Podcasts about european policy studies

In deze aflevering van Trends Talk:Het is crisis in Europa. Oude zekerheden zijn verdwenen, zoals probleemloze export naar de VS, of goedkope energie dankzij Russische aardgas, of de bescherming van de Amerikaanse militaire paraplu. Dan zou je kunnen denken: gelukkig wordt Europa geleid door de vaste hand van Ursula von der Leyen, voorzitter van de Europese commissie. Maar we hebben iemand in de studio die zware kritiek heeft op Ursula von der Leyen en haar huidige beleid. Het is Karel Lannoo, CEO van de Europese denktank CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies).  Z 7 op 7 is de nieuwe dagelijkse podcast van Kanaal Z en Trends. Elke ochtend, vanaf 5u30 uur luistert u voortaan naar een selectie van de meest opmerkelijke nieuwsverhalen, een frisse blik op de aandelenmarkten en een scherpe duiding bij de economische en politieke actualiteit door experts van Kanaal Z en Trends.Start voortaan elke dag met Z 7 op 7 en luister naar wat echt relevant is voor uw business, onderneming, carrière en geld.

Het is crisis in Europa. Oude zekerheden zijn verdwenen, zoals probleemloze export naar de VS, of goedkope energie dankzij Russische aardgas, of de bescherming van de Amerikaanse militaire paraplu. Dan zou je kunnen denken: gelukkig wordt Europa geleid door de vaste hand van Ursula von der Leyen, voorzitter van de Europese commissie. Maar we hebben iemand in de studio die zware kritiek heeft op Ursula von der Leyen en haar huidige beleid. Het is Karel Lannoo, CEO van de Europese denktank CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies).

Global financial turmoil tops the agenda as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank hold meetings in Washington DC. The organisations face significant challenges -- and criticism too. Can they help vulnerable countries or will Western interests take priority? In this episode: Ali Hasanain, Associate Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences. Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, Centre for Economics and Business Research. Daniel Gros, Board member, Centre for European Policy Studies. Host: Nick Clark Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

I veckans avsnitt gästas vi av Louise Bengtsson för ett samtal om EU:s hälsopolitik. Vi utforskar hur den har utvecklats över tid, vilka utmaningar unionen står inför, och hur pandemin har påverkat synen på krisberedskap, globalt samarbete och säkerhet. Vad händer när stormakter lämnar WHO – och är hälsa numera en fråga för säkerhetspolitiken?Louise Bengtsson är associerad forskare på Centre for European Policy Studies i Bryssel samt Utrikespolitiska institutet. Hennes forskning fokuserar främst på EU:s hälsopolitik och roll inom global hälsa, inklusive kopplingar till säkerhetsperspektiv och hållbar utveckling.Kontakta geopodden: Om oss/Kontakt - Geopodden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda welcomes Nicole Koenig, Head of Policy at the Munich Security Conference, to discuss the evolving landscape of European security. Against the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian War and other global crises, they explore how the European Union has responded to these challenges with initiatives that include joint defense spending, the inclusion of Finland and Sweden in NATO, and the establishment of a European Defense Union. Koenig highlights the complexities of fostering deeper EU-NATO cooperation and overcoming political, legal, and financial barriers to a more integrated defense framework.Recorded just before Donald Trump's victory, they discuss the U.S. presidential election and it's impacts on European security policy. The conversation explores the necessity for Europe to take on a greater share of its defense responsibilities. Koenig underscores the strategic importance of unity in defense and the push for a more coherent security policy. Additionally, they touch on the geopolitical imperative of EU enlargement, particularly in light of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the broader European neighborhood's security dynamics.Finally, Koenig offers insights into her role at the Munich Security Conference, providing a preview of the key themes likely to shape the agenda, including transatlantic relations, regional conflicts, and emerging threats like AI and climate security. She emphasizes the importance of fostering dialogue to address these multifaceted challenges.Nicole Koenig is Head of Policy at the Munich Security Conference, where she oversees the development of the conference's strategic agenda and policy initiatives. She has extensive experience in EU foreign and security policy, particularly in the area of Franco-German cooperation. Prior to joining the MSC, she served as Deputy Director of the Jacques Delors Centre at the Hertie School in Berlin, where she focused on European integration and security issues. Koenig has held research positions at several prominent think tanks, including the Centre for European Policy Studies and the European Policy Centre, and has published widely on topics related to EU defense, NATO, and transatlantic relations. She frequently provides analysis for European and international media. She was a 2019/20 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation.For more on Nicole Koenig and her work, visit https://securityconference.org/en/about-us/chairman-team/dr-nicole-koenig/You can follow her X account under @Nic_KoenigAn overview of the Munich Security Conference 2024 is at https://securityconference.org/en/msc-2024/ Ivan Vejvoda is Head of the Europe's Futures program at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) implemented in partnership with ERSTE Foundation. The program is dedicated to the cultivation of knowledge and the generation of ideas addressing pivotal challenges confronting Europe and the European Union: nexus of borders and migration, deterioration in rule of law and democracy and European Union's enlargement prospects.The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) is an institute of advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences. Founded as a place of encounter in 1982 by a young Polish philosopher, Krzysztof Michalski, and two German colleagues in neutral Austria, its initial mission was to create a meeting place for dissenting thinkers of Eastern Europe and prominent scholars from the West.Since then it has promoted intellectual exchange across disciplines, between academia and society, and among regions that now embrace the Global South and North. The IWM is an independent and non-partisan institution, and proudly so. All of our fellows, visiting and permanent, pursue their own research in an environment designed to enrich their work and to render it more accessible within and beyond academia.For further information about the Institute:https://www.iwm.at/

