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.
The Coronavirus is now present throughout Europe and the credibility of its institutions, economy and image in the world are at stake.
What is needed is a far-reaching revision of the EU’s relationship with Turkey for a more fruitful cooperation.
‘European sovereignty’ has become the new watchword and new aspiration of certain prominent EU leaders. But it is necessary to learn to think about it.
The new European Commission is set to be geopolitical. The EU need to decide what level of assertiveness is the most suitable for its relations with China
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.
The EU and Japan must increase their efforts to become strategic players if they want to grasp the opportunities offered by Society 5.0.
After more than three years of Brexit wrangling, even those who voted to remain in the EU want to move on, but the issue is far from being out of the news.
Alarm bells are ringing virtually across Europe: populations are in precipitous decline, both in the Eastern countries of the EU and in the west.
In the wake of Boris Johnson’s resounding victory in the British election, Brexit looks set to happen on the date envisaged and on the terms agreed.
Does the current European geopolitical energy landscape foster or hamper renewable energies’ cooperation and exchanges? Which geopolitical or strategic role may renewables play? Are renewables (and CSP) included in governments’ energy security strategies?
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?