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Tag: United States
“Beyond Sanctions: A Proactive Strategy for Nord Stream 2”, Alan Riley (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The European Union and the United States should co-operate to develop a credible proactive energy security strategy to permanently disarm […]
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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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“Forging Political Identities and Becoming Citizens: The Political Preferences and Engagement of South American Immigrants in the United States and Spain”, Narayani Lasala-Blanco et al (Sciences Po CEE, France)
Research in the United States has emphasized the importance of anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic hostility to galvanize shared identities and a […]
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“Abraham Accords for peace and prosperity: form the start to the future”, Amin Forghani (CERE)
A series of unprecedented peace agreements across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region brokered by the United States […]
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“Europe in a Complex and Contested World: Perspectives from the US, China, Russia and Iran”, Giulio Pugliese (IAI, Italy)
The conference elucidated Europe’s role and positioning at a time of multipolar competition – one of JOINT’s major research assumptions […]
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“Emerging Disruptive Technologies: The Achilles’ Heel for EU Strategic Autonomy?”, Ester Sabatino and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
Emerging disruptive technologies (EDT) – ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), big data, autonomous systems, hypersonic weapons and robotics to name […]
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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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“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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“The Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: The Ports of Genoa and Trieste”, Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
In March 2019, Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in support of […]
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“From Afghanistan to China: the pathology of victory”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
On September 11 this year the longest war ever waged by the US will come to an end, in a […]
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“The Transatlantic Dimension of Europe’s Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran: 2003–21”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
European nuclear diplomacy with Iran has always had a transatlantic dimension at its core. Facilitating US–Iranian engagement is instrumental to […]
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“Biden’s first 100 days: a more European US; should Europe now become more American?”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias and Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The US President, Joe Biden, has completed his first 100 days in the White House with economic policies that have […]
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“Secondary sanctions and multilateralism – the way ahead”, Jean De Ruyt (Egmont, Belgium)
The sensitive issue of American ‘secondary sanctions’ imposed on its allies generated serious tensions in the transatlantic relationship when the […]
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“China’s M&A Activity in the USA – The Case of TikTok”, Tamás Peragovics (IWE CERS, Hungary)
One of the protagonists of globalization in the past decade has been China. Its economic and financial footprint has deepened […]
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“From Tectonic Shifts to Winds of Change in North Africa and the Middle East: Europe’s Role”, Nathalie Tocci et al. (IAI, Italy)
This publication by Nathalie Tocci, Riccardo Alcaro, Francesca Caruso, Silvia Colombo, Dario Cristiani, Andrea Dessì, Flavia Fusco and Daniela Huber […]
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“Russia’s redefined view on strategic stability: A security dilemma in Northern Europe?”, Jyri Lavikainen (FIIA, Finland)
Formerly comprising the nuclear relationship between Russia and the US, Russia’s redefined concept of strategic stability includes all forms of […]
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“De-Securitising and Re-Prioritising EU-Iraq Relations”, Flavia Fusco (IAI, Italy)
Located at the heart of the Middle East, connecting the Levant to the Persian Gulf, Iraq has always been at […]
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“Europe’s Missile Defence and Italy: Capabilities and Cooperation”, Alessandro Marrone and Karolina Muti (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s missile defence is structurally linked to NATO deterrence and defence architecture, and it has to face both a worsened […]
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“Western Sahara: can a Trump tweet lead to unlocking the stalemate?”, Haizam Amirah-Fernández and Isabelle Werenfels (Elcano, Spain)
The outgoing US President Donald Trump recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara in exchange for Morocco normalising relations […]
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High-Level Transatlantic Lecture by Heather A. Conley: “Transatlantic relations and global order in the 21st century”, 10 April 2019 (College of Europe Bruges)
High-Level Transatlantic Lecture by Heather A. Conley: “Transatlantic relations and global order in the 21st century”, 10 April 2019, The […]
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“Regional Geopolitical Rivalries in the Middle East: Implications for Europe”, Ellie Geranmayeh (IAI, Italy)
Ellie Geranmayeh, Regional Geopolitical Rivalries in the Middle East: Implications for Europe, IAI Papers, 18:18, IAI, October 2018. The Middle […]
Read more“The Controversial US Withdrawal From the Iranian Nuclear Deal and Its International Consequences”, Miroslav Tůma (IIR, Czech Republic)
On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump went through with his threat and, this time, has not submitted his […]
