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Biden’s victory and Europe’s strategic autonomy
The president of the United States making a deal with the president of Russia behind Europe’s back: that is just one example of something that, thanks to Joe Biden’s victory, […]
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Publications
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When female peacekeepers’ “added value” becomes an “added burden”
Calls for the increased participation of uniformed United Nations female peacekeepers have multiplied in recent years, fueled in part by new scandals of peacekeepers’ sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA), tarnishing […]
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Can corona cure our superiority complex?
A superiority complex is hard to cure. Nobody in Europe is longing for a return to empire (well, nobody in continental Europe, at least). Most Americans still pretend they never […]
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The EU directive on fair minimum wages: ‘what is not broken, will not be fixed’
An EU action on minimum wage has been part of the EU public debate since the emergence of the European social dialogue in the mid-1980s. Any initiative in the field […]
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Act as if it does not matter who wins
Of course it does matter very much. The proof is that although the title does not say so, every reader knows that this will be a piece about the US […]
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Use connectivity to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the EU’s neighbourhood
To strengthen multilateralism in their own neighbourhood, Germany and the EU should pursue connectivity strategies with their Eastern and Southern neighbours. These could create the links between the EU’s neighbours […]