Publications

This paper discusses the need for a sustainable energy transition in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region. It analyses the unsustainable burden of universal energy subsidies and calls for new...chevron_right

This report provides estimates of the costs of 11 southern and eastern Mediterranean countries of bringing their infrastructure to specified standards, and the macroeconomic benefits of those investme...chevron_right

This study analyses the current picture and prospects for EU–Brazil relations in the political and security arenas. As actors experiencing relevant changes, the EU and Brazil have found some common gr...chevron_right

This paper aims at assessing the economic and political importance of Mercosur for the EU’s interests in the short and medium run. It identifies and analyzes options for a Mercorsur-EU preferential tr...chevron_right

This report aims to identify and explain the links and interactions in Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs) between energy supply and demand and socio-economic development, as well as the potential...chevron_right

EU-Russia cooperation in the framework of the Common Space on Freedom, Security and Justice, launched almost a decade ago in 2003, has borne fruit more in the security aspects than the justice and lib...chevron_right

The ‘Emergent Brazil’ growth model is reaching its limits. Its main engines have been slowing significantly since the beginning of the global financial and economic crisis. Paradoxically, this paper a...chevron_right

This paper is concerned with the economic performance in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs). It suggests a number of policy measures that could support the future economic and social...chevron_right

This paper aims at identifying ways to pursue the EU–Mercosul negotiations leading to a free trade agreement (FTA). After reviewing their already long history, it outlines a basic FTA framework, in go...chevron_right

This paper discusses how the transformation in Brazil's carbon emissions profile and climate policy has increased the potentialities of convergence between the EU and Brazil. The first part discusses ...chevron_right

The regional and global dimensions of Brazil’s foreign policy are closely intertwined. According to Susanne Gratius and Miriam Gomes Saraiva, this approach not only allows Brasilia to assume a strong regional leadership role, it also facilitates the ‘soft-balancing’ of the United States.chevron_right

This paper offers a description of the main international economic features of Brazil and the EU to understand their current and future role in the global order. First it looks at the macroeconomics, ...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the impacts of trade and exchange rate misalignments on trade barriers and trade relations between the EU and Mercosur. The first section summarizes the debate on exchange rates at...chevron_right

This paper reviews the multiple forms of European continental regionalism and offers lessons for other world regions. The first lesson concerns what appears to be a relatively robust model for single ...chevron_right

Pursuant to Article 13 (3) of Council Decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organization and functioning of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the High Representative is held...chevron_right