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“The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, Tobias Schumacher (College of Europe Natolin)
The article, entitled “The Long-Suffering Europeans Trying to Save the Iran Deal”, was published just a few days before U.S. […]
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“Relations between the US Intelligence Community and US Presidents, including the Trump Administration”, Gustavo Díaz Matey (Elcano, Spain)
Intelligence is the main response to the risks and threats facing the national security of a country. The relationship of […]
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“Shifting trafficking routes for illicit narcotics and the importance of Spain-US counter-narcotics cooperation”, Eric L. Olson & Nina Gordon (Elcano, Spain)
Counter-narcotics cooperation between Spain and the US is of growing importance to both countries but remains limited in scope. Flows […]
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“The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy”, Carlota García Encina (Elcano, Spain)
At the end of 2017 the US published a new National Security Strategy (NSS), replacing the previous NSS of 2015 […]
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“The US-Europe vs. Russia Triangle”, Eugene B. Rumer (IAI, Italy)
Russia’s relations with Europe and the United States are at their worst since the end of the Soviet Union. Russian […]
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“The sustainability of the questionable US presidency: The Trump era might last longer than expected”, Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)
The 2020 US presidential election could be a close call with a narrow margin of victory. Many key factors underlying […]
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“The security strategies of the US, China, Russia and the EU: Living in different worlds”, Mika Aaltola, Jyrki Kallio, Kristi Raik, Katri Pynnöniemi (FIIA, Finland)
This report analyzes and compares the security strategies of four major international actors: the United States, China, Russia and the […]
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“Trump’s Iran sanctions gamble: Divergence across the Atlantic”, Katja Creutz & Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
Donald Trump’s new Iran policy, with the abandonment of the nuclear agreement and the reimposition of sanctions, reveals a fracture in […]
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“The US-Japan-India-Australia Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Indo-Pacific alignment or foam in the ocean”, Sophie Eisentraut, Bart Gaens (FIIA, Finland)
FIIA Briefing Paper 239, May 2018 In late 2017 the US, Japan, India and Australia re-launched the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, […]
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“In the antechamber of a multi-front trade war”, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The US president, Donald J. Trump, has extended the deadline given to the European Union (EU) by one month, until […]
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“The US and North Korea: will their Presidents shake hands?”, Félix Arteaga, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)
The best news that we can hope for is that the summit does finally take place and that it serves […]
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“Trade without Trump: The Way Forward, a European Perspective”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:29, May 2018. President Donald J. Trump’s protectionist measures are not new to US politics. Previous presidents have […]
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“The post-neoliberal US economy: the new active role of the state is necessary”, Miron Wolnicki, Ryszard Piasecki (CIFE)
In the past 75 years the world was either influenced by, competing with or learning from U.S. corporations. This is […]
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“Perspectives on an Uncertain World: Japan-EU Views on the United States and Russia”, Kazuto Suzuki (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:21, March 2018 Japan and the European Union share many commonalities. Both are advanced industrialized countries, are governed […]
Read more“The Decline of the Big Five”, Veronika Bílková, (IIR, Czech Republic)
Is the supremacy of the Big Five, inherited from the mid-20th century, on the brink of its decline? Have the […]
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“Towers and walls against multiculturalism: Hispanics and Spanish in the Trump Presidency”, Ángel Badillo Matos (Elcano, Spain)
The election of Donald Trump has generated new tensions around the public use of Spanish in the US and, above […]
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Trump’s first year at the helm: Towards a zero-sum world?, Ville Sinkkonen & Mika Aaltola (FIIA, Finland)
Donald Trump’s first year as President has been marked by continuity in US security policy, a partial challenge to the […]
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Between change and continuity: Making sense of America’s evolving global engagement, Mika Aaltola, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Juha Käpylä, Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
This report investigates the evolution of America’s global engagement. In particular, it examines both the longer-term trends and the more […]
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The narrowing gap between nuclear and conventional weapons, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 13 February 2018 The nuclear arms issue is back, in its strategic rather than its tactical or battlefield […]
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Trump, Europe and one year into the US Presidency, Salvador Llaudes (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 19 February 2018 Trump´s controversial attitude has remained intact during his first stay in the U.S Presidency. In […]
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Donald Trump´s Twitter account: a brief content analysis, Juan Antonio Sánchez-Giménez, Evgueni Tchubykalo (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 15 February 2018 Donald Trump has become the first US President to actively use […]
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US Trade Policy: America Resigns from its Leading Role as a Global Rule-setter, Johanna Jacobsson (FIIA)
