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“Update of the Strategic Vision 2030: Recommendations”, Eric Kalajzic, et al. (Egmont, Belgium)
The evolving security environment will demand more involvement and commitment from Belgian Defence, for which it is not yet sufficiently […]
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“Global Governance at a Turning Point”, Ettore Greco, Nicola Bilotta, Fabrizio Botti (eds.) (IAI, Italy)
This book collects contributions from international leading experts on how the Italian Presidency of the G20 in 2021 could advance […]
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Video Podcast: “Brexit has ended the Golden Age of the City of London”, Brendan Donnelly and Graham Bishop (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
In this video, Federal Trust Council member Graham Bishop and our Director, Brendan Donnelly, discuss the Chancellor of the Exchequer […]
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“The Strategic Committee on Belgian Defence: How to Read the Report”, Jonathan Holslag, Nina Wilén and Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
A band of hardliners with a shopping list: that is how we came across after the debate in the media […]
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“Macron, a story of lost illusions”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Barcelona)
French regional elections ended in the highest abstentionism than in virtually any other poll since the founding of the Fifth […]
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“Strengthening rather than merging Belgian intelligence services”, Thomas Renard (Egmont, Belgium)
Right-wing extremist Jurgen Conings has been on the loose for two weeks, raising fundamental questions about radicalisation in the armed […]
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“The climate and energy transition component of the Spanish National Recovery and Resilience Plan”, Enrique Feas and Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
This paper analyses in detail the climate and energy transition components of the Spanish National Resilience and Recovery Programme. Over […]
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“‘Greening’ the EU’s cultural diplomacy: Uncovering the potential of the culture-climate nexus”, Vadim Kononenko (Egmont, Belgium)
The EU made its first forays into the field of public and cultural diplomacy when the European External Action Service […]
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“In Search of EU Strategic Autonomy: What Role for the Western Balkans”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
There is a danger today that the window of opportunity for proceeding towards the political and territorial unification of Europe, […]
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“The EU Conditionality Regulation: Variations on Procrastination”, Petra Jeney (EIPA, Maastricht)
In its resolution of 10 June 2021 the European Parliament made it clear that it is starting preparations to take […]
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“Review of ‘The President on Trial: Prosecuting Hissène Habré'”, Valérie Arnould (Egmont, Belgium)
Over recent years, hybrid courts have experienced a renaissance of sorts. After their initial popularity in the early 2000s, when […]
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Workshop: “Public investment policies in Europe”, September 6-7 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Global capitalism has entered a new phase: tertiarisation and internationalisation of economies, weakening of the state’s regulatory role, deregulation and […]
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Conference: “29th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics”, September 1 (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics provides an opportunity for those in the sector to share knowledge on developments […]
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“Next Generation EU: Germany focuses its climate policy on hydrogen and sustainable mobility”, Christoph P. Kiefer (Elcano, Spain)
This paper discusses the key green transition elements in Germany’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), that amount to 42.7% of […]
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Conference: “7th The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC): The changing repertoire of state intervention to promote in an unfolding new world order”, November 29-30 (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The SVOC2021 conference is organized by the Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, […]
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“Developments in the Field of Transitional Justice”, Valérie Arnould (Egmont, Belgium)
For a long time, transitional justice has been described as a ‘nascent’ or ‘emerging’ field. While it is true that […]
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Job Vacancy: “Junior Researcher: EU, Politics and Institutions”, Deadline August 31 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome, (Italy), is hiring a Junior Researcher to work in the Mediterranean, Middle […]
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“Assessment of Public Support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Integration and Policy Recommendations” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
This report presents the results of a nationwide sociological survey and expert assessments of public opinion on a wide range […]
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Job Vacancy: “(Junior) Analyst, Energy and Climate”, Deadline September 1 (Elcano, Spain)
Job description Full time analyst (or junior analyst) to work on Energy and Climate Location: Madrid. Starting date: 1st of […]
