Years have passed since the first signs of citizen distrust towards social institutions and governing elites became apparent. Such sentiments […]
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Tag: Covid-19
“Nordic cooperation amid pandemic travel restrictions”, Katja Creutz, Sofie Berglund, Telli Betül Karacan, Alberto Giacometti, Kristin Haugevik, Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Mari Wøien Meijer and Axa Lares (FIIA, Finland)
Since 2020, the Nordic countries have been confronted with the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been a multi-level stress test for […]
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“COVID-19 and the Resilience of Africa’s Peace and Security Networks”, Cedric de Coning (NUPI, Norway)
Many commentators predicted that the impact of COVID-19 on Africa, with its high levels of under-development and weak public health […]
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“The World After the Pandemic: European Unity and the Challenge of Reviving Multilateralism”, Sonia Bianconi (IAI, Italy)
Covid-19 has dramatically re-focussed the world’s attention on the adverse implications of globalisation. Coming on the heels of the 2008 […]
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“Covid-19 and the Multilateral System: What Role for the EU?”, Roberto Baccarini (IAI, Italy)
Covid-19 represents a critical juncture for the European Union. The crisis catalysed the weakening of the post-Cold War international order […]
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“International trade and economic resilience strategies: a view from Barcelona”, Patricia García-Durán Huet and Marc Ibáñez Díaz (CIDOB, Barcelona)
As an economic node integrated into both global and European value chains, Barcelona and its metropolitan area face an uncertain […]
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“Covid-19 and the International Liberal Order: Goodbye ‘Global’, Hello ‘Re-gional’?”, Irene Paviotti (IAI, Italy)
The Covid-19 crisis is broadly recognised as a watershed moment in world history, prompting a radical rethink of social norms […]
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“’Generation rent’ in the wake of the pandemic”, Lorenzo Vidal (CIDOB, Barcelona)
What fate awaits millions of tenants with rent arrears and piling debt as emergency rent relief measures and eviction moratoria […]
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“Russia’s corona diplomacy and geoeconomic competition: A Sputnik moment?”, Sinikukka Saari (FIIA, Finland)
The Russian science, technology and innovation (STI) system is geared towards global geoeconomic competitiveness and is based on three S’s: […]
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“Introductory speeches at the colloquium on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights”, Jean-Louis De Brouwer (Egmont, Belgium)
These are two of the introductory speeches at the colloquium Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability & […]
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“Afghan refugees: Europe should develop an ambitious and collaborative structure”, Bernard Siman (Egmont, Belgium)
The TV news and press coverage of the mayhem in Kabul and around its airport mask the greater scrum by […]
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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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“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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TEPSA Brief: “How the pandemic impacted the (human) right to education – the Slovak case”, Lucia Mokrá
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “How the pandemic impacted the (human) right to education – the Slovak […]
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“Measuring Legislative Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes”, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Olivier Rozenberg et al (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This research note introduces two novel indexes designed to measure legislative activity (ParlAct) and use of digital devices to maintain […]
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“The Impacts of Executive Responses on Democracy During the Coronavirus Crisis in Croatia, Slovenia and Austria”, Hrvoje Butković (IRMO, Croatia)
In Croatia, Slovenia and Austria, the coronavirus crisis raised pre-existing deficiencies in the democratic orders to the surface, i.e., issues […]
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“Special section: Small States and the Corona Crisis”, Anna-Lena Högenauer, Külli Sarapuu and Nicos Trimikliniotis (CERE)
The aim of the section is to explore the small state governance of COVID-19. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been […]
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“Comprehensive Security and New Challenges: Strengthening the OSCE”, Monika Wohlfeld and Fred Tanner (IAI, Italy)
The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe’s comprehensive security approach, developed in the 1970s, continues to guide its work on […]
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“Digitalization as a common good. Contribution to an inclusive recovery”, Julia Pomares, Andrés Ortega and María Belén Abdala (Elcano, Spain)
The outbreak of COVID-19, and the way it has been confronted, has not only accelerated the digitalizaton of large parts […]
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“Health Crises and the Growth of EU Agencies: The Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Christoph Klika (EIPA, Maastricht)
Health crises have often triggered the creation of EU agencies. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), for […]
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“Towards a Human and Humane Approach? The EU Discourse on Migration amidst the COVID-19 Crisis”, Stefania Panebianco (IAI, Italy)
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU discourse on migration has acquired a humanitarian dimension that deserves investigation. […]
