Europe in the World

The European Parliament: partner or disruptor in European foreign policy making?

There is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to Europe’s burgeoning foreign policy. The division of competencies in this area, traditionally the preserve of EU member-states, has always been a messy one. But things could yet shift in the favor of the EU’s institutions, as shown by the example of the European Parliament.

Thursday 9 July 2020

On Defeating China

China is ascending to become the foremost global power. A world dominated by China would be a bleak place for freedom, democracy and human rights. The United States is taking on China while estranging its allies and destroying its own institutions. The European Union needs to step in to prevent China from dominating the world.

Tuesday 7 July 2020

Friend and Foe?

“The relationship between the EU and China is simultaneously one of the most strategically important and one of the most challenging that we have,” said Ursula von der Leyen after her first meeting as Commission President with Xi Jinping on June 22nd. She is right. The European Union finds itself caught between the United States, historically a close ally, and China, whose ongoing feud has escalated to the point of a new “Cold War.”

Sunday 5 July 2020

The Western Balkans: hostile governments and limited freedoms challenge the European dream

Despite their desire to join the European Union, the countries which comprise the Western Balkans (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia) hold a very low position in the press freedom ranking compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Whilst conditions (...)

Saturday 4 July 2020

The European Union and Mexico: a free trade agreement and a pandemic

On Tuesday 28th April 2020, the European Commission announced that it had concluded negotiations for a free-trade agreement with Mexico, one of the EU’s main trading partners in Latin America. The trade agreement, which will lift almost all tariffs on products traded with the EU (particularly on (...)

Friday 3 July 2020

China and the EU – Why Engagement with China Requires a Unified Strategy

Faced with crisis, including the present Covid-19 pandemic, Europe realizes again how “powerless in spite of its intentions” it is. This is how Dr. Feng Zhongqing, vice president of the Beijing-based China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, describes the current situation of the (...)

Thursday 2 July 2020

Russia, the EU and the Estranged Neighbors Conundrum

During the past few years the relations between Moscow and the EU have been consistently worsening to the point when there is no longer anything that could be surprising.

Wednesday 1 July 2020

A stand for true reciprocity

The participation of Finland, Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands in the next phase of PESCO – the EU’s key defence cooperation framework – should be made conditional, by the Council, upon their reciprocal support of the Next Generation EU recovery package. At this crucial turning point, (...)

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Editorial: What Future for a “Geopolitical” Europe?

As various European countries begin to reopen, a “new normal” is slowly emerging. Although it is impossible to know definitively how our lives will be changed in the next few months, plans are already being re-evaluated, principles are being tested, and issues that were once in the foreground (...)

Monday 25 May 2020

Belarus and Azerbaijan: two dictatorships in touch with the EU

Inside the Eastern Partnership (EaP), a collaborative framework between the EU and six neighbouring countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), different dynamics and different expectations towards the EU can be observed. In particular, some of these countries, like Azerbaijan and Belarus, are much more unlike the EU than others. What can a closer look at these two authoritarian states reveal?

Sunday 24 May 2020

Armenia: stuck in the middle?

Inside the Eastern Partnership (EaP), a collaborative framework between the EU and six neighbouring countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), different dynamics and different expectations towards the EU can be observed. Unlike other EaP countries, Armenia has wavered sometimes between its relationship with the EU and its relationship with Russia. Can it strike a balance?

Saturday 23 May 2020

Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia: paving a path to the EU?

Inside the Eastern Partnership (EaP), a collaborative framework between the EU and six neighbouring countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), different dynamics and different expectations towards the EU can be observed. Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, for example, are all gunning for closer relations with the EU—will they perhaps end up joining the bloc one day? Or are there worthwhile alternatives to accession, too?

Friday 22 May 2020
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