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CIDOB and Banco Sabadell Foundation commit to young talent and international research (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Lewin Schmitt, Lela Mélon and Inés Arco are the winners of the “Global Challenges Talent”, “21st Century Europe Talent” and […]
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“European digital sovereignty: the EU had it, but did not retain it”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Europe falls behind in the technology and digital sector depending on the exports of other countries such as the US […]
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“Differentiation and the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy”, Marco Siddi, Tyyne Karjalainen and Juha Jokela (IAI, Italy)
Differentiation is a frequent modus operandi in European foreign, security and defence policy. EU treaties have introduced legal frameworks for […]
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“Decolonising human rights protection in Africa: impunity rhetorically repackaged?”, Stef Vandeginste (Egmont, Belgium)
Pointing out the need to decolonise human rights protection in Africa, authorities at the level of the African Union (AU) […]
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“What is at stake for Spain with the new EU-US Trade & Technology Council?”, Raquel Jorge-Ricart (Elcano, Spain)
In 1966, the Italian Foreign Minister, Amintore Fanfani, called on Washington, DC, to establish a “technological Marshall Plan” among NATO […]
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“The EU–UK Partnership and Implications for Differentiation Within the EU and Between the EU and Third Countries”, Jannike Wachowiak and Fabian Zuleeg (IAI, Italy)
The UK’s departure from the EU represents a unique process of disintegration that fundamentally changes EU–UK relations. This paper discusses […]
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“How 2400 pages of tech industrial policy will change transatlantic relations”, Tobias Gehrke (Egmont, Belgium)
The currently 2400-page long ‘US Innovation and Competition Act’ making its way through Congress is about one thing only: China. […]
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“Video podcast: Brexit: Which Way Back Into Europe For The UK?”, Brendan Donnelly and Michael Lloyd, The Federal Trust (United Kingdom)
In this video conversation, Dr Michael Lloyd of Global Policy Institute and The Federal Trust Director Brendan Donnelly discuss how, […]
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“The European Parliament and the Right of Initiative: Change Practice, Not Powers”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
Should the European Parliament have more power to propose EU laws? As the Conference on the Future of Europe was […]
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“Beyond Stability: A United Libya will Not End the Migration Challenge for Italy and the EU”, Luca Barana, Dario Cristiani and Asli Selin Okyay (IAI, Italy)
Migration can easily find its way back to the top of the European political agenda even in the con-text of […]
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Call for Papers: “The many hands of the State: Spaces, Actors and Instrument of the Recomposing of Public Action”, Deadline September 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
The PhD students of the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics will organize at the end of November 2021 (exact […]
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“Lost in translation? The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and EU–China trade relations”, Guillaume Van Der Loo (Egmont, Belgium)
The Discussion Paper analyses the scope and contents of the ambitious Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) between the EU and […]
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“Can Confidence Building Measures Help End the Cyprus Deadlock?”, Mustafa Çıraklı (IAI, Italy)
The discovery of hydrocarbons in Eastern Mediterranean waters was quickly followed by a resur-gence in territorial disputes and nationalistic fervour […]
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Job Vacancy: “Postdoctoral Researcher”, Deadline August 16 (IES, Poland)
The Rector of the Jagiellonian University announces a call for the position of POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in a group of researchers at the Faculty of […]
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IAI and the Secretary of State for Global Spain (IAI, Italy)
Manuel Muñiz Villa, the Secretary of State for Global Spain at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented at the Institute the strategy recently […]
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“The Slovenian EU Presidency: time to move forwards”, Ilke Toygür, Funda Tekin and Nicoletta Pirozzi (Elcano, Spain)
On 1 July 2021 Slovenia took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU from Portugal. COVID-19 is one […]
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“Why North Africa is slowly decoupling from Europe”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Akin to a very slow moving of tectonic plates that never produces something as dramatic as a volcanic eruption or […]
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EIR organises two events in the framework of the “Dialogues@EIR” series (EIR, Romania)
The European Institute of Romania organised two events in June and July 2021, within the framework of the Conference on […]
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“Romanian Journal of European Affairs, vol. 21, no. 1, June 2021” (EIR, Romania)
The June edition of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs proposes to its readers topics such as: the reform of […]
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CIDOB’s Global Cities Programme will participate in the Urban AI Observatory launched by Barcelona, London and Amsterdam (CIDOB, Barcelona)
These three cities are promoting the Observatory as part of the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights framework in order to […]
