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Future of Europe

No coronavirus diplomacy could solely revitalize Turkey-EU relations. Boxes of COVID-19 medical supplies donated by the Turkish government on its way to the Joint Base Andrews (US), on 28 April. Photo: Karen Abeyasekere / U.S. Air Force. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

No coronavirus diplomacy could solely revitalize Turkey-EU relations

Turkey is using the coronavirus diplomacy as a tool to make things better with its European neighbours, but this is not necessarily enough.

By Ilke Toygür
24 Jun 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Peter Altmaier (German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy), Bruno Le Maire, (French Minister for Economy and Finance) and Claudia van Veen (Presenter) present the European data infrastructure project GAIA-X (4/6/2020). Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Elcano Blog
Future of Europe Experts Comments

GAIA-X: an opportunity for the European digital sovereignty?

In the debate over European digital sovereignty which is still unsolved, GAIA-X features opportunities, challenges, and discrepancies.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
16 Jun 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics of EU institutions. "Coronavirus - Global response" on the front of the Berlaymont building. Photo: Xavier Lejeune / ©European Union, 2020
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics of EU institutions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and setting the tone for the Conference on the Future of Europe

It is vital to understand all its power dynamics before judging the EU’s performance while dealing with these multidimensional crises.

By Ilke Toygür
02 Jun 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Living with COVID-19: The thinking behind Spain’s lockdown exit plan
Future of Europe Experts Comments

Living with COVID-19: The thinking behind Spain’s lockdown exit plan

Spain’s lockdown exit plan is based on four pillars: proper data and healthcare capacities, geographical asymmetry, a two-way street with different speeds, and subsidiarity and co-responsibility.

By Miguel Otero Iglesias
02 Jun 2020 //
11 mins Reading time
25th EU-Japan Summit 2018 (cropped image). Photo: ©European Union
Future of Europe Analyses

EU-Japan cooperation on defence capabilities: possibilities?

EU and Japan have interest in developing defence capabilities and research but these challenges and cooperation is conditioned by a shifting geopolitical landscape.

By Michito Tsuruoka, Daniel Fiott
22 May 2020 //
24 mins Reading time
Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. Photo: Jan M. Henrich (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Future of Europe Analyses

Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy

COVID-19 raises questions whether international politics will be characterised by a renewal of multilateralism or an aggravation of great power competition.

By Félix Arteaga, Luis Simón
20 May 2020 //
15 mins Reading time
Flags of Spain and the European Union. Photo: Arturo Rey (@arturorey)
Future of Europe Analyses

The influence –and weakness– of Spain’s European policy in the face of the pandemic: from a diagnostic to proposals and recommendations

This paper analyses the position of Spain in the EU’s management of the present health and economic crisis.

By Ignacio Molina, Federico Steinberg
15 May 2020 //
25 mins Reading time
EU and Japan flags. Photo: Elcano Royal Institute
Future of Europe Analyses

Rules-based connectivity, maritime security and EU-Japan cooperation in the Indian Ocean

This paper puts forward a number of specific proposals to further EU-Japan maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.

By Luis Simón, Tomohiko Satake
14 May 2020 //
28 mins Reading time
European defence should not be the casualty of ‘the Great Lockdown’. The EU flags in Strasbourg. Photo: © European Union 2014 - European Parliament (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
International Security Analyses

European defence should not be the casualty of ‘the Great Lockdown’

Defence should be included in the critical sectors as the EU renegotiates its next long-term budget that will seek to boost recovery.

By Real Instituto Elcano
30 Apr 2020 //
5 mins Reading time

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