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today (14 October) to discuss urgent matters, including Russia's ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the volatile situation in the Middle East, following recent escalation in Lebanon and northern Israel. With a summit postponed last week between Western leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there is speculation about whether Ukraine's victory plan will be presented in today's discussions.The Foreign Affairs Council will also evaluate potential EU responses to the conflict in Gaza and the Middle East, with a particular focus on concerns about regional spillover, especially after Lebanon being hit and Iran's involvement.To look into these pressing issues, host Evi Kiorri is joined by Dr Spyros Economides, Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics at the European Institute and James Moran, Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies.

With the United States winning the AI race and the EU leading on legislative power, could this be the perfect match on global collaboration? It does seem like it but there might be some unintended consequences to the EU's regulation force with the US taking a bit too personally Europe's take on digital sovereignty. Bu despair not as this week's guests remain optimistic nonetheless to the outlook of EU-US global collaboration on AI. After all, with the threat that China poses to both powers, there are, after all, good enough reasons to collaborate. In the fifth episode of the special series on AI & Democracy brought to you by Debating Europe, host Catarina Vila Nova speaks with Andrea Renda, Director of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Geoffrey Gertz, Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, on what a global collaboration between the EU and the US on artificial intelligence looks like.

China's car giant BYD's announcement to build a billion-dollar factory in Turkey represents a significant turnaround in bilateral relations. However, concerns persist regarding human rights issues and Turkey's stance on the Chinese Muslim Uyghur community. In a ceremony attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, China's BYD car company signed an agreement to build a billion-dollar factory in Turkey.The factory will produce 150,000 vehicles annually, mainly for the European Union market.Analysts say the July deal marks a turning point in Turkish-Chinese relations."The significance of this deal is Turkey would be considered as a transition country between China and the EU," Sibel Karabel, director of the Asia Pacific department of Istanbul's Gedik University told RFI.  "This deal has the potential to reduce the trade imbalance, the trade deficit, which is a detriment to Turkey," he adds, "Turkey also wants to reap the benefits of China's cutting-edge technologies by collaborating with China."Sidestepping tariffsChina's pivot towards Turkey, a NATO member, is also about Beijing's increasing competition for global influence, especially with the United States.  Karabel says the planned BYD factory offers a way for China to avoid the EU's new tariffs on vehicles.Turkey is already a part of China's global investment strategy through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Beijing has shown interest in Turkey becoming a trade route from China to Europe through Ankara's Middle Corridor Intiative.But until now, such collaborations have until been just empty words, claims Ceren Ergenc a China specialist at the Centre for European Policy Studies.  Turkey set on rebuilding bridges with China to improve trade"When you look at the press statements after meetings, you don't see Chinese investments in Turkey, and the reason for that is because China perceives Turkey as a high political risk country in the region," Ergenc explains.One of the main factors widely cited for Beijing's reluctance to invest in Turkey is Ankara's strong support of China's Muslim Uyghur minority.Ankara has been critical of Beijing's crackdown on Uyghurs, offering refuge to many Uyghur dissidents. Their Turkish supporters fear Beijing's billion-dollar investment in Turkey could be part of an extradition deal struck during Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's recent visit to China."There are rumors, of course, that the Chinese side is pressing for the ratification of this extradition agreement, that they would want Uyghurs in Turkey, some of them at least, to be returned to China to be tried in China," warns Cagdas Ungor of Istanbul's Marmara University, referring to people China considers to be dissidents or "terrorists".Common ground over GazaElsewhere, Ankara and Beijing are finding increasing diplomatic common ground, including criticism of Israel's war on Hamas."If you take, for instance, the Gaza issue right now, Turkey and China, and even without trying," observes Ungor, "they see eye to eye on this issue. Their foreign policies align, overlap, and their policy becomes very much different from most of the other Western countries."Carmakers unhappy after EU hits China with tariffs on electric vehiclesFor example, Ankara welcomed last month's decision by Beijing to host Palestinian leaders amid an escalation of threats and bombardment by Israel.Such a move can provide common ground, Ungor suggests, and this could be the basis for future cooperation."There are certain issues at a global level, at the regional level, that China seems to be a much better partner(to Turkey) than the Western countries," he concludes.