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“Art and Politics. The Streets of Rome”, Eleonora Poli (IAI, Italy)
An era in which images, rather than words, are used as vehicles of messages and ideas, street art, which was […]
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“Belgium: clearly pro-CoFoE, but unclear on the details”, Benjamin Bodson and Francesca Colli (Egmont, Belgium)
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo tweeted on 9 May 2021 that music festivals might resume at the end of the […]
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“Making Sense of Italy’s Renewed Economic Diplomacy Towards Libya”, Dario Cristiani and Silvia Colombo (IAI, Italy)
Rome is seeking to revive its economic complementary with Libya, which is seen as the most effective card that Italy […]
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“EU-MENA Trade Relations After COVID-19: State of Play and Scenarios for Modernising the EU-MENA Free Trade Areas”, Guillaume Van Der Loo (Egmont, Belgium)
The economies of both the European Union (EU) and the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region […]
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“Ukraine-EU: Path to Political Association” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The analytical paper composed of four chapters in which outlines concisely major stages of the development of the partnership of […]
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“Understanding public relations to cybersecurity incidents”, Alberto Gomez (Elcano, Spain)
Against the widespread belief that public opinion is likely to panic in response to severe cybersecurity incidents, the relevant scholarship […]
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“Biden and Europe, values and interests”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
Before his trip to Europe, President Biden spoke of its purpose as “rallying the democracies”. But international politics is not […]
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“Getting Fit for Public Procurement: The Push for Professionalism”, Gracia Vara Arribas (EIPA, Maastricht)
Public procurement is a key policy area for the proper functioning of the internal market, accounting for 14 % of […]
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Debate on video lectures in international business teaching (CIR, Slovenia)
Are you pro or contra video lectures in international business teaching? Prof. dr. Andreja Jaklič from the Centre of International […]
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Conference: “16th Florence Air Forum: Navigating towards the decarbonisation of European aviation”, September 24 (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Based on the established approach of the Florence Transport Forum series, the 16th Florence Air Forum will bring together key […]
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Video Podcast: “Brexit – So little said, so much to say”, Brendan Connelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
In this video, The Federal Trust Director Brendan Donnelly criticises British political parties for their reluctance to talk about Brexit. […]
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“Improving the EU Policymaking Process: The Dos and the Don’ts”, Felice Simonelli and Nadina Iacob (IAI, Italy)
On 29 April, the European Commission published a new Communication on better regulation aiming to improve the EU policymaking process. […]
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Simone Borghesi was selected as the new President-Elect of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
On 14 July, the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) announced the election of Simone Borghesi as their […]
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Job Vacancy: “Postdoctoral Researcher (Two Positions)”, Deadline August 16 (IES, Poland)
The Rector of the Jagiellonian University announces a call for two positions of POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in a group of researchers at the […]
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“Grand Strategy in 10 words: A Guide to Great Power Politics in the 21st Century”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
In a world that has returned to great power rivalry, understanding the grand strategy of these powers is crucial. This […]
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Art and Politics: the Streets of Rome (IAI, Italy)
An era in which images, rather than words, are used as vehicles of messages and ideas, street art, which was conceived […]
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“World politics in 2021: Infected by rivalry”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
If China is rising, it must be seeking world domination. If Russia is declining, it must be plotting revenge. The […]
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Conference: “The New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Dead or alive?”, September 9-10 (Egmont, Belgium)
Screening of migrants, agencies’ role & funding of policies, asylum, return & detention border procedures, Schengen, solidarity & relocation & […]
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“Soft power put to the test”, Raquel Jorge-Ricart (Elcano, Spain)
Just a few weeks ago, China’s president, Xi Jinping, called for a more “loveable” image for China during the Chinese […]
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The BRIDGES project kicks off its research and dissemination activities (CIDOB, Barcelona)
BRIDGES is a Horizon 2020 project that analyses the processes of migration narratives’ production and impact in a context of […]
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“Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Africa–EU Partnership on Migration and Mobility: A Developmental Perspective from West Africa”, Aderanti Adepoju (IAI, Italy)
