challenges to the international […]
Read moreIn the new #BerlinPerspectives Dr. Katrin Böttger analyses the ongoing political crisis in Belarus in the aftermath of the presidential […]
Read moreEurope’s institutional landscape and political context have evolved considerably over the past year, with implications spanning numerous policy domains, including […]
Read moreClimate change is one of the preeminent global challenges of our times. Humankind is confronted with a range of immediate […]
Read moreTo avoid becoming entrenched between the US and China, the EU should deal with them in its own way: it […]
Read moreTwelve years have passed. In August 2020, physical start-up operations of the first power unit of the nuclear power plant […]
Read moreLe Prof. Jean-Pierre CASSARINO, Chercheur senior de la Chaire de la Politique européenne de Voisinage, vient de publier un dossier thématique, intitulé : « La […]
Read moreUkraine has made a remarkable progress in the area of SSR during the last six years. The value of Western […]
Read moreFinland is preparing a Strategic Programme for the Circular Economy this autumn. It offers an opportunity to strengthen policy coherence […]
Read morePeopleʼs grievances were not reflected in Russia’s regional elections this year. The Kremlin is reaping the benefits of increasingly blatant […]
Read moreCe dossier comporte les contributions de Haykel Ben MAHFOUDH, Daria DAVITTI, Valeria HÄNSEL et Jean-Pierre CASSARINO. Les auteurs partent tous […]
Read moreNon-compliance and disputes between Russia and the US resulted in the US exiting the Open Skies Treaty. If Russia withdraws […]
Read moreSenior Scholar Bülent Aras and IPC Intern Devin Patrick Brown’s policy brief “COVID-19 and Civil Conflict: The Cases of Syria, […]
Read moreThe idea of a ‘Middle East Helsinki Process’ has been raised as a potential collective security mechanism to help avoid […]
Read moreAlexander Lukashenko’s “victory” in the election cannot bridge the gap between the president and the modern part of Belarusian society. […]
Read moreThe European Union (EU) has increasingly turned towards the conclusion of mega-regional free trade agreements (FTAs). Drawing on historical institutionalism, […]
Read moreMoscow is increasingly alone in eastern Europe. A revolution is underway in Belarus and the legitimacy of Russian hegemony is […]
Read moreThis policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, the paper […]
Read moreThe United States and China are posited to be at the epicenter of an emerging and – by most accounts […]
Read moreDuring his first year as President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky prioritized presidential power-building. In order to do so, he relied […]
Read moreAlmost a decade after the Lisbon Treaty introduced the division, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on […]
Read moreThe Conference on the Future of Europe was to be launched on 9 May 2020 to debate the EU’s priorities, […]
Read moreThis analysis focuses on the countries in the Nordic-Baltic region – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden – and […]
Read moreThe aims of this report are to explain Ukraine’s consolidation, resilience and determination to make its own decisions despite great […]
Read moreIn the context of the European Union’s relations with Georgia, association instruments properly address issues related to the protection of […]
Read moreThis article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) […]
Read moreAuthors from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) analyze China’s economic, political and social footprint in the region. They provide policy […]
Read moreThis paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and the foreign […]
Read moreThis CIDOB Report examines the challenges currently facing the UN and offers pathways for the reform and strengthening of multilateralism […]
Read moreThis book brings together senior practitioners and academic specialists to consider how the EU’s new foreign policy has been evolving […]
Read moreThe economic ramifications of COVID-19 will accentuate the technological innovation gap between Latin America and the rest of the world. […]
Read moreThis chapter reflects on the diversity of approaches in political science and its associated challenges, comparing them with the risks […]
Read moreThe EU has been reduced to the role of bystander, paralysed by the conflict between Italy and France which support […]
Read moreThe West is not only Donald Trump’s USA; it is high time for Europe to think of its interests in […]
Read moreThis paper explores public attitudes to immigration in the Arab world and considers their effects on migration policies in the […]
Read moreThe Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) and its member institute from Slovakia, the Institute of European Studies and International […]
Read more“A human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis”. UN Secretary General António Guterres was among the first […]
Read moreThe European asylum system is based on the 1990 Dublin Convention and its revisions and developments in EU law. It […]
