{"id":17453,"date":"2026-10-21T20:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?p=17453"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:57:59","slug":"policy-brief-eu-canada-partnership-as-an-alliance-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/2026\/policy-brief-eu-canada-partnership-as-an-alliance-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Policy Brief: EU-Canada Partnership as an &#8220;Alliance for the Future&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        EU Policy Brief: EU-Canada Partnership as an &#8220;Alliance for the Future&#8221;\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-Wouters-EU-Policy-Brief-EU-Canada.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/10\/policy-brief-wouters-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17455\" role=\"none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/10\/policy-brief-wouters-copy-2.jpg 610w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/10\/policy-brief-wouters-copy-2-512x250.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/2026\/10\/policy-brief-wouters-copy-2-320x156.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/people\/jan-wouters\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"16892\">Jan Wouters<\/a> (KU Leuven)  has published a Policy Brief as part of Carleton University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/ces\">Centre for European Studies <\/a>Policy Brief Series, entitled <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-Wouters-EU-Policy-Brief-EU-Canada.pdf\">\u201cThe EU\u2013Canada partnership: An alternative route to, but not an alternative to, multilateral governance\u201d<\/a><\/strong> (EU Policy Brief #20, September 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-Wouters-EU-Policy-Brief-EU-Canada.pdf\">EU-Canada Partnership Policy Brief<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Wouters, who is currently Konrad Adenauer Visiting Professor at Carleton University, discusses the potential of the EU-Canada partnership as an &#8220;alliance for the future&#8221; and nucleus for a broader multilateral coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more Centre for European Studies Policy Briefs here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/2026\/latest-eu-policy-briefs-discuss-eu-canada-partnership-eu-energy-policy-enlargement-and-the-far-right\/\">CES EU Policy Briefs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan Wouters (KU Leuven) has published a Policy Brief as part of Carleton University&#8217;s Centre for European Studies Policy Brief Series, entitled \u201cThe EU\u2013Canada partnership: An alternative route to, but not an alternative to, multilateral governance\u201d (EU Policy Brief #20, September 2026). 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