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Think Tank Review- February 2023
- 23 February 2023
- Think Tank Review
- gsclibrary
EU politics and institutions
Reports point to the neutrality principle that several European states have renounced following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 asking if it is outdated and if the strategic positions of neutral countries are today in rapid evolution pushing them to choose sides and close ranks. Commenting on the Conference of the Future of Europe, papers note that the Conference offered an added value to the existing deliberative process by enabling the expression of an endless variety of personal opinions and views on key aspects of European democratic governance by academics and members from organized civil society. The extraterritoriality concept is analysed in depth and especially how the EU by using law, compliance and strategic intelligence can respond to challenges posed by superpowers. In that context, the general data protection regulation is an example of tangible EU action to protect its citizens and its industries. Reports also examine what the future of the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion will look like in view of the green and digital transition which is fundamentally changing Europe's economy.
Notre Europe - Jacques Delors
La neutralité, une idée périmée en Europe?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
European democracy support annual review 2022
Ελληνικό Iδρυμα Ευρωπαϊκής και Εξωτερικής Πολιτικής (Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy) / Hanns Seidel Foundation
The Conference on the Future of Europe: a kaleidoscope of democracy
Institut pro Evropskou Politiku Europeum
Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union: enlargement as a strategic decision
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
How Sweden can use its EU Presidency to build the civilian security dimension of the Eastern partnership
Fondation Robert Schuman
Au-delà de l’extraterritorialité européenne, pour une intelligence du droit et de la «compliance» au service de la souveraineté
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Die extreme Rechte in den Europäischen Parlamenten
L'extrême droite au sein des parlements européens
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
The spectacle of press freedom in Central Europe
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Die Zukunft der Kohäsion - Auswirkungen des digitalen und grünen Wandels auf Europas Regionen
Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Die EU vor neuen Erweiterungen? Alternativen zur Vollmitgliedschaf
Tænketanken Europa
The EU's pandemic response
Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Is the US inflation reduction act hurting the German economy? An objection to exaggerated claims
German Institute of Development and Sustainability
Embrace multipolarity: Germany must act European for the global common good
Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Higher renewable energy targets in Germany: how will the industry benefit?
Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel
Die geplante China-Strategie Deutschlands ist der falsche Weg
Centre for Eastern Studies
‘Europe’s engine’ seizing up: French-German relations during the polycrisis
Instytut Spraw Publicznych (Institute of Public Affairs)
Kriegerische Nachbarschaft? Wie der Krieg den deutsch-polnischen Dialog prägt
Terra Nova
Leçons du nord de l’Europe: les enseignements pour la France de la taxe carbone suédoise
Rahvusvaheline Kaitseuuringute Keskus (International Centre for Defence and Security)
Europe’s Indo-Pacific tilt: Estonian and Japanese interests
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Fratelli d'Italia e Lega: diversamente populisti di destra?
Slovenská Spoločnosť pre Zahraničnú Politiku (Slovak Foreign Policy Association)
A spirit of solidarity? Evaluating Slovakia’s potential contribution to regional and intra-EU natural gas security of supply
Institute of International and European Affairs
“Security, resilience, prosperity, values”: the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU
EU policies
Celebrating in 2023 its 30th anniversary, the European single market is commented on as one of the greatest achievements of the European integration project, bringing 56 million additional jobs in Europe. Reports explore the state of economic convergence in the euro area, and if the redefinition of the Stability and Growth Pact will result in a more effective policy for achieving convergence, after more than 20 years since the introduction of the euro. They also look at how to make the Capital Markets Union work given that Europe has a high rate of savings and how to use those savings to increase productive investment. They discuss the ‘hidden’ impact of digitalisation on employment, particularly on the invisible conditions of some jobs, as perceived by workers, especially in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic; the main challenges faced by EU institutions in their response to Covid-19, and the role of the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA). Papers note that digitalisation could be an enabler for the clean energy transition taking into account that the coming years will require a massive scale-up of renewable energy across the EU and a tremendous effort by European businesses and households to cut their energy consumption; they also highlight the need for a European digital sovereignty as Europe faces issues of sovereignty in this area.
Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik (Austrian Society for European Politics)
30 Jahre Europäischer Binnenmarkt…und noch immer unvollendet
Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques
Critical technologies and industrial capabilities: national definition and policy implications
Institut Français des Relations Internationales
La sidérurgie européenne se prépare pour être à la pointe de la décarbonation
Ελληνικό Iδρυμα Ευρωπαϊκής και Εξωτερικής Πολιτικής (Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy)
Made in Europe: an EU green industrial plan to respond to the challenge of US and Chinese protectionism
Tænketanken Europa
E-handel mangler regulering
Tænketanken Europa
Net-zero industry act: Hvordan vil EU forsvare sin konkurrenceevne?
Economic and Financial Affairs
Real Instituto Elcano
Cuestiones clave para la estabilidad financiera en Europa
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen - Clingendael (Netherlands Institute of International Relations)
The state of economic convergence in the eurozone
Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche
A permanent EU investment fund in the context of the energy crisis, climate change and EU fiscal rules
European Capital Markets Institute - Centre for European Policy Studies
How to make capital markets union work
Centre for Social and Economic Research
VAT gap in the EU: report 2022
Centre for European Policy Studies
The recovery and resilience facility: what are we really monitoring with a performance-based approach?
Centre for Social and Economic Research
Addressing the challenges of the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in national recovery and resilience plans: a preliminary assessment
Employment / Social Policy / Health and Consumer Affairs
Bruegel
The hidden inequalities of digitalisation in the post-pandemic context
Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Promoting a just digital transition for workers
European Trade Union Institute
Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2022 policymaking in a permacrisis
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Mittendrin statt nur dabei? – Repräsentation und Partizipation von Frauen in Europa
Centre for European Policy Studies
Job retention schemes between the Great Recession and the Covid-19 crises: does the institutional design affect the take up? An EU-27 cross-country comparison
Centre for European Policy Studies
Broader, smarter, fairer: a more ambitious agenda for global health
Centre for European Policy Studies
Improving the mission, governance and operations of the EU HERA
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
The EU’s open strategic autonomy in the field of pharmaceuticals
Environmental issues
Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche
Towards a greener Visegrád Group: progress and challenges in the context of the European Green Deal
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Klimaverhandlungen im Zeichen multipler Krisen
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Carbon farming co-benefits: approaches to enhance and safeguard biodiversity
Justice and Home Affairs
Bruegel
Pro- and anti-competitive provisions in the proposed European Union data act
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
The state of “good migration governance”: fieldwork main findings of the AdMiGov project
Transport / Telecommunications / Energy
European Policy Centre
Digitalisation: an enabler for the clean energy transition
Österreichische Institut für Internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International affairs)
No end in sight to the global sprint towards digital sovereignty in 2023 (and beyond)
Tænketanken Europa
EU’s digitale suverænitet – global leder eller overregulering?
Fondation Robert Schuman
Digital sovereignty: for a Schuman data plan
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen - Clingendael (Netherlands Institute of International Relations)
Open strategic autonomy: the digital dimension
Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Souveraineté numérique: politiques européennes, dilemmes américains
Real Instituto Elcano
Energía y clima en 2023: desacoplarse de Rusia conciliando seguridad energética y ambición climática
Terra Nova
Décorréler les prix de l’électricité de ceux du gaz: mission impossible?
Ecologic Institute
Towards socially and ecologically sustainable energy markets options to reform energy pricing in the G20
Foreign and security policy / Defence
Reports analyse the multipolarity in the 21st century and the place of Europe in a multipolar international system; define the concept of strategic autonomy as a means and process that can help the EU achieve effective foreign policy governance at the EU level; delve into the foreign and security policy relations of the Western Balkan countries with external actors especially after the Russian war in Ukraine, highlighting the question of a rapprochement between the Western Balkans and the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. Briefs explore prospects of reinvigorating the Middle East Peace Process with a possible joint EU-US undertaking. On defence issues, reports discuss how to rebuild Europe’s security architecture, and the cyber security issue in conjunction with cyber defence. They note that global trade will continue to face multiple challenges in 2023 and ask what’s driving reglobalization which best describes the current pattern of economic integration and fracturing across different economies and sectors.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
The EU’s external democracy action in a new geopolitical reality
Institut Européen des Relations Internationales
Présentation de la "multipolarité au XXIème siècle" et de "l'Europe, la multipolarité et le système international: âge planétaire et nouvel ordre mondial
Külügyi és Külgazdasági intézet (Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade)/ Think Visegrad
EU strategic autonomy: views and positions of Visegrad countries
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Switzerland: too much to lose, too little to negotiate?