The far-ranging effects of COVID-19, and subsequent impacts on migration drivers, trends and governance, have already produced significant implications for […]
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“Analysing the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
In his contribution to the 4th edition of the CSDP Handbook, Sven Biscop, of the Egmont Institute, analyses the genesis […]
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“Does China pose a challenge to our liberal democracies?”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The US is embarking upon a strategy of definition against China, based on a broad domestic consensus predating Biden, but […]
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“Hungary – The People’s Map of Global China”, Ágnes Szunomár (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The Hungarian People’s Republic and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were both established in 1949, on 20 August and […]
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“Biden’s Visit: Five Must-Dos in Brussels”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
Trump’s approach to international organisations reminded one of Groucho Marx: “I refuse to join any club that would have me […]
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“Seizing the Moment: European Strategic Autonomy and the Biden Presidency”, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The European Union was increasingly ill at ease in the world in which Covid-19 unleashed social and economic devastation in […]
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“The UK’s Integrated Review and the future of cyber”, Danny Steed (Elcano, Spain)
The long-awaited Integrated Review was released in March by the British government, promising the most radical shakeup in the UK’s […]
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Workshop: “Diversity, Equality, Inclusion @New Work: Managing a Diverse Workforce Successfully Inside Public Administration”, September 13-17 (EIPA, Maastricht)
In Diversity United! Three words that are extremely important for life and work in the EU. For business and administration, the […]
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CIR participates in the AIB 2021 annual conference (CIR, Slovenia)
Prof. Dr. Andreja Jaklič, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anže Burger, and Assist. Dr. Iris Koleša (all from the Centre of International […]
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“Exploiting and transcending the Johnson binary: the prospects for an electoral pact”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Division has been central to the electoral strength of the Johnson Conservative Party. It might also prove key to understanding […]
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Call for Applications: “Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellowships 2022-2023”, Deadline October 18 (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The Max Weber Programme (MWP) at the European University Institute (EUI) is a unique postdoctoral programme in the historical and […]
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Job Vacancy: “Postdoctoral Researcher for H2020 Project BRIDGES”, Deadline August 30 (Sciences Po CEE, France)
BRIDGES aims to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation. By […]
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“Pivoting Stabilisation in the Sahel: competing visions and implementation checkpoints”, Delina Goxho (Egmont, Belgium)
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has recently announced greater transparency from (and better conditionality with) Sahelian leaders following a […]
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Media pluralism and media freedom in danger across Europe (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom’s Media Pluralism Monitor 2021 confirms mounting physical attacks and online harassment against […]
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“A moment to reflect: Creating Euro-Mediterranean bonds that deliver”, Haizam Amirah-Fernández and Eduard Soler I Lecha (CIDOB, Barcelona)
In times of the pandemic, humankind faces a global crisis. The Euro-Mediterranean area is no exception to this. Looking back […]
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Call for Applications: “Eurasia Lab & Fellowship Program”, Deadline August 2 (IEP, Germany)
The Call for Applications is open to teams of young researchers from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia […]
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Italy, Europe & the World: Revival and Transition (IAI, Italy)
Italy, Europe and the world face epochal challenges. Italy is grappling with its plans for economic recovery that, thanks to […]
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“Quo vadis media pluralism in Europe? A contextualization from an Austrian perspective”, Florian Woschnagg (ÖGFE, Austria)
Although media policy is a fundamental issue for European democracies, the European Union has only limited competence in this field, […]
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“Iran’s presidential election 2021: what to expect from Ebrahim Raisi’s first term”, Luciano Zaccara (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis explores the implications of Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in the 2021 Iranian presidential election. First it analyses the process […]
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Symposium: “Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability & Restricted Freedoms”, September 6-7 (Egmont, Belgium)
For many months, the Covid 19 pandemic has weighed on the lives of everyone. In the name of the fight […]
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“Six Principles to Guide EU Action in the Western Balkans”, Majda Ruge (IAI, Italy)
