Think Tank Review - July 2024
EU politics and institutions
Examining in depth the results of the European elections, reports find that major balances between the political parties have been maintained, with the European People’s Party remaining the largest group, with 186 seats, and the Party of European Socialists, with its S&D group, in second place with 135 seats. Papers also note that the populist, nationalist and far-right parties won seats but not as many as predicted. In a twist that demonstrates that all levels of European politics are increasingly interconnected, the consequences of the EU vote are felt more vividly in some member states. Asking if EU enlargement can work, papers wonder if the EU’s enlargement momentum, fueled by Russia’s war against Ukraine, is wearing off; they suggest that to make political conditionality work, the union must prioritise securing buy-in from candidate countries’ elites and civil society. Other papers suggest how to set the stage for enlargement and propose, for instance, the integration of the staged accession model into the New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Clingedaal/DGAP/Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy
Unblocking decision-making in EU enlargement: qualified majority voting as a way forward?
Fondation Robert Schuman
Être Européen (libre, moderne et indépendant) : vu d’Europe centrale et orientale
Fondation Robert Schuman
Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy
Enlargement on hold: the price Europe pays
LUISS School of European Political Economy
Will the French elections deliver a German Europe?
European Policy Centre
Eight structural innovations for the EU’s next politico-institutional cycle
European Policy Centre
2024 EU elections results: limited change, great challenges
European Policy Centre
EU elections 2024: what do party manifestos say on key policy issues?
Centre for European Policy Studies
Strengthening Europe’s democratic identity and security in a more autocratic world
Centre for European Policy Studies
Is the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure fit for the future?
European Centre for Development Policy Management
Global gateway: where now and where to next?
European Policy Centre
Centre for European Reform
What will the EU election results mean for Europe?
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
La Comisión Europea ante el nuevo ciclo institucional 2024-2029: implicaciones para España
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
¿Qué esperar del Parlamento Europeo tras las elecciones de 2024?
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
Wege zu einer neuen EU-Reform: mehr Europa wagen?
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Quo vadis, cohesion policy? European regional development at a crossroads
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations)
Die anti-Macrons: Frankreichs Rechtsaußen und ihre Vision der EU
Svenska institutet för europapolitiska studier (Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies)
A new political landscape: Europe after the elections
Fundación Alternativas
Autonomía estratégica abierta europea y ciclo electoral
Notre Europe Institut Jacques Delors / Sciences Po / IE Univeristy
The European political community
EU Policies
Exploring the bioeconomy, papers note that the climate and biodiversity crises will severely impact the agricultural sector in the next few years. This means that the EU should strengthen its efforts to decarbonise the agrifood sector and ensure that it adapts to these upcoming challenges. The bioeconomy can offer a solution which combines the economic and environmental perspectives. As regards ways to deliver net zero and a more competitive EU, articles are calling for honest discussions about the economic and societal impacts of the transition as well as the benefits of the European Green Deal. Publications ask if it is time to go beyond the Artificial Intelligence Act and adopt a more holistic approach across Europe. They assess Europe’s AI competitiveness, and more particularly Europe’s strengths and weaknesses in that regard. On economic and financial issues, papers are looking at the risks of global financial fragmentation as a result of the “weaponisation” of money; they also comment on the EU’s approach to safeguarding its economic security in relation to its principal trade partner, the People’s Republic of China.
Agriculture and Fisheries
Europe Jacques Delors
Circular bioeconomy: a climate-friendly solution for the EU agri-food sector?
Institute for European Environmental Policy
How can sustainable farming in the EU benefit from plant-based and novel sources of protein?
Ecologic / Institute for European Environmental Policy / Ricardo / Robert Bosch Stiftung
Towards climate friendly and resilient agri-food systems in Central Eastern Europe
Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)
LUISS School of European Political Economy / Istituto Affari Internazionali
Adjusting to new geopolitical realities: semiconductors industrial policy in the US and EU
European Trade Union Institute
ESADEgeo - Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Hacia una nueva política industrial de España en la Unión Europea
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Supply chain risks in EU-South Korea relations: semiconductor industries
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Why cities must drive growth in the EU’s single market
Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations
Fortifying Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem
Economic and Financial Affairs
HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies / Institute of World Economics
Convergence in public finances? The case of the new member states of the EU
Economic and Social Research Institute
The distributional impact of carbon pricing and energy related taxation in Ireland
Bruegel
The European Central Bank must adapt to an environment of inflation volatility
Bruegel
How much does Europe pay for clean air
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Fortifying economic security: the EU’s response to China’s risk
Istituto Affari Internazionali
The “weaponisation” of money: risks of global financial fragmentation
Istituto Affari Internazionali
The “weaponisation” of money: risks of global financial fragmentation
Employment / Social Policy / Health and Consumer Affairs
Institut pro evropskou politiku EUROPEUM (EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy)
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Social aspects of low emission zones: Milan case study
Centre for European Policy Studies
Shaping tomorrow’s workforce: EU policy priorities for skills
Economic and Social Research Institute / European Migration Network
Access to autonomous housing for beneficiaries of international protection in Ireland
Economic and Social Research Institute
A study of cross-border working on the island of Ireland
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Training, reskilling, upskilling: how to create jobs through the green transition
Environmental Issues
Institut pro evropskou politiku EUROPEUM (EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy)
Conditions for regional preparedness to draw on the just transition fund
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Circularity strategies and sustainable resource management to safeguard the clean energy transition
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Social aspects of low emission zones: Brussels-Capital Region case study
Centre for European Policy Studies
Green and enviable: how to deliver net zero and a more competitive EU
Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations
Climate justice and human mobility: bridging EU commitments and policies
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
La diplomacia energética y climática de la nueva Comisión Europea
Justice and Home Affairs
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
European migration policy: recent developments and the way forward
European Policy Centre / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung / Foundation for European Progressive Studies
The new screening and border procedures: towards a seamless migration process?