Turkey's bid to join the BRICS trading group is the latest move in the Turkish President's delicate balancing act between Western and Eastern allies. The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Almaty, Kazakhstan, provided a platform for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in person.Their encounter was marked by a display of cordiality, with both leaders appearing at ease and Putin emphasizing the significance of their bilateral relationship.Active engagementPutin, standing alongside Erdogan, stated, "We continue to actively engage on crucial matters of international politics." He further added, "Our communication is constant, and our respective ministries and departments regularly share information and align our stances on key issues." Erdogan was observed nodding in agreement with these remarks. Turkey set on rebuilding bridges with China to improve trade How Turkey's support for Ukraine is a double-edged swordAccording to reports, a notable topic on the leaders' agenda was Turkey's aspiration to join BRICS, an economic alliance comprising Russia, China, and several nations from Asia, Africa, and South America. This potential membership represents a significant shift in Turkey's international alignments.Atilla Yesilada, a Turkey analyst at GlobalSource Partners, explains, "A core principle of BRICS is reducing the dollar's role in mutual trade, which aligns with Turkey's interests." He argues that BRICS membership complements Turkey's broader foreign policy objectives, stating, "The concept of a new platform fostering trade among geographically distant countries naturally appeals to Turkey and fits its foreign policy stance."Yesilada suggests that Turkey's BRICS bid serves an additional purpose: "It signals to Putin that Turkey intends to maintain and strengthen its growing commercial ties with Russia." This comes despite Putin's recent cautions to Turkey regarding its efforts to improve relations with its traditional Western allies.The Russian leader strongly supports Turkey's BRICS membership bid. Ceren Ergenc, a China specialist at the Centre for European Policy Studies, posits that Moscow views Turkey's potential BRICS membership as a strategic move to balance Beijing's increasing influence within the group.Turikey and BRICSPutin strongly supports Turkey's BRICS membership bid. Ceren Ergenc, a China specialist at the Centre for European Policy Studies, suggests this support is part of Moscow's strategy to counterbalance Beijing's growing influence within BRICS.Ergenc explains, "BRICS has become China's domain, with recent membership invitations primarily extended to countries China seeks closer ties with, effectively sidelining Russia and India as the group's other major powers."Turkey's pursuit of BRICS membership coincides with its stalled EU accession process, hampered by Turkey's non-compliance with the EU's Copenhagen Criteria on human rights. This impasse is reportedly affecting Turkey's trade relations with the EU. Atilla Yesilada, a Turkey analyst, notes, "Erdogan's frustration with the EU's lack of progress on Turkey's accession and customs union update contributed to the BRICS bid."However, Yesilada argues that Turkey's interest in BRICS transcends Erdogan's presidency, reflecting a broader foreign policy strategy. He states, "This aligns with Turkey's overarching policy goal, widely supported by the country's policy establishment, of maintaining independence from any single political bloc, be it Western or Eastern."As Erdogan prepares to attend the NATO summit in Washington, where he's expected to reaffirm Turkey's Western security commitments, analysts view the BRICS bid as a clear indication that Ankara is diversifying its international partnerships beyond its traditional Western allies.