Amid uncertainty about future EU enlargement prospects and the US’s continued shift towards the Indo-Pacific, one of the few axioms […]
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A CIDOB, ideograma and ISGlobal report analyses the role of health in global geopolitics (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The CIDOB Report “Geopolitics of health: vaccines, governance and cooperation”raises the need to include geographical factors related to health in […]
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“A new start for EU-US relations?”, Jim Cloos (Egmont, Belgium)
The election of President Biden was greeted by sighs of relief across Europe and offered the promise of a renewed […]
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WATCH: “The Case for Gender Balance in Arms Control”, Federica Dall’Arche | TEPSA Explainers
“While the road to gender parity may still be long, we can all do our part to make it shorter.” […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Key dimensions of Arctic economies: subsistence, mixed, market, and their relative context”, Lara Johannsdottir and David Cook
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Key dimensions of Arctic economies: subsistence, mixed, market, and their relative context”, […]
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The summer expansion ensures the TEPSA Network has a Member Institutein every Member State of the European Union BRUSSELS, 12/07/2021: […]
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“Strategic or critical infrastructures, a way to interfere in Europe: state of play and recommendations”, Paola Tessari and Karolina Muti
TEPSA has coordinated a study for the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the […]
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Call for Applications: “Master in Global Energy Transition and Governance”, Deadline July 15 (CIFE)
The programme offers problem-focused learning at the crossroads of theory and practice. Students gain a strong academic background and are prepared for the […]
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Call for Applications: “Master in Advanced European and International Studies – European policy and Governance – Trilingual Studies”, Deadline July 31 (CIFE)
The programme offers problem-focused learning at the crossroads of theory and practice. Students gain a strong academic background and are […]
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Call for Applications: “Master in Advanced European and International Studies – Mediterranean Studies”, Deadline June 30 (CIFE)
The programme offers problem-focused learning at the crossroads of theory and practice. Students gain a strong academic background and are […]
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Call for Applications: TEPSA’s EU@Work Seminar on Digital Policies, Deadline September 1
The Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) invites you to take part in a 4-day seminar. The seminar, co-funded by […]
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Conference: “The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism”, 29 November (IWE CERS, Hungary)
The topic of the conference this year is ‘The changing repertoire of state intervention to promote development in an unfolding […]
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Workshop: “Testing Europe’s resilience in the Covid-19 crisis”, 5 July (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The Covid-19 crisis has challenged politics in Europe at all levels of government. The crisis has led to unseen pressures […]
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Training: 1st Summer Course on the European Union “The Challenges of the European Union: An Expert and Institutional Perspective”, 14-16 July (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The European Parliament’s office in Barcelona, the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona and the Barcelona Centre for International […]
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Master of European Legal Studies (MELS Online) 2021-2023, 5 July (EIPA, Maastricht)
In partnership with renowned universities and leading experts in the academic and professional world throughout Europe, we organise specialised Master […]
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Webinar: “Kick-off of the Digital Trade Integration project”, 1 July (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This workshop, co-organised with the Jean Monnet Network: Trade & Investment in Services Associates (TIISA), aims to be a first […]
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Online Seminar: “The European Union and migration challenges. Discussing the role of differentiation”, 6 July (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Dimitris Avramopoulos –former European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs, and Citizenship (2014-2019), former Greek Minister for National Defence (2011-2012, 2013-2014), […]
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Seminar on European Union, 5-16 July (College of Europe, Bruges)
The Intensive Seminar on the European Union is a three-, two- or one-week training programme providing professionals with in-depth knowledge […]
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Workshop: “Public investment policies in Europe”, 6-7 September (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Program of the event: MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 9.30 AM – 6 PM 9.30 am: Welcome 10 am – 12 pm: […]
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Conference: “’Leadership for peaceful change’: HUME inaugural European conference”, 1-2 July (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This conference, organised in partnership with the John & Pat Hume Foundation, is guided by the theme of ‘Leadership for […]
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