Will European defence survive Coronavirus?

Daniel Fiott. Expert Comment 11/2020 - 27/3/2020.

How the virus will hit European defence over the long-term remains to be seen, of course. What can be said with a degree of certainly, however, is that Europe’s defence budgets may take a sizeable hit while Europe’s economies recover from the virus.

The case for EU-Japan digital connectivity and digital ODA

Maaike Okano-Heijmans. ARI 30/2020 - 25/3/2020.

The 2019 EU-Japan Connectivity Partnership paves the way for EU-Japan cooperation on all three practical elements of digital connectivity: telecommunications infrastructure, business and regulation. Cooperation should be implemented at both the practical and strategic levels, and beyond the bilateral agenda.

The EU, coronavirus and crisis management: is ‘solidarity’ real or just a prop?

Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 8/2020 - 20/3/2020.

Coronavirus, is now present throughout Europe. Although it is the health of the people of the EU that must come first, also at stake are the credibility of its institutions, its economy and its image in the world.

Why the EU should not opt for another refugee deal with Turkey with no shared responsibility

Ilke Toygür & Seda Gürkan. Expert Comment 4/2020 - 12/3/2020.

What is needed is a far-reaching revision of the EU’s relationship with Turkey for a more fruitful cooperation.

Connectivity and infrastructure: can the EU-Japan partnership make a difference?

Marie Söderberg. Expert Comment 3/2020 - 10/3/2020.

The EU-Japan Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure is one of the first concrete steps within the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The question is now how to move on from a broad political statement to the implementation stage.

The EU-Japan connectivity partnership: a sustainable initiative awaiting materialisation

Mario Esteban & Ugo Armanini. ARI12/2020 - 4/2/2020.

Implementing the Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure promising agenda is yet to be done and would require a significant and sustained financial commitment, as well as an efficient coordination between the EU and Japan, and beyond.

A geopolitical Commission? Beware the industrial-strategic gap in EU defence policy

Luis Simón. ARI 1/2020 - 10/1/2020.

To what extent will the European Commission’s efforts to promote a rationalisation of the European defence industry be based on a common political and strategic vision about the future of European defence?

The future of values in the EU Global Strategy 2020

Maryna Rabinovych & Zuzana Reptova. ARI 112/2019 - 19/11/2019.

The revised version of the EU Global Strategy is to be released by the next High Representative. What potential is there for introducing a new focus on fundamental values in order to boost the EU’s global role at a time of crisis for the international liberal order?

The self-determination of peoples vs human rights in liberal democracies: the case of Catalonia

Helena Torroja. ARI 99/2019 - 29/10/2019.

The abusive interpretations of the international norm of the self-determination of peoples by secessionist groups in liberal democracies entail a violation of the fundamental human rights of the entire population of the state in question. This paper discusses the norm’s abuse in reference to the people of Catalonia.

Syria strains Turkey’s ties to the West even after US withdrawal?

Nicholas Danforth. Expert Comment 27/2019 - 18/10/2019.

After seven decades, Turkey’s relationship with its nominal American and European NATO allies appears fundamentally broken. And there is still plenty of room for it to get worse. The current crisis in Syria is both a symptom and a driver of the breakdown.