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Think Tank Review - September 2022

Differentiated integration in the EU, Czech presidency work programme in a changing political reality, the future of EU climate policies in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe, European gas markets, the awakening of geopolitical Europe against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine and the global nuclear order are some of the topics discussed in the September Think Tank Review.

Think Tank Review - September 2022

30 September 2022
Think Tank Review
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EU POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS

Assessing the Covid-19 period, reports analyse European Council's and EU Council's adaptability to new working methods showing a high degree of flexibility and political will to find pragmatic solutions during the pandemic. In order to lead the way to a Union that is apt for future challenges, papers suggest the EU should become more ambitious and embrace alternatives, such as differentiated integration. They also focus on the Czech presidency work programme against a changing political reality, due to the Russian war in Ukraine and its consequences, such as a massive refugee flow and the security of energy supply of fossil fuels to Europe.

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

The European Council and Council of the EU: what lessons from Covid-19 decision-making?

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE

Spot the difference: differentiated co-operation and differentiated integration in the European Union

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: unity is good, but ambition is better

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

The von der Leyen European Commission at midterm: same priorities, different reality

CASE - CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The territorial dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe and its follow-ups

HERTIE SCHOOL/JACQUES DELORS CENTRE

How to make the voice of regions heard in EU legislation: strengthening the role of the Committee of the Regions

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE

EU State aid decisions and access to justice : the implications of the findings of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee in case C128, and the options for response by the EU

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Valency and the V4: the changing political dynamics of the Visegrád four group

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Inventory of EU foreign and security policy-related public and elite opinion surveys

INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

EU enlargement demon: between bureaucratic excuses and political instrumentalization

EUROPEUM INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY

Outlook: 2022 Czech presidency of the Council of the EU

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

'Europe as a task: rethink, rebuild, repower’: the key priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU

EUROPEUM INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY

Recharging the Czech EU Presidency

EU POLICIES

With regard to food prices, reports link price increases to the Covid-19 pandemic, to transport infrastructure shortages, and to the recently rising energy costs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Papers analyse how global value chains interact with business activities across multiple countries and entities, from the production to marketing, logistics or support services. On economic/financial affairs, papers compare the new transmission protection instrument with the old one launched by the ECB after the famous "Whatever it takes" pronounced by Mario Draghi, finding that the most important thing in common is the absence of quantitative limits on the size of the intervention by the central bank. They look at the future of EU climate policies in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as well as at the international dimension of the European Green Deal. Insights analyse how to rethink European gas markets by reconciling EU energy security with climate policies.

Agriculture

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Overview of food prices recent trends at global, European and national levels

TERRA NOVA

Towards sustainable food security: issues, initiatives and guiding principles

Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)

TÆNKETANKEN EUROPA

Think Tank Europa contributes to mapping of digitalisation in Europe

FOUNDATION FOR EDUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES

Sustainable digital market design: a data-based approach to the circular economy

WIENER INSTITUT FÜR INTERNATIONALE WIRTSCHAFTSVERGLEICHE (THE VIENNA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES)

Functional specialisation in EU value chains: methods for identifying EU countries’ roles in international production networks

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

An EU boost to sustainable corporate governance

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

Avanzando en la soberanía digital europea: los reglamentos DSA y DMA

NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR INTERNATIONALE BETREKKINGEN - CLINGENDAEL (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

Sino-European joint ventures and the risk of technology transfers

Economic and Financial Affairs

LUISS SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL ECONOMY

The ECB’s monetary policy and its new instrument

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

How can the ECB deal with the risk of fragmentation?

HERTIE SCHOOL/JACQUES DELORS CENTRE

Wielding the big gun – What the ECB’s new bond pHaurchasing program means for EU governance

DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH)

Real effects of financial market integration: evidence from an ECB collateral framework change

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

The war in Ukraine and the European Central Bank

BRUEGEL

Legal options for a green golden rule in the European Union’s fiscal framework

BRUEGEL

Mapping banking centres globally since 1970

LUISS SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL ECONOMY

Public spending for future generations: recent trends in EU countries

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

Retornar a la austeridad en Europa: ¿entendible o entelequia?

