Archives: Policy Briefs

Monday, December 10, 2018

Policy Brief on German Approach to Market Regulation and Multilevel Governance by Arthur Benz TU Darmstadt

The Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations published three policy briefs from the Clean Energy and Climate Change Policy Workshop with the most recent written by Arthur Benz, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Market Regulation and Multilevel Governance: The German Approach to Promote Green Energy. Read two earlier energy policy briefs... More

Friday, May 18, 2018

Policy Brief: Resilience of EU Trade Policy by Jean Monnet Network Partner

Read the new issue of College of Europe Policy Brief Series, written by Dirk De Bièvre (University of Antwerp), Sieglinde Gstöhl (College of Europe) and Emile Van Ommeren (University of Antwerp), which provides an explanation for the resilience of EU trade policy in the face of NGO contestation and seeming national parliamentary blockade.... More

Friday, December 15, 2017

Policy Brief: “The Great Powers Have Their Ways,” by Sven Biscop

Read the policy brief, "The Great Powers Have Their Ways," by CETD Associate, Sven Biscop of the Royal Egmont Institute (Brussels, Belgium). "How will the great powers behave? That is what determines the future world order – or the absence of order. Could it be that China and the EU have found an alternative... More

Friday, December 15, 2017

Policy Brief: “Sanctions as a Bone of Contention in the EU-Germany-US-Russia Quadrilateral” by Hannes Adomeit

A new CES policy brief, “Sanctions as a Bone of Contention in the EU-Germany-US-Russia Quadrilateral” by Hannes Adomeit (University of Kiel, Germany), is now available. Read the full... More

Monday, July 31, 2017

Policy Brief: “The Russia Factor in European Security: Back to the Future?” by Marie Raquel Freire

CETD is pleased to present a new policy brief: "The Russia Factor in European Security: Back to the Future?" by Dr. Marie Raquel Freire, University of Coimbra. "The post-Cold War design of European security has never been fully realized.  After 1991, the European Union and post-Soviet Russia sought to rethink European security by ingraining... More

Monday, July 31, 2017

Policy Brief: “International Cyber Policy and Transatlantic Relations: Making States Responsible for Their Activities in Cyberspace” by Annegret Bendiek and Ben Wagner

CETD is pleased to present a new policy brief: "International Cyber Policy and Transatlantic Relations: Making States Responsible for Their Activities in Cyberspace" by Dr. Annegret Bendiek and Dr. Ben Wagner, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). "Cyberwar continues to be a hot topic in many of the discussions about the future of warfare. Yet... More

Friday, July 28, 2017

Policy brief: “NATO in the Post-Crimea Era” by Elinor Sloan

CETD is pleased to present a new policy brief: NATO in the Post-Crimea Era by Elinor Sloan, Carleton University. "The European security environment is in flux. The Russian invasion and occupation of Crimea in February 2014 shattered the core premises on which NATO had built its strategy since the end of the Cold War:... More

Friday, July 28, 2017

Policy Brief: “The EU’s “Energy Union”: A Challenge of Continued Expectation Management” by Severin Fischer

CETD is pleased to present a new policy brief: The EU’s “Energy Union”: A Challenge of Continued Expectation Management by Severin Fischer, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. "The idea of an “Energy Union” has dominated the debate about the European Union’s energy and climate policy since the Juncker Commission took... More

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Policy brief: “Religion and National Identity: Islamophobia as a valid electoral option?” by Robert Gould

New policy brief by Robert Gould. Continuing the discussion begun in the policy brief “Veiled Women, Open Threats?” on this site, this contribution suggests reasons why in recent electoral campaigns in Spain, Germany, and Austria there were very different approaches to the fundamental question of national identity in the face of growing... More

Monday, May 11, 2015

Policy Brief: “La reconnaissance de l’Union européenne à L’Organisation de l’Aviation Civile Internationale : une perspective canadienne” par Armand de Mestral et Mathieu Vaugeois

Note de synthèse (Mai 2015) par Armand de Mestral et Mathieu Vaugeois. De Mestral est professeur émérite, titulaire de la Chaire Jean Monnet en intégration économique internationale à l’Université McGill, et Vaugeois est membre du Barreau du Québec et détenteur d’une maîtrise en droit LL.M. de l’Institut de droit aérien et spatial... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Policy Brief: “Immigration, Immigration Perception and the Radical Right-Wing Vote in Europe: What is the empirical link?” by Daniel Stockemer

New policy brief by Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa. The pictures of immigrants trying to reach the Italian, Greek, and Spanish shores from the Middle East are a constant in the news. Escaping war, violence, and poverty, hundreds of illegal immigrants try to reach the European Union daily. In addition to the nearly 500,000... More

Monday, September 30, 2013

CETD Policy Briefs Series on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Canada and the European Union launched negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in 2009; however, several hurdles still remain in closing a deal. In this special series of policy briefs, CETD collaborators and partners tackle some of the contentious issues in the negotiations, shedding light on what is being... More

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