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Think Tank Review - January 2023

Croatia's accession to the Schengen area and to the eurozone from 1 January 2023; how the energy crisis and the decarbonisation process can shape EU industrial policy; the fifth anniversary of the European pillar of social rights; the EU global health strategy; hydrogen mobility infrastructure; the EU global gateway, energy prices and inflation; the EU’s role as a security provider, and the EU engagement in Central Asia are some of the topics discussed in the January Think Tank Review.

Think Tank Review - January 2023

25 January 2023
Think Tank Review
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EU politics and institutions

Highlighting Croatia's accession to the Schengen area and to the eurozone from 1 January 2023, reports analyse these two landmark decisions for the European future of the country. Papers discuss the multifaceted nature of European identity and culture and why the EU should engage in having such discussions, given that the European identity, values and ‘soul’ remain valuable points of reference for the future development of Europe and for its citizens. As over the last several years, citizens in Europe have been randomly selected to participate in specific policy debates, analyses point out that selection-based participation needs to be more integrated into mainstream democratic politics.

KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG

Der Beitritt Kroatiens zum Schengen-Raum und der Euro-Zone ab 2023

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS

La conjura contra Europa

WILFRIED MARTENS CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES

The EU and the multifaceted nature of European identity

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Wiens open strategische autonomie? Verschillende perspectieven in EU-lidstate

CARNERGIE EUROPE

Move fast and support things: responding to democratic openings

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Closing the gap between citizen participation and mainstream politics

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE

If not now, when? Climate disaster and the green vote following the 2021 Germany floods

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES

Le plan de soutien du gouvernement allemand aux ménages et entreprises: comment compenser le double choc énergétique et économique?

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Italian foreign policy and the Western Sahara: balancing relations with Morocco and Algeria

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Climate change and food insecurity: unleashing the promise and potential of agroecology in the Mediterranean

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Italy’s renewed interest in the Horn of Africa

ISTITUTO PER GLI STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

I motivi per approvare la modifica del MES, dopo la sentenza di Karlsruhe

EU policies

Reports analyse the digital markets act which sets new rules for a fair and competitive digital sector exploring how to implement the self-preferencing ban in the act. Papers look at how the energy crisis and the decarbonisation process can shape EU industrial policy pointing out that much will depend on how governments and citizens will react to the crisis and its consequences. Against the background of the war in Ukraine, reports discuss Euro area vulnerabilities and risks. They analyse the European pillar of social rights since its adoption five years ago; explore what artificial intelligence can do for workers and what skilled workers can do for the world; and discuss ways to make the EU global health strategy work. They also look at the how the development of the European Green Deal could contribute to the creation of EU climate diplomacy which is not yet complete; and comment on how nature restoration can be a driver for resilient food systems. On energy matters, studies explore cost-effective support mechanisms for hydrogen mobility infrastructure, as well as ways to secure alternative gas supplies and address critical infrastructure gaps in Europe.

Agriculture

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Seeking symbiosis - Does the new Common Agricultural Policy resonate with the ambitions of the European Green Deal?

Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)

BRUEGEL

How to implement the self-preferencing ban in the European Union’s digital markets act

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES/ FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG/INSTITUT EMILE VANDERVELDE

How place-sensitive are the national recovery and resilience plans?

FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG

Autonomía estratégica para una Europa social y soberana

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

To decouple or not to decouple? How to address China’s dominance in the European EV battery supply chain

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Campusbeheerders en de Wet VIFO: invulling van de wet veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames voor campusorganisaties

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Walking out of the woods: EU industrial policy between the energy crisis and decarbonisation

ZENTRUM FÜR EUROPÄISCHE INTEGRATIONSFORSCHUG (CENTER FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES)

Kritische Rohstoffe in der EU: Herausforderungen und Handlungsfelder

Economic and Financial Affairs

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES

Vulnérabilités et risques de la zone euro

BRUEGEL

Don’t look only to Brussels to increase the supply of safe assets in the European Union

THE VIENNA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES

Different choices, divergent paths: Poland and Ukraine

Education / Youth / Culture / Sport

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

The geopolitical implications of the EU’s media freedom act

Employment / Social Policy / Health and Consumer Affairs

EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE

The European pillar of social rights: five years on

LISBON COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND SOCIAL RENEWAL

What artificial intelligence can do for workers and what skilled workers can do for the world

