Publications

This commentary examines why the EU should take a lead at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference which will aim to create a comprehensive global climate change agreement as well as how the ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the tensions between the EU and Russia caused by attempts by both actors to gain influence in the post-Soviet states of Eastern Europe. The authors examine the foreign and trade p...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the global gas market as it stands in 2014 and puts forth hypotheses about some of the possible game-changing events that the market is likely to face in the short to medium term.chevron_right

This commentary examines the activities of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), a forum consisting of 51 European and Asian countries created to deepen political, economic and cultural relations. The autho...chevron_right

This book provides an overview of the findings of a 2014 monitoring exercise on banking business models in the EU. The authors examine the ownership structures, assess the financial and economic perfo...chevron_right

Using the 2014 examples of EU sanctions against Russia, and Russian sanctions against Ukraine and Moldova, this commentary examines the effectiveness of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool.chevron_right

This commentary argues that the financial structure of the eurozone makes quantitative easing (QE) which the European Central Bank adopted to fight deflation an ineffective instrument for this task. T...chevron_right

This commentary examines the two main objectives behind the 2014 European Commission's proposal on banking structural reform, namely the financial stability objective and the economic efficiency objec...chevron_right

This commentary argues that the EU should embrace the concept of increasing productivity and resource efficiency in urban areas by the integration of hitherto separate infrastructures through Informat...chevron_right

This commentary examines the European Commission’s priorities in the area of financial markets policy, arguing that three main themes stand out: moving back to normal in financial markets regulation, ...chevron_right

This commentary makes a proposal for an EU mechanism which would absorb potential fiscal shocks to the eurozone. One way to create such a mechanism, argue the authors, would be to provide reinsurance ...chevron_right

This commentary provides an overview of how the EU's institutions can improve cooperation, arguing that due to a lack of trust and confidence between member states, an institutional treaty change cann...chevron_right

In its conclusions on June 2014, the 40th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 40) invited submissions on the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA), New Marke...chevron_right

This report looks at the EU Commission's proposal (introduced in January 2014) to establish a market stability reserve (MSR) for the EU's greenhouse gas Emissions Trading System (ETS). The report disc...chevron_right

This research paper examines the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between North America and the European Union. More specifical...chevron_right