Read moreThis paper describes and assesses the functioning of differentiated integration arrangements in the field of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). […]
Read moreMeasures to contain the corona pandemic are exacerbating existing trends in some EU member states: For years Poland and Hungary […]
Read moreOn September 21, the Institute of World Economics CERS and the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), hosted an online […]
Read moreRapidly evolving climate policies, technologies and energy security requirements call for an infrastructure policy that is integrated into wider transformational […]
Read moreIn this contribution to the ongoing TEPSA Explainers series, Lucia Mokrá, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences […]
Read moreThis Manifesto sets out to examine the response to the Covid-19 crisis in matters of transport at this stage and […]
Read moreWhile minimum democratic standards were upheld during the vote, Serbian democracy has taken a hard hit as a result of the partially boycotted […]
Read moreOn behalf of Magdolna Sass and Miklós Szanyi from the Institute of World Economics (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies), […]
Read moreThe European Commission has launched a Communication, on Energy System Integration (ESI) and Hydrogen strategies, as part of its framework for […]
Read moreWhat will the “new normal” look like after Corona? Where will there be a return to the previous state, what […]
Read moreThe article deals with the national security implications generated by the weaponisation of AI-manipulated digital content. In particular, it outlines […]
Read moreThe concept of the political legacy, despite its importance for institutionalist and historically-minded political analysts more generally, remains both elusive […]
Read morePresident Clinton admonished us that it was “the economy, stupid”. Perhaps, in the current febrile situation this should be amended […]
Read moreThe disappearance of the Soviet Union in 1991 significantly reduced Moscow’s influence in Latin America. Its geopolitical influence in the […]
Read moreIt’s been five years after DCFTA was implemented and two years have passed since FTA with China. It is interesting […]
Read more2018/19 Mercator-IPC Fellow Jannes Tessmann’s policy brief “Syrian Textile Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Closer Cooperation between […]
Read moreFocusing primarily on the question of net contributions to the EU budget instead of the question of the ideal size […]
Read moreHow can more support for decentralised cooperation revive and improve the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP)? This CIDOB Briefing reports and reflects […]
Read moreThat the UK’s union of four nations is under strain is not new to anyone who has been paying attention. […]
Read moreSpain’s lockdown exit plan is based on four pillars: (1) proper data and healthcare capacities; (2) geographical asymmetry; (3) a two-way street […]
Read moreContemporary West European shantytowns have essentially been studied with qualitative methods. Questions related to their ethnic structure, homophily and interaction […]
Read moreThis is the first issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) […]
Read moreThe Migration Policy Centre Annual Report gives an overview of the programmes’ activities, research themes and achievements in 2019. Read […]
Read moreEuropeans should reflect on the consequences of Israel’s ongoing disenfranchisement of Palestinian rights, the last iteration of which is Prime […]
Read moreThe Southern Mediterranean, as a neighbouring region for the European Union has received a special interest in the EU policies […]
Read moreNo version of Brexit avoids disruption for Northern Ireland and the peace process. Furthermore, it is inherent in the logic […]
Read moreThe public debate on pan-European (or, in Brussels jargon, “transnational”) European election lists has become a little quieter over the […]
Read moreEU and Spanish foreign policy were undergoing a transition from multilateralism to strategic autonomy to adapt to an increasingly competitive […]
Read moreHaving been at the heart of the work done by the founding fathers of the sociological study of bureaucracies in […]
Read moreSince 2011 the Libyan crisis has never stopped posing questions to the Italian political class and public opinion, showing all […]
Read moreForeign direct investment (FDI) plays an ever-increasing role in the world economy; however, empirical research on many aspects of FDI […]
Read moreDespite the Covid-19 pandemic, China continues to invest financial and political capital in its Belt and Road Initiative. As it […]
Read moreThe Conservative government has been surprisingly successful in avoiding public discussion of the disappearance on 30th June of its option to […]
Read morePreparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are ongoing. What are our expectations and wishes for it? Three […]
Read moreTo be consistent with both its energy and foreign policies, the EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan has to develop […]
Read moreThe main objective of the research is to study the impacts that free trade agreements with the EU (DCFTA) and […]
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