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Over 130 think tanks and universities across Europe contribute authors and ideas to Europe’s World. This section showcases their own publications and reports and is also a bulletin board for their upcoming events.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Yes, the EU has a 'world view'; Perhaps too many
by Aleksander Kwasniewski
European countries’ very different histories mean EU governments often lack a firm basis for policy appraisals. Former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski traces the growth of common attitudes to global issues despite these differences
 

OUR EUROPEAN RADAR SCREEN

It is not easy to track policy thinking around Europe, but fresh ideas and new reports from over 130 think tanks and universities that make up the Europe's World Advisory Board are featured under Partner Network.

 All comments welcome!

Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) (Austria) 
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
 
Center for International Studies at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)   Faculty of International relations at the University of Economics in Prague (UEP) (Czech Republic) 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (Germany) 
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Spain)
 
The Institute of Democratic Politics (IDP) (Lithuania)    Department of International Relations at the University of Padua (Italy)
 Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (Germany)
Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) (Poland)
 
Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (Switzerland)    Friends of Europe (Belgium)
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) (Germany) 
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
 
Institute for World Economics (IWE) (Hungary)    Russia in Global Affairs (Russian Federation)
Institute of European Affairs (IEA) (Ireland) 
Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI) (Portugal)
 
Institute for International Relations (IMO) (Croatia)    Centre for European Integration Studies (CEIS) (Georgia)
Confrontations Europe (France) 
European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) (Spain)
 
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)    Faculty of studies of the European Economic Integration at the Romanian American University
 Madariaga European Foundation (Belgium)
Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EVI)
 
Institute for Civilization and Culture (Slovenia)    European Institute at İstanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy) 
Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
 
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath (United Kingdom)    Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS)
The Greek Centre of European Studies and Research (EKEME) 
Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS) (Poland)
 
Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) (Belgium)    Eurocollege at the Tartu University (Estonia)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden) 
Economic Development Foundation (IKV) (Turkey)
 
Center for European Programmes at the American University in Bulgaria    Europa-Institut (Germany)
 Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) at the European University Institute (Italy)
Department of Political Science at the University of Lund (Sweden)
 
EGMONT (Royal Institute for International Relations) (Belgium)   Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) (United Kingdom) 
 Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg (France)
Faculty of International Relations of the EuroUniversity (Estonia)
 
College of Europe (Belgium)   Europe's Forum on International Cooperation (Euforic) (Netherlands) 
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) (Italy) 
Cyprus Policy Center (CPC)
 
Open Estonia Foundation    Centre for European and Transition Studies (Latvia)
Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs 
Economic Policy Research Institute (TEPAV/EPRI) (Turkey)
 
Federal Trust for Education & Research (United Kingdom)    Institute of European Studies (IEE) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Belgium)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium) 
 
Baltic Development Forum (Denmark)    Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) 
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) (Belgium)
 

Institute for Security and International Studies (Bulgaria)

    Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
The European Institute of Romania 
Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association
 
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTSCP) (United States)    Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy (CKID) (Greece)
Center for EU Enlargement Studies (Hungary) 
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) (Malta)
 
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) (Netherlands)   School of Political Life and Diplomacy at the Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) 
 Centre for Liberal Strategies (Bulgaria)
Institute of European Studies, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
 
Notre Europe (France)    Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) (Russian Federation)
Security & Defence Agenda (Belgium) 
Forum 2000 Foundation (Czech Republic)
 
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)    Center for International Relations (CIR) (Poland)
Institute of International Relations (IIR) (Czech Republic) 
Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS) (Czech Republic)
 
Robert Schuman Foundation (France)    Solidar (Belgium)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium) 
Estonian School of Diplomacy (ESD)
 
Department of Social and Political Studies at the University of Pavia (Italy)    Centre for EU Studies at the Ghent University
 Centre for International Development Issues at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Polish Institute of International Affairs
 
  Fundació CIDOB (Spain) 
 Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
 
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information   Institución Futuro - think tank independiente (Spain) 
 Austrian Institute of International Affairs
Latvian Institute of International Affairs
 
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress   Center for Applied Policy Research (C.A.P.) 
 International Policy Network (IPN - United Kingdom)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM - Netherlands)
 
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha (Spain)   University of Miami (United States) 
Manchester JMCE (United Kingdom) 
Institute for European Studies, Universidad San Pablo (Spain)
 
Centre for European Politics, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)    University of Oradea (Romania)
European Institute of Lodz (Poland) 
Universidad de A Coruña (Spain)
 
Institute of European Studies, Jagellonian University (Poland)    Maxwell School of Syracuse University (United States)
University of Malta 
Council for European Studies, Columbia University (United States)
 
Universität Salzburg (Austria)    University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
International Centre for Policy Studies (Ukraine) 
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM - Turkey)
 
Global Political Trends Center (GPoT - Turkey)   European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI - Germany) 
Centre for Strategic Studies, Jordan University (CSS) 
Centre for European Security Studies (CESS – Netherlands)
 
Gulf Research Center (GRC - United Arab Emirates)   Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP - Sweden) 
Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue (JCPPRD) 
Atlantic Community (Germany – United States)
 
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS)   Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA - Israel) 
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) 
Institut Européen des Relations Internationales (IERI - Belgium)
 
Centre for the Study of Wider Europe, National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM)   Comenius University (Slovakia) 

What do YOU think are the key policy problems that Europe must resolve? What ideas need a Europe-wide airing? This section is open to your contributions.

It’s time the EU stopped undermining the OSCE
by Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
The OSCE is the ideal place to connect the dots of the European Union’s CFSP
 

The bitter medicine policymakers must prescribe for Europe’s economic ills
by Michalis Sarris
Bitter medicine it may be, but it’s the least painful way out
 

Greening the brown economy
by Jacqueline McGlade
The combined effects of financial crisis, climate change and energy concerns mean that we must overhaul our ideas on governance and harness public opinion, argues Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the European Environment Agency
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SECURITY AIMS?




Turkey faces a diverse set of security threats and challenges – growing Kurdish nationalism and separatism, increasing sectarian violence in Iraq, an assertive Iran with nuclear ambitions, and a weak, fragmented Lebanon dominated by radical groups with close ties to Syria and Iran. What are Turkey's security aims?

 


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Africa doesn’t need rescuing, just a square deal
by Mo Ibrahim
Africa does not need to be rescued and never will be. But we do need the international community to live up to its commitments and honour its promises
 

Europe’s role in averting a Middle East tragedy
by Denis Bauchard
It’s time the European Union took a much more active part in bringing peace and stability to the Middle East, says Denis Bauchard. He warns that unless determined efforts are made the region’s darkest scenarios may become reality

How Turkey is re-discovering its Middle East role
by Stephen F. Larrabee
This new activism in the Middle East does not mean that Turkey is about to turn its back on the West. Nor is it a sign of the “creeping Islamisation” of Turkish foreign policy
 

East Asia: the acid test for Europe’s common foreign policy
by Jing Men
Until it has an effective foreign and security policy, the EU will be an underdeveloped power, and will have problems when seeking to exert power and influence in East Asia