Donald Trump’s first year in office is approaching its end. While the most feared scenarios in the area of US […]
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“Trump and what caused him”, Andrés Ortega, January 2018 (Elcano, Spain)
Why did Trump arrive in the White House is still at the heart of the debate. The plenty of causes […]
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Major Powers in Shared Neighbourhoods: between Cooperation and Competition, Simon Schunz, Sieglinde Gstöhl and Luk van Langenhove (eds.) (College of Europe Bruges)
Special issue of Contemporary Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, 2018 Contemporary global politics is characterised by multipolarity: globalisation and the […]
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Background report: “German-American Dialogue on the Post-Soviet Space: “From ambition to pragmatism?” (IEP, Berlin)
On 28 and 29 November 2017, the fourth workshop of the German-American Dialogue on the Post-Soviet Space was held, in […]
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«America First» undermines the West, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Institute)
Just a few months into his presidency Donald Trump has pulled out of the Paris climate change agreement, consigned the […]
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Republican government in the United States: Its implications for US foreign policy, Anna Kronlund (FIIA, Finland)
The 2016 elections in the United States resulted in Republican victories at both state and federal levels. After the years […]
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‘Mourning for America’: Donald Trump’s Climate Change Policy, Michael Mehling & Antto Vihma (FIIA, Finland)
Donald Trump projects slogans more than strategy, yet his administration has moved quickly and with vigour to dismantle existing […]
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Trump’s foreign policy: the revolution has not happened – yet, Ulrich Speak (Elcano, Spain)
Expert Comments, October 2017 After eight months with Trump in office, US foreign policy is characterised not by disruption but […]
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Transforming the United Nations: countering the US budget-cut threats, Jessica Almqvist (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses by Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), September 2017 The US threat of budget cuts or other means of reducing the […]
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The Role of Iran and the United States of America in Geopolitics of Central Asia, Guli Yuldasheva, Andris Spruds and Diana Potjomkina (LIIA, Latvia)
This monograph by Dr. Guli Yuldasheva offers a fresh, detailed overview of geopolitical and geoeconomic (energy and transport-transit corridors) processes […]
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The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean, in European Policy Briefs, MedReset, Anoush Ehteshami, Ariabarzan Mohammadi (IAI, Italy)
Anoush Ehteshami, Ariabarzan Mohammadi, The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean, in European Policy Briefs, MedReset, Policy Briefs 2, IAI, […]
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Beyond a war of words? Assessing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Jyrki Kallio, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Bart Gaens & Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
An exchange of bellicose rhetoric between North Korea and the US has caused serious global concerns about a possible military […]
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US “soft power” and the Trump administration: Disturbing signs, Leo Michael (FIIA, Finland)
Judging by its statements and actions so far, President Donald Trump’s administration does not place a high priority on projecting […]
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Managing Unpredictability: Transatlantic relations in the Trump era, Mika Aaltola & Bart Gaens (FIIA, Finland)
The initial stages of President Donald Trump’s administration are marked by an apparent shift in US foreign policy, including in […]
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The Trump effects on EU-China relations, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)
What are the implications of the Trump Administration’s security and trade policies on relations between China and Europe? For the […]
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Trade liberalization at a crossroads: The US and China play key roles, Tuuli Koivu (FIIA, Finland)
The overall developments in world trade have been weak since the financial crisis, but the increasing protectionism accounts for only […]
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Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review: Shifting Un-balances in the Middle East (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
The Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review (EMGR) is an annual scholarly journal published by the Cyprus Center for European and International […]
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Enjeux et défis du TAFTA, Jean-Claude Vérez (CIFE)
Le Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) ou encore Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) entre l’Union européenne (UE) et les […]
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The card table turned upside down: the first 6.8% of the Donald Trump Presidency, Paul Isbell (Elcano, Spain)
The first 100 days of the Trump Presidency have come to an end. Donald Trump’s first 100 days as President have […]
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Germany and Trump-America: back on track?, Ulrich Speck (Elcano, Spain)
The widely anticipated clash between Germany and the Trump Administration has not happened. Instead, Berlin and Washington DC seem to […]
Read moreDo Two Wrongs Make a Right?, Veronika Bilkova (IIR, Czech Republic)
On Thursday, 6 April 2017, the US carried out a missile strike in Syria. It did so in response to […]
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Can the Investment Court System (ICS) save TTIP and CETA?, Wolfgang Koeth (EIPA)
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation between the EU and the US continues to divide public […]
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