Social Europe, a strategic matter
Europe’s social model is not a luxury, but a pillar of the peace project of European integration and a source of “soft power”. Time perhaps to start respecting our own […]
Publications
Can the European Union survive without importing Russian energy sources?
Russia is the biggest exporter of fossil energy sources on this Earth. It exports gas, petrol, coal, uranium to the European Union. The EU could feasibly abandon Russian energy sources, but […]
Big manoeuvres in eastern Europe
In this article, Sven Biscop looks at President Obama’s recently announced ‘European Reassurance Initiative’ and its implications for European defence.
The American way of partnership
The United States has forged formal bilateral ‘strategic partnerships’ and developed strategic dialogues with scores of partners around the globe. This paper examines the purpose and content of US ‘strategic […]
All monetary policy has become ‘unconventional’
The European Central Bank finally seems ready to counter the low inflation in the eurozone. The ECB appears to have determined an order of play, in which it first exhausts […]
Energy efficiency: the ever neglected priority of the European energy strategy
Since 2000, energy efficiency has been a major objective of the European Union. However, in spite of many speeches, reports and action programmes, the result remains disappointing (including in the famous 20/20/20 […]