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Außen- und sicherheitspolitische Beziehungen der Westbalkanländer mit externen Akteuren: Geostrategische Konkurrenz für die EU oder lokale Machtkämpfe?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hedging its bets: Serbia between Russia and the EU
Център за Изследване на Демокрацията (Center for the Study of Democracy)
Rolling back state capture in southeast Europe: implementing effective instruments for asset declaration and politically exposed companies rolling back state capture in southeast Europe
European Council on Foreign Relations
Sunny side up: maximising the European Green Deal’s potential for North Africa and Europe
Centre for Social and Economic Research
Prospects of reinvigorating the Middle East Peace Process: a possible joint EU-US undertaking?
European Council on Foreign Relations
From aid to inclusion: a better way to help Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan
Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey
Is the EU ready for and/or willing to a change in Turkey?
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen - Clingendael (Netherlands Institute of International Relations)
How strategic tech cooperation can reinvigorate relations between the EU and India
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
From common values to complementary interests: for a new conception of Germany’s and the EU’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
Council on Foreign Relations
Conflicts to watch in 2023: preventive priorities survey results
Österreichische Institut für internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
How to rebuild Europe’s security architecture?
Institut für Europäische Politik
Germany's "Zeitenwende" and its implication for the European security architecture
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Cyber-Sicherheit im Weltraum: Verwundbarkeiten, Angriffsvektoren und Schutzmaßnahmen
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
Unión Europea: ciberseguridad y ciberdefensa
Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Naval combat redux: a renewed challenge for western navies
College of Europe
The European neighbourhood and its security landscape: an increasingly integrated picture
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Alternative options to strengthen small state deterrence in the face of new great power competition
Globsec
Fighting foreign malign influence in democratic states
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Frankreichs Atomwaffen und Europa: Optionen für eine besser abgestimmte Abschreckungspolitik
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik
Europe’s strategic technology autonomy from China: assessing foundational and emerging technologies
Tænketanken Europa
Nationale forsvarsbudgetter stiger, men vil det også styrke EU-landenes evne til at agere sammen på forsvarsområdet?
Tænketanken Europa
EU's reaktionsmuligheder over for USA's inflation reduction act
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Economic development in an era of climate change
Chatham House
Global trade in 2023: what’s driving reglobalization?
Global affairs
Studies analyse how military capabilities are affected by climate change as far as China, Russia and the United States are concerned; look at the UK-France relations after Brexit, and at Chinese foreign policy in 2023, as well as at East Asia’s worsening security situation.
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen - Clingendael (Netherlands Institute of International Relations)
Military capabilities affected by climate change: an analysis of China, Russia and the United States
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Southern atlanticism revisited: what scope for north-south consensus?
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Between crisis and cooperation: UK-France relations after Brexit
Tænketanken Europa
Kan nye Brexit-forhandlinger medvirke til at få Storbritannien ud af kaos?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
No water’s edge: Russia’s information war and regime security
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The changing strategic importance of the Middle East and North Africa
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
Algeria’s cautious return to the world stage
European Institute of the Mediterranean
Euro-Mediterranean cooperation on natural disasters: civil protection and emergency management
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Die neue israelische Regierung und ihre Agenda im Westjordanland
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Der neue US-Kongress und die europäische Sicherheit: auch für die Nato bedeutet der Führungsstreit bei den Republikanern nichts Gutes
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Four contending US approaches to multilateralism
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
The red wave that wasn't: why the 2022 US midterm elections broke the mold
Carnegie Europe
Development assistance in different political regime contexts
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
La asociación estratégica chino-rusa sigue gozando de buena salud
Sino-Russian strategic partnership continues to enjoy good health
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
China's regulations on algorithms: context, impact, and comparisons with the EU
Real Instituto Elcano
Implicaciones económicas y geopolíticas del parón demográfico en China
Österreichische Institut für internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Chinese foreign policy in 2023: stepping back from the brink
Österreichische Institut für internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
East Asia’s worsening security situation
Real Instituto Elcano
Ayuda al desarrollo e influencia en el sistema de salud global
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik
How to plan and execute a coup: social media give insurgents the advantage
InternationaL Crisis Group
Watch list 2023
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
What to watch in 2023
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