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's visit to China earlier this month is the latest diplomatic effort by Ankara to become a strategic trade hub between Europe and China. But Beijing's suspicions over Ankara's support of Chinese Uyghur dissidents is widely seen as an obstacle. Bilateral trade and developing new trade routes were at the top of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's agenda for his recent China visit.According to Cagdas Ungor, an expert on China and professor of political science at Istanbul's Marmara University, Turkey wants to be a part of the shift in global trading towards the Asia Pacific region."Turkey needs to rebuild all these connections in order to remain at the center of things, maintaining its bridge status between East and West," he explained to RFI.Ankara is seeking backing from Beijing of its "Middle Corridor" trade route, which would link China with Europe via Turkey.Until now, such efforts have made little progress, but Ungor says this could change due to the world economy resetting to circumvent sanction-hit Russia. Middle Corridor has been on the table between China and Turkey for a long time, Ungor says.Window of opportunity"The idea of it has become more popular now because of the Russian sanctions, and Europeans are now also interested in alternative channels. There's a window of opportunity," he says.But Beijing is critical of Ankara offering refuge to China's predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority.The Chinese have not forgotten that in 2009, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Prime Minister, he described China's crackdown on Uyghurs as "near genocide". Beijing furious over damning UN rights report on Uyghurs in XinjiangThe international community, including the United States and the European Union, have also accused China of incarcerating tens of thousands of its largest Muslim minority in camps in an effort to strip them of their Muslim identity. Beijing has denied these accusations, saying the camps are designed to combat separatism and weed out Islamist extremists.Since then, the issue seems to have become water under the bridge, judging by the warm reception Turkey's diplomat was given on his China visit at the beginning of June.Analysts say Fidan used more conciliatory language on the issue during his trip which included a stop in Xinjiang, home to many Uyghurs.Respect for one-China policyUngor says the the Chinese were "happy" with Fidan's visit, as it further underlined Turkey's support for China's one-China policy."The official Chinese media focused on the fact that Turkey respects China's territorial integrity," Ungor says."And Fidan's remarks on Xinjiang's economic development, social harmony, respect for cultural rights" made a good impression, adds Ungor.Turkey's pro-government media even praised Fidan for wearing a turquoise blue tie, the color of the Uyghur community and referring to the region's Turkic Muslim roots.  Erdogan hopes a U-turn can salvage Turkey's floundering economyHowever, some members of the Uyghur diaspora were alarmed by Fidan's visit. Uyghur leader Seyit Tumturk, the head of East Turkistan National Assembly accused the Chinese administration of "trying to legitimise its own genocide" by with Fidan's visit to the Uyghur region.Tumturk maintains that "Hakan Fidan saw what China wanted him to see, but no more," suggesting that if China had nothing to hide, then it should allow international independent observers to have the opportunity to go there "and visit not only places China says to see but also the back streets, to visit the households, and to determine the agony, pain, and torture there," he concludes.WildcardAdding to Uyghur dissidents' unease over Fidan's China visit are growing rumors that Ankara is ready to acquiesce to Beijing's lobbying to ratify an extradition agreement held up in the Turkish parliament in the face of strong opposition. "The ultranationalist opposition claims that China got a promise from Fidan that the Turkish parliament will finally ratify an extradition treaty, which will allow Uyghurs to be sent back to China," explains China specialist Ceren Ergenc, a visiting fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies."There's no way that we can know if it's true or not, we need to wait and see. If it's correct, then it's a huge compromise from Turkey's side," adds Ergenc.Such a compromise could help overcome Beijing's current reluctance to collaborate with Ankara. But any move by Ankara against the Uyghurs will be risky given the strong Turkish public support for the Chinese minority."China informally bypasses Turkey in its regional plans. Turkey is a wild card for China," claims Ergenc, adding that Turkey is also officially classified as a high-risk country for investment for Chinese companies."The Uyghur diaspora is very strong in Turkey in terms of the voter base of the conservative parties. So you never know how a statement like Erdogan's ten years ago could come and create a crisis between the two countries.