GLOBSEC

Women in the innovation ecosystem zooming in on Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES/ FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG/INSTITUT EMILE VANDERVELDE

Towards a care-led recovery for the European Union? A feminist analysis of the national recovery and resilience plans

INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Opportunities for health engagement in European climate policies

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR EVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

The EU global health strategy: how to make it work

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

No global health security without strong and resilient health systems in the Mediterranean

STIFTUNG WISSENSCHAFT UND POLITIK (GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS)

Offene strategische Autonomie der EU im Bereich Arzneimittel

STIFTUNG WISSENSCHAFT UND POLITIK (GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS)
WHO-Initiativen: reformierte internationale Gesundheitsvorschriften und ein Pandemievertrag: nach Covid-19: Synergien zwischen beiden Handlungssträngen nutzen

Environmental Issues

THE POLISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Together, yet separate: identifying the internal preconditions of creating EU climate diplomacy

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Are we about to see a big bonus for Europe’s low-carbon ETS producers?

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES/ FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG/INSTITUT EMILE VANDERVELDE

Policy challenges and policy actions for a just climate transition five recovery plans in comparison

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Developing a supply chain for recycled rare earth permanent magnets in the EU: challenges and opportunities

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSITUTE

Security risks of environmental crises: environment of peace

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Green Deal watch: building energy resilience

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE

Infrastructures and sustainability

INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Nature restoration as a driver for resilient food systems

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

Gobernanza climática tras la COP27 de Sharm elSheikh

GLOBSEC

EU climate policy amid Russia’s war in Ukraine: a critical overview of key REPowerEU challenges and trajectories towards net-zero

Justice and Home Affairs

SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (SIEPS)

Should they stay or should they go? Frontex’s fundamental rights dilemma

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

The instrumentalization of migration: a geopolitical perspective and toolbox

HERTIE SCHOOL- JACQUES DELORS CENTRE

The instrumentalisation of migration - How should the EU respond?

Transport / Telecommunications / Energy

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

The EU global gateway – One year in: how to partner with the private sector?

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Energy prices and inflation: one shock, many asymmetric effects

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Exploring cost-effective support mechanisms for hydrogen mobility infrastructure

HERTIE SCHOOL- JACQUES DELORS CENTRE

Ditching losers - Why the EU should end support for unviable hydrogen applications

ЦЕНТЪР ЗА ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ НА ДЕМОКРАЦИЯТА (CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY)- E3 ANALYTICS

10-point plan to scale-up energy storage

ЦЕНТЪР ЗА ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ НА ДЕМОКРАЦИЯТА (CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY)

Energy poverty and decarbonisation: assessing the economic impacts of carbon pricing in Central Europe

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Towards European “smart communities”? EU’s energy preoccupations and the lesson of post-Fukushima Japan

ATLANTIC COUNCIL

Securing alternative gas supplies and addressing critical infrastructure gaps in Europe

EUROPEUM

Soaring electricity prices and development in the EU; the electricity market design under scrutiny?

THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES

Transatlantic technology policy pipeline 2023

FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE STUDIES/ FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG

The Russia-Ukraine war: an inflection point for sustainable energy transitions

Foreign and security policy / Defence

The outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine triggered not only a paradigmatic change in the system of international relations, but also the question of what the consequences of the conflict on the EU’s role as a security provider will be, note several papers. They also make reasonable predictions about the implications of the war in Ukraine for the governance of EU foreign and security policy and the Union’s role in international security. The growing EU engagement in Central Asia challenging the Russian predominance in its traditional backyard, as well as the meaning of mega-regions, i.e. Eurasia, the Indo-Pacific, and the transatlantic alliance in a reshaped world order, are also discussed. On EU defence matters, reports analyse the implications of investing in both deterrence and arms control simultaneously, as both are typically separated yet two sides of the same coin; and promote the concept of an open strategic autonomy in European defence, leading to better European capabilities which will allow the EU to act on its own when needed. Papers ask how to save the WTO with more flexible trading rules and point to the importance of mutual recognition agreements for trade facilitation.

