Mody’s ‘Euro tragedy’: the counter story

Miguel Otero-Iglesias. WP 13/2018 - 16/9/2019.

This is a long and dissenting review, in nine acts, of Ashoka Mody’s book EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, based on a political economy approach, generally absent in the book.

Strategic autonomy in a new era: a Cold-War risk assessment of China’s involvement in the EU’s 5G networks

Mario Esteban & Ugo Armanini. ARI 89/2019 - 6/8/2019.

This paper suggests studying the relations between the EU and China through a Cold War analysis framework.

A strategic look at the position of High Representative and Commission Vice-President

Ignacio Molina & Luis Simón. ARI 88/2019 - 5/8/2019.

What is the potential, and which are the shortcomings and possible ways of strengthening the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs (and Vice-President of the European Commission) in order to improve the efficiency and standing of the EU as a global player?

Emerging security challenges in NATO’s southern neighbourhood

Ian O. Lesser. ARI 79/2019-3/7/2019.

NATO has always had a southern exposure. Today’s strategic environment provides a new context for this traditional question, but also raises fundamental questions of geography, alliance politics and a shared approach to risks.

The EU after the elections: a more plural Parliament and Council

Piotr Maciej Kaczyński. ARI 76/2019 - 26/6/2019.

What is the new balance of power in the EU’s institutions following the May 2019 elections?

Sánchez must snatch the Economic Vice-presidency for Spain

Miguel Otero-Iglesias & Ilke Toygür. Expert Comment 20/2019 - 11/6/2019.

Spain deserves a top job in the EU and Pedro Sánchez is determined to get it. For a country that is strongly pro-European and the fifth-largest (fourth, if Britain quits) economy in the Union, it is embarrassingly underrepresented. 

EU policy in the face of the Chinese challenge

Mario Esteban & Miguel Otero Iglesias. Expert Comment 18/2019 (English version) - 6/6/2019.

While the change in the European Commission’s narrative on China is highly significant, it is not at all clear how this will translate into the foreign policy of the various member states.

Subject and object: Europe and the emerging great-power competition

Luis Simón. Expert Comment 17/2019 - 30/5/2019.

The growing rivalry between the US and China compels Europeans to wake up to some hard facts. One of them is that we live in a world that is increasingly defined by great-power competition, in which the norms and institutions Europeans hold so dear may well take a back seat. 

EU-Japan EPA and SPA: more than a partnership, a necessary turning point for both

Ana María Goy Yamamoto. Expert Comment 16/2019 - 29/5/2019.

With just few weeks for the opening of the G20 summit in Osaka on 28-29 June, the stakes that the world economy faces are higher than ever. The current US-China trade turmoil is precisely what Japan and the EU are trying to avoid.

Spain’s influence in the European Parliament: an historical survey and predictions for the new political cycle

Ilke Toygür & Carlos Carnicero Urabayen. ARI 56/2019 - 21/5/2019.

The European parliamentary elections in May 2019 represent a major opportunity for Spain to increase its influence in the EU.