On June the 6th the first polling stations will open in The Netherlands to begin one of the largest elections in the world. Nearly 400 million people across 27 countries will get the chance to decide who will sit in the 720 seats in the European parliament.So with concerns mounting over the conflict in Ukraine, the future of trade, the green transition and the rise of the far right - just what might Europe look like after the vote? And what might it all mean for European relations with the rest of the world?In this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Jacques Reland, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Instiutute,  Karel Lannoo, Chief Executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Professor Amelia Hadfield, Dean International and Head of Politics at the University of Surrey and Klaus Jurgens, Director of Economy First to find out.

This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. John Hulsman, a political risk consultant and author of The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism. Prior to his work in political risk, Dr. Hulsman served as Fellow in European Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Senior Research Fellow in Geopolitics and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation for seven years. He is a Life Member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, the author of all or part of 14 books, has given over 1560 interviews, written over 1110 articles, prepared over 1360 briefings, and delivered more than 620 speeches on global political risk and foreign policy for blue-chip corporations and governments around the world. Purchase The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism Check out Dr. Hulsman's Substack Learn more about John Hulsman Enterprises

In this episode, the Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the EU's plan to grant €87 million, alongside new equipment, to Egypt to manage migration in 2024, under a project initiated in 2022.The focus is on enhancing Egypt's naval and border capabilities for surveillance and sea search and rescue. Previous funding supported border management, anti-smuggling efforts, and voluntary returns. Negotiations are also continuing to tie funding to the country for various sectors to International Monetary Fund reform requests.We ask Sergio Carrera, a senior research fellow focusing on EU migration policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Andrew Geddes, the director of the migration policy centre at the European University Institute: How is the EU planning to implement this project and how can it ensure that the funds will be allocated where is necessary?

When Google unveiled its answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT this month, Gemini, the pitch was: AI that can run efficiently on everything from data centers to your smartphone. But it came with a caveat for users in the UK and the European Union: you can’t use it there, for now. After the EU’s recent passage of the AI Act, Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Andrea Renda of the Center for European Policy Studies. He says Google is trying to convince European lawmakers that Gemini complies with the continent’s tough privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Renda says the GDPR is likely why Gemini hasn’t made it to Europe, yet.

