Russia & Ukraine Gain a Foothold in Africa
Francis Ghilès, Associate Senior Researcher, CIDOB and Akram Kharief, Defence and Security Expert in Algiers
The Europe Programme aims to be a forum for critical thought about European construction, from a clear Europeanist commitment. It assesses the progress of integration and enlargement of the European Union and the relationship between this integration process and the dynamics of the great world powers (in particular the United States), other international institutions of the European sphere (the Council of Europe, NATO, the OSCE), the foreign policy of its member states and the international activities of sub-national governmental actors. The Programme focuses on current issues in European integration, and especially on the new European energy policy and its implications for Europe’s international relations.
In collaboration with the other CIDOB Programmes, this Programme also seeks to analyse Europe’s role in the world and, especially, to identify and study what is unique and specific to the European contribution to other parts of the world, such as its regional integration model. The European continent itself and, in particular, south-eastern and eastern Europe, are the most significant cases in this outward projection of the European Union. Other objectives of the Europe Programme inclue the incentive to study these issues, the formulation of innovative proposals for political action and the exchange of experiences and best practices with new states that are being incorporated intoEurope’s institutional order.
All these questions are dealt with through a number of concrete outputs, such as the publication of articles, chapters, working papers and the organisation of seminars, workshops and discussion forums, aiming to generate new ideas and convey them towards European policy-makers. Since 1999, the CIDOB Foundation and AREL (Rome) have organized jointly the Spain – Italy Dialogue Forum, which brings together leading figures from civil society to deal with current political and economic issues that affect Europe’s present and future. Likewise, since 2006, it has also co-organised the Spain – France Dialogue Forum, with the same format and objectives.
Francis Ghilès, Associate Senior Researcher, CIDOB and Akram Kharief, Defence and Security Expert in Algiers
Pol Morillas, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB and Eleonora Poli, Research Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Elena Sánchez-Montijano, investigadora sénior, CIDOB, y Albert F. Arcarons, investigador, CED e investigador asociado, FIERI
Laura Batalla, assessora al Parlament Europeu experta en relacions UE-Turquia, Secretària General, European Parliament Turkey Forum
Series of interviews with Arkady Ostrovsky, Marie Mendras, Andrey Kortunov and Judy Dempsey on the current domestic context in Russia and the international implications of the new mandate of Vladimir Putin
On October 24, Dr. Motoshige Itoh, Professor of Economics University of Tokyo and considered by many as the intellectual father of Abenomics, visited CIDOB in the framework of the European-Jaume Arias breakfasts Series, to give a lecture at CIDOB on the current state of the Japanese economy and the major results of Abenomics, the set of economic measures launched by the government of Shinzo Abe for years ago.
What causes radicalisation? The causes of radicalisation are numerous and the mechanisms are so complex that they need to be broken to be understood.
The 27th of May 2015, CIDOB, in collaboration with the United States Consulate General in Barcelona and the support of the Europe for Citizens program, organized a seminar about the TTIP coordinated by Dr. Sangeeta Khorana from Bournemouth University. Jordi Bacaria, director of CIDOB, was the first to take the floor to highlight the strategic importance of the TTIP for the EU and the US and to welcome the participants.
Last 15th and 16th December took place at CIDOB a seminar titled “Europe behind (mis)understandings: a critical view by communication students”. The activity, funded by the programme Europe for Citizens, aimed at reflecting on communication from and about Europe, in general, and the European Union (EU), in particular.
The current eurozone crisis and, specifically, the depth and duration of the economic recession in some euro member states, has created the necessity to debate whether the original design of the euro was fundamentally flawed and, if so, what can be done to improve the governance of EMU. Another, important question which has emerged is the extent to which the design of the European Central Bank – which put a premium on independence from political pressures – has been vindicated by the performance of this institution in view of the crisis.
The former Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, was in charge of conducting the latest edition of the European Breakfasts that CIDOB organises regularly with the support of Abertis and the Europe for Citizens program. On this occasion, the challenges that the new European Commission will have to face were the main focus of his speech.
The Ukrainian Week talked to Carmen Claudín about how such international meet-ups could be useful for Ukraine, how Ukraine can communicate its perspective in the West amidst Russia’s massive propaganda campaign, and what federalization could mean for Ukraine.
On May 5th, CIDOB organised the first edition of Speed-Debating entitled Young thoughts on Europe, a meeting that brought together young people from the political, academic and associative fields and had as its backdrop the elections to the European Parliament.
The aim of the ATLANTIC FUTURE is to study the rationales of cooperation in the Atlantic area and to suggest strategies to the EU on how to engage with the wider transatlantic relationship in the context of the ongoing redistribution of power and the overall rebalancing of relations around and within the Atlantic space.
In the European countries, there are millions of non-EU citizens, who were not allowed to vote at the European elections. With our research project, we want to understand what these Europeans think about the European Union and give their concerns an outlet.
El proyecto investigó cómo las fuerzas multilaterales pueden ayudar a la UE con sus objetivos, es decir, cómo la multilateral puede complementar l
The project “ Integration policies: Who benefits? The development and use of indicators in integration debates ” (MIPEX 2015) is led by CIDOB, and the Migration Policy Group (MPG). The project aims to inform and engage key policy actors about how to use indicators to improve governance and policy effectiveness relating to the integration of immigrants.
This study aims at identifying the distinctive political and economical scenarios that Catalonia may have to face should it become and independent country in the horizon 2030.
The programme will carry out research, expert and public debates, thematic or area focused meetings and disseminate publications in various languages in order to contribute to a better understanding of the European project. From a clear Europeanist commitment, the programme will persistently bear in mind what kind of Europe do we want and how the citizens can contribute to this end
The CIDOB-OCP Policy Center partnership project deals with the Western Mediterranean Cooperation and Integration Potential. Within this framework it focuses on sustainable agriculture, food security and the water-energy-food nexus in particular.
The Mercator European Dialogue is a network of 150+ Members of Parliaments from across approximately 20+ Member States. The network convenes twice a year in different European cities and its members participate in regular, multilateral and thematic activities
EPIN_2CU aims to contribute to the debate on current EU issues, the future of European integration and provide a thorough understanding of national debates.
The Jean Monnet Network on Atlantic Studies is an initiative across the four Atlantic continents by 10 leading EU-oriented centres, many with Jean Monnet professors and based in countries identified by the EU as key ”strategic partners,” to collaborate in interdisciplinary exploration of three emerging pan-Atlantic themes of particular relevance to the EU—energy; commercial interactions; and pan-Atlantic challenges to human security
EU-LISTCO investigates under which conditions ALS/CO (Areas of Limited Statehood)/(Contested Orders) deteriorate into governance breakdown and violent conflict, turning risks into security threats for Europe.The project also looks into how the preparedness of the EU and its member states can be strengthened to anticipate, prevent, and respond to threats of governance breakdown and violent conflict and to foster resilience in ALS/CO.
