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BLOG | Canada as the emerging leader in the Arctic

December 27, 2022

Zsanett Gréta Papp, our research assistant, writes in her blog "Canada as the emerging leader in the Arctic" that the Arctic is critical to Canada's national identity, prosperity, security, values, and interests. This blog is the first in a series of blogs on the Arctic.

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INVITATION | Café Evropa online: Price rises in Europe - how to tame price rises and maintain social peace?

December 12, 2022

We would like to invite you to an online debate as part of the Café Evropa series, this time on the topic "Price rises in Europe - how to tame price rises and maintain social peace?" The debate will take place on Monday 12 December at 17:30 online on our Facebook page.

Policy Brief: New Resources of the EU Budget

January 12, 2022

Our researcher Vít Havelka, in his article "New Sources of the EU Budget", which was created under the Think Visegrad in Brussels project, writes about the new own resources of the EU budget, which are currently being discussed at the European level. The text specifically discusses why the reform of own resources is necessary and what are the positions of the various EU institutions and member states on these proposals. It concludes with a reflection on the Czech position, including an outlook on how it might evolve depending on the course of the negotiations.

National Convention on the EU: EU relations with the Eastern Neighbourhood

November 22, 2021

Our researchers Jana Juzová and Katharine Klačanský have written a background paper on EU relations with the Eastern Neighbourhood countries, in which they answer three specific questions. Should the EU continue to approach the Eastern Partnership group as a whole, or should it diversify its approach more? Should the EU develop a specific green strategy for the Eastern Neighbourhood countries and, if so, on what principles? How can the EU counter the influence of other powers (Russia, China, possibly Turkey) working against EU interests in the Eastern Neighbourhood?

EU MONITOR: AUKUS to torpedo the EU-Australia FTA?

September 30, 2021

Tom Baker wrote the EU Monitor on the trilateral agreement between the US, UK and Australia. Following Australia's decision to join a new trilateral security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom, known as AUKUS, the EU-Australia free trade agreement is in danger of falling apart.

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"Europe will be made through crises": the limits to the Monnet-Schuman approach to European construction

March 30, 2021

Rose Hartwig-Peillon analyses Monnet-Schuman's saying regarding to European construction through crises in view to pandemic of covid-19, vaccines and European recovery plan.

Info.cz: The Czechia resigns on influence in the EU. It stands without interest at the end of the line, waiting for what others prepared

January 15, 2021

Last year showed that the Czech Republic is able to effectively promote its interests at the European level, provided that it clearly defines its goals. However, it continues to resign itself to influencing major pan-European debates and focus only on partial national goals. At the same time, it has achieved different results depending on the type of European policy involved. Article is written for Info.cz by our researcher Vít Havelka.

POLICY PAPER: Identifying the EU’s weaknesses in foreign and defence policy: the struggle to become a more effective global actor

October 19, 2020

Adrian Blazquez's latest policy paper deals with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). More precisely, he focuses on the aspects of unanimous and qualified majority voting, international security commitments, and common strategic culture of the EU.

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POLICY PAPER: Slabiny zahraniční a obranné politiky EU: úsilí stát se efektivním globálním hráčem

October 19, 2020

Adrian Blazquez se v posledním policy paperu věnuje zahraniční a obranné politice EU. Zaměřuje se na aspekty jednohlasného a většinového hlasování, mezinárodních závazků a společné strategické kultury EU.

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Czech Interests in the EU

December 31, 2021

In May 2020, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, in cooperation with the STEM Institute of Empirical Research (project initiator), the Association for International Affairs (AMO) and Europe in Data portal, launched the Czech Interests in the EU project. It aims to explain to the Czech public how Czechs influence politics in Europe, and to examine whether politicians in Europe really promote Czech interests.