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

Achieving the full potential of sustainable finance: the role of national, European and international initiatives

Education / Youth / Culture / Sport

CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE FORMATION EUROPÉENNE

The European Year of Youth 2022 - Aspects of a genealogy of European youth cooperation

Employment / Social Policy / Health and Consumer Affairs

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Did the Covid-19 pandemic impact income distribution?

BRUEGEL

Covid-19 and the shift to remote work

BRUEGEL

Covid-19 in the European Union: health impacts and effects on economic activity

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES

The role of the recovery and resilience facility in strengthening childcare policies

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES

Atypical work and the social protection of migrants in Europe

EUROPEAN TRADE UNION INSTITUTE

Mapping eco-social policy mixes for a just transition in Europe

BRUEGEL

The impact of artificial intelligence on the nature and quality of jobs

BRUEGEL

Policies to support the self-employed in the labour markets of the future

Environmental Issues

BRUEGEL

How can the European Union adapt to climate change while avoiding a new fault line?

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Serious gaming: grounding and directing climate action

ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE

Conference on the Future of Europe: what is next for EU climate policies?

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Green Deal watch, No. 7

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

Supporting adaptation in African agriculture – A policy shift since the EU Green Deal?

OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS

The international dimension of the European Green Deal

Justice and Home Affairs

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Advancement or impediment? AI and the rule of law

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Developments along the route: the role of transit countries in shaping mixed-migration flows to Europe

HERTIE SCHOOL/JACQUES DELORS CENTRE

Implementing temporary protection in the EU - From crisis response to long-term strategy

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR AUSWÄRTIGE POLITIK (GERMAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS)

Pulsmessung an der Grenze: die deutsch-französische grenzüberschreitende Gesundheitszusammenarbeit

LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The location of asylum seekers in Europe before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE

The Covid-19 catalyst: learning from pandemic-driven innovations in immigrant integration policy

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΌ ΊΔΡΥΜΑ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΉΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΉΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΉΣ (HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY)

Migration restrictions in the West: some ethical concerns

LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH
A radical-right populist definition of cross-national regionalism in Europe: shaping power geometries at the regional scale beyond state borders

Transport / Telecommunications / Energy

PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO

Dual-use AI technology in China, the US and the EU: strategic implications for the balance of power

ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE

A fair and solidarity-based EU emissions trading system for buildings and road transport

E3G

Data for decision makers

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE
Managing the energy and food crises: exceptional times call for exceptional measures

E3G

Seven tests for a pro-clean investment energy charter Treaty

DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH)

The costs of natural gas dependency: price shocks, inequality, and public policy

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Reconciling EU energy security with climate policies: rethinking European gas markets

BRUEGEL

How to make the EU energy platform an effective emergency tool

ISTITUTO PER GLI STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

Europe’s bumpy road to energy security: heading to the Middle East?

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

From the war in Ukraine to the energy transition: searching for a new balance in the oil market

BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG

Doppelte Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit: eine Annäherung an Zukunftsperspektiven

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Think basins, not borders: offshore wind for the wider Black Sea

FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY / DEFENCE

Discussing Josep Borrell's declaration about "the awakening of geopolitical Europe”, reports note that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has catapulted the EU toward greater geopolitical assertiveness and unity; that Europe cannot wait for unity and should improve EU foreign policy effectiveness; and that it is time to act on the EU defence area, building a united European defence with its own strategic and technological autonomy. They ask what the war in Ukraine means for the global nuclear order, and which are possible post-war scenarios and migration repercussions.

FINNISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The EU’s strategic multilateralism: global engagement in an era of great-power competition

BARCELONA CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONA AFFAIRS (CIDOB)

Summary of party positions on EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy. Case studies: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

The global gateway: a recipe for EU geopolitical relevance?