Foundation for European Progressive Studies / European Policy Centre / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
The crisis and force majeure regulation: towards future-proof crisis management and responses?
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW, Köln)/German Economic Institute
Datennutzung und Data sharing: zwischen Potenzial und Realität in deutschen Unternehmen
Transport / Telecommunications / Energy
Foundation for European Progressive Studies
A digital Union based on European values
European Policy Centre / Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications
Empowering citizens in Europe’s green transition: the role of digital solutions
European Policy Centre
Going beyond the AI act: time for a more holistic approach across Europe?
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Turbocharging the energy transition: four innovative clean technologies for the EU
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Hanseatic Blockchain Institute
Synergien von Blockchain und KI
Transport, Telecommunications, Energy
Център за изследване на демокрацията (Center for the Study of Democracy)
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Social aspects of low emission zones: Stockholm case study
Foreign and security policy / Defence
The process of drafting the 2024-2029 Strategic Agenda is ongoing. Reports are focusing on the Strategic Agenda’s three key priorities: bolstering the EU’s defence capabilities, reducing energy dependencies, and building a more robust European economic base. Publications look at the future of EU-UK foreign and security cooperation, pointing out that the invasion of Ukraine put foreign and security policy back at the centre of the relationship between London and Brussels. Reports study cyber risk reduction terminology and regulatory measures within China, Russia, the USA and the EU, focusing focus on risk assessment, risk management and mitigation processes with a view to identifying, evaluating and reducing the harm and negative impacts from cyber-attacks.
European Policy Centre
EU-Mongolia relations: toward a strategic partnership
Österreichische Institut für Internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
The new geopolitical formation in the wider horn of Africa: consequences for Europe
Centre for European Reform
China and the West: the gap is set to grow
ESADEgeo - Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Autonomía estratégica abierta europea y ciclo electoral 2024
European Union Institute for Security Studies
From hype to horizon: what the EU needs to know to bring IMEC to life
Istituto Affari Internazionali
If London is calling, is Brussels answering? The future of EU-UK foreign and security cooperation
Istituto Affari Internazionali
What future for the CFSP after the radical right upswing?
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Cyber risk reduction in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
Das Vereinigte Königreich und die EU: neue Möglichkeiten, alte Hindernisse
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
Naves furtivas y constelaciones de satélites, un espacio en disputa
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
Vinculación entre juegos de guerra e innovación militar: un camino hacia el cambio doctrinal
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Critical junctures – the future of the north
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Polen als starker Sicherheitsgarant an der NATO-Ostflanke
Istituto Affari Internazionali
Supply chain risks in EU-South Korea relations: semiconductor industries
Fondation Robert Schuman
Géorgie : terrible dilemme pour l'Europe
European Think-tank Network on China
National perspectives on Europe’s de-risking from China
European Policy Centre / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung / Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
La ciberresiliencia: entre la ciberseguridad y la resiliencia
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Jetzt oder Nie: the time has come to think and act as a European superpower
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Challenges and opportunities in the new political cycle of the European Union
Finnish Institute of International Affairs
European Policy Centre
The EU’s future after the 2024 elections: making the Strategic agenda more strategic
Real Instituto Elcano (Elcano Royal Institute)
Ya es hora de que Europa piense y actúe como una superpotencia
Trans European Policy Studies Association
The scrutiny of EU-funded investments in developing countries
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Adaptation or atrophy? The U.S.- EU trade and technology council post-2024
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Towards transatlantic coordination on purchasing and stockpiling critical commodities
Global affairs
As regards containing the global temperature rise between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius, articles point out that advanced-country financial support is important for enabling emerging market and developing economies to replace coal with renewable energy sources. Papers explore the risks and dilemmas of deep-sea mining from the three perspectives of environmental harm, equity and inter-state tensions. In doing so, they are helping explain the complex trade-offs governing new types of climate change technologies, whilst illustrating the need for more robust governance of global commons. They also report on the new "Russianism" and how Russia is colonising Africa, describing this as a Russia-sponsored neo-colonial project to strengthen the country’s influence in Africa by controlling as many African states as possible. This project is part of President Putin’s vision of a new alternative, multipolar world order, the aim of which is said to be to appropriate Africa’s natural resources, break the sanctions regime and drive the Western powers from the continent.
Clingendael Institute
A Chinese tributary? The consequences of Moscow’s increased dependence on Beijing
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Heinrich Böll Foundation) / Rosa Luxemburg Foundation / TMG
Institute for Public Policy Research
Rock bottom: low investment in the UK economy
International Crisis Group
Winds of change in Venezuela? Chavismo faces its greatest electoral test
Utrikespolitiska Institutet (Swedish Institute of International Affairs)
Utrikespolitiska Institutet (Swedish Institute of International Affairs)
Global commons at risk? Exploring risks and dilemmas of deep-sea mining
Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier (Danish Institute of International Studies)
Roadblocks and revenues: the politics of passage
Bruegel
The economic case for climate finance at scale
Institute for National Security Studies
The American foreign aid package and its implications
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
The new “Russianism”: how Russia is colonizing Africa
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
El fin de los petrodólares y el declive occidental
Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos
Taiwán, el conflicto que puede cambiar la geopolítica del Pacífico
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