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Diverging Voices, Converging Policies: The Visegrad States’ Reactions to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is one of the authors of the document commissioned by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung offices in Prague and Warsaw about the differing reactions of individual Visegrad countries on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

V4 Trust – the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group (2015-2016)
EUROPEUM's director Vladimír Bartovic is one of the co-authors of a mid-term paper evaluating the Czech V4 presidency.

Regulating party finances in Ukraine: lessons from the Czech Republic
Policy paper by Oleksii Sydorchuk focuses on the issue of political party finances in Ukraine. The paper uses the Czech Republic as a model country to demonstrate upsides and downsides of public financing.

Some valuable lessons from U.S. politics?
Although the Europeans might see the U.S. presidential elections as rather bizarre, it currently presents similar trends to those in Europe. The phenomenon of “antisystem” candidates can now be found on both sides of the Atlantic. Read what Martin Michelot thinks about this development.

EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: Out of sight, out of mind?
Does the EU and the Commission in particular possess appropriate tools to deal with the ‘complicated’ candidate countries in a complex international reality? Marko Stojić in his new policy paper tackles the question with a comparative analysis of six Western Balkan (potential) candidates for EU membership, based on the qualitative analysis of the EU’s most recent and updated enlargement documents.

2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy ranked as 9th top think tank in Central and Eastern Europe.

European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
Our Director Vladimír Bartovic was one of the Central European contributing researchers to the European Foreign Policy Scorecard, issued by the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Another challenge for Europe: Fighting irregular warfare & exploitation of the NSAs
Europe, specifically the European Union, is now facing more pressing challenges than ever. Read a blog by Matthieu Crévecoeur in which he emphasizes the importance of staying united on both domestic and European level.

Future prospects of Denmark’s participation in Europol following the recent “no” to abolishing the opt-out
Ch. Kvorning Lassen's follow-up blog about the three major obstacles that need to be overcome before a parallel agreement can be a reality, which seems highly unlikely, as he outlined in previous post.

Socialization of CEE Governments in the EU Environment - Who Shapes the Norms?
How current governing political parties consider the level of their socialization on the European political arena? Does the European environment shape their perception of national interests towards the EU or it is the a opposite way? Find out more in paper by Michal Vít.

Scandinavian domino: Denmark follows Sweden in tightening border controls
Following the announcement of Sweden and Denmark to re-introduce border controls in the light of the refugee crisis, Christian Kvorning Lassen looks at the broader implications of this move and the future of the Schengen area.

Electricity has to be primarily competitive
Michal Vít interviewed Miroslav Marvan, former director of OTE. In the interview for energymotejlek.com, they discussed for instance the implications of low electricity prices, renewable energy subsidies, or the use of modern technologies.