KÜLÜGYI ÉS KÜLGAZDASÁGI INTÉZET (INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE)

The Green Alliance – A new phase in EU-Japan Cooperation

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

EU-China cooperation on ‘green’ and ’social’ values

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

EU–China relations at a crossroads: looking for a new modus vivendi

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR AUSWÄRTIGE POLITIK (GERMAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS)

China’s global vision vacuum: an opportunity and challenge for Europe

KÖZGAZDASÁG- ÉS REGIONÁLIS TUDOMÁNYI KUTATÓKÖZPONT VILÁGGAZDASÁGI INTÉZET
[INSTITUTE OF WORLD ECONOMICS OF THE CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL STUDIES]

Chinese investment in the Baltic sea region: main characteristics and policy challenges

EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The EU engagement in Afghanistan: insights and emerging lessons

BARCELONA CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONA AFFAIRS (CIDOB)

La relación Cuba-UE en el contexto internacional: diagnóstico, retos y recomendaciones

KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG

Deutschland und die EU im globalen Wettbewerb zwischen den USA und China

NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR INTERNATIONALE BETREKKINGEN - CLINGENDAEL (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

Europe cannot wait for unity: teaming up to improve EU foreign policy effectiveness – and what the Netherlands could contribute to it

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΌ ΊΔΡΥΜΑ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΉΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΉΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΉΣ (HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICY)

Greece and Turkey in the world today: the public’s view

NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR INTERNATIONALE BETREKKINGEN - CLINGENDAEL (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming? Russia’s growing presence in Africa and its implication for European policy

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

European defence: time to act

GEORGE C. MARSHALL - EUROPEAN CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES

EU’s ability to act

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS (IEEE)

A strategic compass for security and defence of the European Union: another document?

POLSKI INSTYTUT SPRAW MIĘDZYNARODOWYCH (The Polish Institute of International Affairs)

Tracing the development of EU capabilities to counter hybrid threats

INSTITUT DE RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES ET STRATÉGIQUES

The untenable simplicity of the European defence equation

L’insoutenable simplicité de l’équation de la défense européenne

NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR INTERNATIONALE BETREKKINGEN - CLINGENDAEL (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

Specialising in European defence: to choose or not to choose?

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS (IEEE)

The new European peace facility: implications for the planning and conduct of EU military operations

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS (IEEE)

The application of circular economy in the defence sector

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Solid foundation, rocky future? Assessing transatlantic defence and security ties after NATO’s Madrid summit

KU LEUVEN

How NATO decisions are made: NATO consensus and the autonomy of member states explained

FINNISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

A policy agenda for Finland’s entry into NATO: from ‘one for one’ to ‘one for all’

OŚRODEK STUDIÓW WSCHODNICH (Centre for Eastern Studies)

NATO after Madrid: how much deterrence and defence on the eastern flank?

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Between war and peace: ‘hybrid threats’ and NATO’s strategic concept

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDY

The war in Ukraine and global nuclear order

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Making the EU’s new development aid work for democracy

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

Human development in the EU’s international spending in turbulent times: from words to deeds?

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

Malos tiempos para olvidar la política comercial de la UE

WISEEUROPA

Green turnaround: regulatory changes to the EU trade policy

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Reports analyse the post-Brexit EU–UK cooperation on migration and asylum, as well as Brexit's overall economic and political consequences. Against the background of the model of staged accession of the Western Balkans into the EU, papers address key regional dilemmas and concerns pointing to EU's role to mitigate crisis situations and disputes. They discuss Moscow’s strategic obsession with the Eastern Mediterranean; and also Iran's place between East and West taking into account the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as well as the war in Ukraine and the energy politics.

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

Post-Brexit EU–UK cooperation on migration and asylum: how to live apart, together

INSTITUT DER DEUTSCHEN WIRTSCHAFT (IW, KÖLN)/GERMAN ECONOMIC INSTITUTE

Nach dem Brexit: eine erste Einschätzung ökonomischer und politischer Folgen

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

The model of staged accession to the EU: addressing the Western Balkans’ three key concerns

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP

Managing the risks of instability in the Western Balkans

GROUP FOR LEGAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES

Kosovo’s agreement with partnership for peace: what needs to be done and how?

ISTITUTO PER GLI STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

Environment in times of war: climate and energy challenges in the post-Soviet region