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“Navigating a COVID World: The European Union’s Internal Rebirth and External Quest”, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is one where the partly supranational and multilateral-minded EU is […]
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“Crisis between Morocco and Spain: the risks of Trump’s gift”, Haizam Amirah-Fernández (Elcano, Spain)
Morocco had been showing for weeks signs of discomfort and anger with Spain for the reception in a hospital in […]
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“COVID-19 and lower skilled migrant workers: which lessons for Europe?”, Flo Van den Broek (CIFE)
This paper explores how the COVID-19 crisis exposes the EU’s sectorial approach to labour migration and why it is so […]
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“What will the EU look like post-pandemic? Ten challenges for a Europe in search of recovery”, Pol Morillas, Eduard Soler i Lecha et al. (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Crises have driven progress throughout the history of the European construction, and the past decade has brought no shortage of […]
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“New global public goods and evils”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Although its origins go back earlier, the idea of global public, or communal, goods has sparked new interest and relevance with […]
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“COVID-19 effects on peace and conflict dynamics: The need for prevention prevails”, Katariina Mustasilta (FIIA, Finland)
Armed conflicts around the world have continued largely unabated, irrespective of the global pandemic. Despite influencing conflict-affected contexts, the pandemic […]
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“Bolsonaro steers a course through multiple crises: the Lula effect, COVID-19, a cabinet reshuffle and maintaining the trust of the armed forces”, Esther Solano and Alexandre Fuccille (Elcano, Spain)
Despite his government lurching from crisis to crisis, the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is showing an unexpected instinct for survival […]
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“Spanish public opinion on immigration and the effect of VOX”, Carmen González Enríquez and Sebastian Rinken (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis examines Spanish public opinion on immigration in recent years based on a number of surveys, the most recent […]
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“The Belgian Recovery and Resilience Plan: A fresh impetus to prepare the skills of tomorrow’s workforce?”, Marcel Muraille (Egmont, Belgium)
In the context of a fast recovery, training policy is one of the labour market instruments with the most positive […]
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“The fall and stagnation of the global middle class”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
A great revolution of recent decades has been the powerful emergence of a significant global middle class. Among the destructive effects […]
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“Belgium: a pandemic between two political crises”, Benjamin Bodson (Egmont, Belgium)
To better understand how the pandemic has so far affected Europe’s democracies, the European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) has analysed […]
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“Will only a Green Power remain a Great Power?”, Marie Dejonghe (Egmont, Belgium)
When the coronavirus broke out in 2020 the whole world literally came to a pause. The pandemic overshadowed all other […]
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“The EU’s New Agenda for its Southern Neighbourhood: The Case for a Green and Inclusive Review”, Eduard Soler i Lecha and Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
The European Union (EU) has come out with a new agenda for the southern neighbourhood, reflecting a changing environment in […]
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“COVID-19: lockdowns, recession and…a new stock market bubble?”, Rossella Leali (Elcano, Spain)
2020 has been a year marked by the outbreak of COVID-19, lockdowns and a deep recession in the world’s economy. Yet, […]
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“Solidarity during COVID-19 at national, regional and global levels: An enabler for improved global pandemic security and governance”, Mika Aaltola et al. (FIIA, Finland)
Solidarity entered the COVID-19 political rhetoric immediately after the belated pandemic declaration in March 2020. Since then, it has been […]
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“Re-synchronising Infrastructure Investment and Sustainable Development: Priorities for Italy’s G20 Presidency”, Nicolas J.A. Buchoud (IAI, Italy)
The 2 trillion US dollars infrastructure plan unveiled in the United States in mid-April 2021 is just one among many […]
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“Waiving vaccine patents?”, Enrique Feás and Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
These extraordinary times and circumstances call for extraordinary measures’: with this statement, the US Trade Representative announced her support for […]
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WATCH: The EU’s response to the COVID crisis | EuropeChats Episode 3
In this new episode of EuropeChats, we’re analysing the EU’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. For more than a year, […]
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“Measuring Legislative Activity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes”, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This research note introduces two novel indexes designed to measure legislative activity (ParlAct) and use of digital devices to maintain […]
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“The Pandemic as a Litmus Test for (Dis)Engagement of External Powers in Central Asia”, Roman Vakulchuk & Farrukh Irnazarov (NUPI, Norway)
This study provides an empirical overview of pandemic-related external assistance to the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and […]