Think Tank reports on the invasion of Ukraine

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

Can we ever build a common European home? The perils and promise of an old idea

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

EU foreign policy integration at times of war: from short-term responses to long-term solutions

GLOBSEC
Analysing political acceptability of reforms among national policymakers

FRIENDS OF EUROPE

Seize the geopolitical moment: the Western Balkans and European security

INSTITUT MONTAIGNE

Où en est le réengagement de l'UE dans les Balkans occidentaux

STIFTUNG WISSENSCHAFT UND POLITIK (GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS)

Der Berliner Prozess: große Ideen für den Westbalkan, schwierige und langsame Implementierung

BARCELONA CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Time to re-engage with Kosovo and Serbia: strengthening EU Foreign and security policy amidst Internal contestation

GERMAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Nach der Ostpolitik: lehren aus der Vergangenheit als Grundlage für eine neue Russland- und Osteuropapolitik

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES

The growing EU engagement in Central Asia: challenging the Russian predominance in its traditional backyard

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES

The EU-ASEAN commemorative summit: advancing bilateral cooperation in challenging times

CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES

The rise of mega-regions: Eurasia, the Indo-Pacific, and the transatlantic alliance in a reshaped world order

BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE

The digital decade: the EU, partnerships and governance in the Indo-Pacific

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Maritime road to 2030: EU’s Indo-Pacific footprint and India

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES

Strengthening the EU-Vietnam partnership: financing a green and just energy transition

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES

Thailand: role model and bridge builder for EU-ASEAN cooperation in combatting IUU fishing

BARCELONA CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

La estrategia geoeconómica de China e implicaciones para Europa. Una mirada desde Barcelona

CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIES

A tactical pause in relations with the West: China plays on hopes for peace

THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES

Watching China in Europe - December 2022

THE POLISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

EU responses to the potential of an armed conflict in the Taiwan strait

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Fragmentation nation: how Europeans can help end the conflict in Yemen

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

The EU vis-à-vis turmoil in Burkina Faso: towards Europeanisation?

THE HAGUE CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Not one without the other: realigning deterrence and arms control in a European quest for strategic stability

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES

Stocks militaires: une assurance-vie en haute intensité?

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS

El planeamiento de defensa nacional en la Europa de la defensa

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

La política industrial de defensa, civil y espacio de la Comisión Europea: ¡abran paso!

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES

Military expenditure: transparency, defence inflation and purchasing power parity

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

Open strategic autonomy in European defence: what countries must do

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

Realising the EU hybrid toolbox: opportunities and pitfalls

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The missile technology control regime at a crossroads: adapting the regime for current and future challenges

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Naval defence cooperation in the EU: potential and hurdles

INSTITUT DER DEUTSCHEN WIRTSCHAFT

Kooperationen in der europäischen Verteidigungswirtschaft

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Time to re-engage with Kosovo and Serbia: strengthening EU foreign and security policy amidst internal contestation

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Unlocking Afghanistan’s connectivity potential - Opportunities for the EU?

ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI

Europe’s area of maritime interest in Northeast Asia

BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE

Centre of gravity: security and defence in the Indo-Pacific - What role for the European Union

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

How the war in Ukraine is impacting Africa-Europe relations and the migration dialogue

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

Engaging the European private sector in EU development cooperation and finance

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT

The OACPS-EU partnership: damage control or saving the last pieces?

CHATHAM HOUSE - THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Strengthening US-EU cooperation on trade and technology

PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

How to save the WTO with more flexible trading rules

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

How important are mutual recognition agreements for trade facilitation?

OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Purpose, platform, and power: advancing trade under India’s G20 presidency

Global affairs

Think tanks ask if Russia will survive until 2084; find that the attack on Ukraine and the militarization of Russian foreign and domestic policy is a stress test for military reform and regime legitimacy; comment on the role of China in the response to debt distress in Africa; and how to build global prosperity proposals for sustainable growth.

ÖSTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR EUROPAPOLITIK

Digital Europeanisation in North Macedonia: slowly moving forward

INSTITUT MONTAIGNE

Peut-on faire la paix avec Poutine?

FOREIGN AFFAIRS INSTITUTE

Will Russia survive until 2084?

STIFTUNG WISSENSCHAFT UND POLITIK

Der Angriff auf die Ukraine und die Militarisierung der russischen Außen- und Innenpolitik: Stresstest für Militärreform und Regimelegitimation

RAHVUSVAHELINE KAITSEUURINGUTE KESKUS (INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DEFENCE AND SECURITY)

Putin’s counterintelligence state: the FSB’s penetration of state and society and its implications for post-24 February Russia

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Broken dream: the oligarch, Russia, and Georgia’s drift from Europe