The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and the revitalisation of the international economic liberal order

Gabriel Felbermayr. ARI 22/2019 - 21/2/2019.

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will have significant effects on the bilateral relation and the international liberal economic order.

Poland in Europe: disappointment or merely hiccup?

Piotr Maciej Kaczyński. WP 3/2019 - 31/1/2019.

The judicial reforms put the Warsaw government on a collision course with the EU institutions over the rule of law. What is Poland’s position in the EU in the context of the political and economic developments under the Law and Justice government?

The EU’s role in stabilising the Korean Peninsula

Mario Esteban. WP 1/2019 (printed version) - 17/1/2019.

The diplomatic situation in the Korean Peninsula is changing at enormous speed. In this context, this working paper analyses the position of the EU and its member states towards the current situation and the role they can play in the stabilisation of the Peninsula.

Spain’s 20 years in the euro: a beneficial straitjacket

William Chislett. Expert Comment 1/2019 - 4/1/2019.

We will never know with certainty whether Spain would have been better off not joining the euro. What we know is that in real GDP growth terms Spain has performed better than Germany, France and Italy since 1999.

Natural partners? Europe, Japan and security in the Indo-Pacific

Luis Simón & Ulrich Speck (Eds.). Policy Paper 4/2018 - 12/11/2018.

There is momentum for increased security cooperation between Europe and Japan. Europeans and Japanese are ‘natural partners’ who consider a liberal and rules-based international order to be a core interest.

Salvini’s Italy between Greek tragedy and Portuguese fado

Miguel Otero-Iglesias. Expert Comment 48/2018 - 19/10/2018 .

Salvini has struck a heroic pose because he knows it attracts votes in Italy. Conversely, his pugnaciousness makes him many enemies in Brussels and elsewhere. It might not be a bad idea to implement some of the structural improvements recommended by the European Commission.

How should the EU confront President Trump?

Federico Steinberg. ARI 115/2018 (English version) - 15/10/2018.

To what extent is the Trump Presidency just an anomaly or a symptom of something more profound? How should the EU react?

The European Council and migration: any progress?

Carmen González Enríquez. ARI 112/2018 (English version) - 9/10/2018.

The European Council has come up with a vague agreement, but it has avoided a political crisis and at the same time made more visible the seriousness of the migration challenge to the EU.

EU scenarios for 2027

Antonio Estella. WP 19/2018 - 8/10/2018.

This paper is written at a very critical time for the EU. However, in these distressed times for the European project, it seems more appropriate than ever to discuss in public what its future will be.

The Immortal Regiment: the pride and prejudice of Russia

Mira Milosevich-Juaristi. ARI 110/2018 (English version) - 27/9/2018.

The March of the Immortal Regiment has been celebrated each year since 2012 in hundreds of Russian cities and many others beyond Russia.