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“European Foreign Policy in times of COVID-19, a conversation with HRVP Josep Borrell organised by Groupe d’études géopolitiques”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
A Conversation with High Representative for the EU Josep Borrell, Kishore Mahbubani, Adam Tooze, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Monika Sie Dhian Ho […]
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“Europe–Africa Connectivity Outlook 2021: Post-COVID-19 Challenges and Strategic Opportunities”, Michaël Tanchum (IAI, Italy)
The European Union stands at a critical junction in the international scramble to establish Europe–Africa commercial corridors. Morocco, Algeria and […]
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“China and Central Europe: cooperation in difficult times during the COVID-19 outbreak”, Rudolf Fürst (IIR, Czech Republic)
The comparative case study traces the V4 states’ relations with China since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe […]
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“Discovering Opportunities in the Pandemic? Four Economic Response Scenarios for Central Asia”, Roman Vakulchuk and Farrukh Irnazarov (NUPI, Norway)
The COVID-19 crisis represents not only an unprecedented economic disruption but also an opportunity for Central Asia. A specific economic […]
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“The EU’s New Agenda for its Southern Neighborhood: The Case for a Green and Inclusive Review”, Eduard Soler i Lecha and Daniela Huber (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The European Union (EU) has come out with a new agenda for the southern neighborhood, reflecting a changing environment in […]
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“Latin American democracy after a year’s pandemic”, Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez (Elcano, Spain)
The pandemic has aggravated Latin America’s historical problems –social, political and economic– and deepened the decline in the region’s democracies. […]
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“The European Recovery Plan: the figures for Spain”, Enrique Feás and Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The European Recovery Fund, in combination with the other European initiatives to respond to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, […]
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“Challenges and opportunities for Spain in times of COVID-19”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Spain is one of the worst affected eurozone countries by COVID-19. The country went into the pandemic with weak macroecoanomic […]
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“Western Balkans’ Plight is Wake-up Call for Europe”, Vedran Džihić and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
The coronavirus pandemic has deepened the vulnerabilities of the Western Balkan countries and exposed the weakness of their state institutions, […]
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WATCH: “Together for Europe’s Recovery?: ‘Wir Schaffen Das!'”, Katrin Böttger, Funda Tekin and Friederike Augustin | TEPSA Explainers
In this video Katrin Boettger, Funda Tekin, both Co-Directors of the Institut Für Europaïsche Politik (IEP) in Berlin, Germany, are […]
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“The Plight of the Western Balkans Is a Wake-up Call for Europe”, Vedran Džihić and Paul Schmidt (IAI, Italy)
In societies devastated by the pandemic, the EU needs to leave its conventional tool-box behind and urgently speed up the […]
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“COVID-19: the geopolitics of the vaccine, a weapon for global security”, Rafael Vilasanjuan (Elcano, Spain)
Amid the Coronavirus crisis, which has brought travel to a standstill and put the global economy on the ropes, the […]
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“US-EU: political convergence, economic divergence”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The political and geopolitical convergence between the new Biden Administration and the EU and its member states is starting to become evident. […]
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“Searching for a Way Out of the Labyrinth of Digital Financial Innovations – The Trap of Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Financial System”, János Müller and Ádám Kerényi (IWE CERS, Hungary)
János Müller and Ádám Kerényi are monitoring the regulatory tasks and needs in relation to digital financial innovations, which are […]
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“Pandemic, vaccines and power”, Eduard Soler i Lecha (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated geopolitical dynamics that were in place before the pandemic. The global centre of gravity has […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Common Agricultural Policy and Policy Coherence for Development”, Sara Canali and Michaël de Clercq
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Common Agricultural Policy and Policy Coherence for Development: Reflecting on the Impact […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Renegotiating Partnership Priorities within the European Neighbourhood Policy”, Sara Canali
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Renegotiating Partnership Priorities within the European Neighbourhood Policy: the Impact of […]
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TEPSA Brief: “COVID-19: Lessons Learned in the Field of Education and Behaviour Management”, Venelin Georgiev
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “COVID-19: Lessons Learned in the Field of Education and Behaviour Management”, […]
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TEPSA Brief: “EU Economic Policy Under the Pandemic Crisis: Key Dimensions for a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery”, Nuno Gama de Oliveira Pinto
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “EU Economic Policy Under the Pandemic Crisis: Key Dimensions for a […]
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TEPSA Debate on COVID-19
On Wednesday 22 April from 10:00 to 11:30 (Brussels time) via Zoom, TEPSA hosted its first teleconference, a debate on […]
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