When Google unveiled its answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT this month, Gemini, the pitch was: AI that can run efficiently on everything from data centers to your smartphone. But it came with a caveat for users in the UK and the European Union: you can’t use it there, for now. After the EU’s recent passage of the AI Act, Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Andrea Renda of the Center for European Policy Studies. He says Google is trying to convince European lawmakers that Gemini complies with the continent’s tough privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Renda says the GDPR is likely why Gemini hasn’t made it to Europe, yet.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Hiring a CEO & EU Tech Policy Lead to launch an AI policy career org in Europe, published by Cillian on December 6, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary We are hiring for an Executive Director and an EU Tech Policy Lead to launch Talos Institute[1], a new organisation focused on EU AI policy careers. Talos is spinning out of Training for Good and will launch in 2024 with the EU Tech Policy Fellowship as its flagship programme. We envision Talos expanding its activities and quickly growing into a key organisation in the AI governance landscape. Apply here by December 27th. Key Details Closing: 27 December, 11:59PM GMT Start date: We would ideally like a candidate to begin as soon as possible after receiving an offer, but we are willing to wait if the best candidate can only start later. Ability to attend our upcoming Brussels Summit (February 26th - March 1st) would also be beneficial, though not required. Hours: 40/week (flexible) Location: Brussels (preferred) / Remote Compensation: Executive Director: 70,000 - 90,000. We are committed to attracting top talent and are willing to offer a higher salary for the right candidate. EU Tech Policy Lead: 55,000 - 75,000. We are committed to attracting top talent and are willing to offer a higher salary for the right candidate. How to apply: Please fill in this short application form Contact: cillian@trainingforgood.com About Talos Institute EU Tech Policy Fellowship The EU Tech Policy Fellowship is Talos Institute's flagship programme. It is a 7-month programme enabling ambitious graduates to launch European policy careers reducing risks from artificial intelligence. From 2024, it will run twice per year. It includes: 8-week training that explores the intricacies of AI governance in Europe A week-long policymaking summit in Brussels to connect with others working in the space 6-month placement at a prominent think tank working on AI policy (e.g. The Centre for European Policy Studies, The Future Society) Success to date The EU Tech Policy Fellowship appears to have had a significant impact to date. Since 2021, we've supported ~30 EU Tech Policy Fellows and successfully transitioned a significant number to work on AI governance in Europe. For example: Several work at key think tanks (e.g. The Future Society, the International Center for Future Generations, and the Centre for European Policy Studies) One has co-founded an AI think tank working directly with the UN and co-authored a piece for The Economist with Gary Marcus Others are advising MEPs and key institutions on the EU AI Act and related legislation We're conducting an external evaluation and expect to publish the results in early 2024. Initial indicators suggest that the programme has been highly effective to date. As a result, we have decided to double the programme's size by running two cohorts per year. We now expect to support 30+ fellows in 2024 alone. Future directions We can imagine Talos Institute growing in a number of ways. Future activities could include things like: Creating career advice resources tailored to careers in European policy (especially for those interested in AI & biosecurity careers). Similar to what Horizon has done in the US. Community-building activities for those working in AI Governance in Europe (eg. retreats to facilitate connections, help create shared priorities, identify needs in the space, and incubate new projects). Hosting events in Brussels educating established policy makers on risks from advanced AI Activities that help grow the number of people interested in considering policy careers focused on risks from advanced AI, e.g. workshops like this Expanding beyond AI governance to run similar placement programmes for other problems in Europe (e.g. biosecurity). Establishing the organisation as a credible think tank in Eu...

In this episode of 'Diritto al Digitale,' we're joined by Andrea Renda, Director of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies and advisor to the EU AI Act rapporteurs. He engages in an insightful dialogue with Giulio Coraggio, the Head of the Italian Intellectual Property & Technology department at the law firm DLA Piper.Together, they delve into the ongoing negotiations of the AI Act, exploring the key areas under discussion, the potential outcomes, and the significance of the Act's approval for positioning the European Union in the global artificial intelligence market.

With Vasileios Rizos, Research Fellow and Head of Sustainable Resources at CEPS (the Centre for European Policy Studies), Brussels

In this week's episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Milan Elkerbout about how the European Union has responded to the Inflation Reduction Act. Elkerbout will join Resources for the Future as a fellow in October, transitioning from his role as head of the climate policy programme at the Centre for European Policy Studies. Elkerbout discusses the ongoing conversation about the Inflation Reduction Act among EU policymakers, climate policies that the European Union has proposed since the passage of the US law, and global trends in industrial and trade policy. This conversation with Hayes and Elkerbout comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law in August 2022. References and recommendations: “The New Economics of Industrial Policy” by Réka Juhász, Nathan Lane, and Dani Rodrik; https://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/publications/new-economics-industrial-policy

This week on Beyond the Byline, EURACTIV looks at the recent events that unfolded in Russia, presenting a major domestic incident for President Vladimir Putin.The crisis ensued when Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded paramilitary organisation, turned on the country's Ministry of Defence in what some are calling a coup attempt. While the exact details of the standoff are unclear, they indicate a significant escalation of tensions.How did we get here, and what does the clash mean for Putin's future, Ukraine and the EU? What could a post-Putin Russia look like?To get some answers, we speak to Zachary Paikin, researcher of EU foreign policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Hans Kribbe, director of the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics.

In this episode, Director of Rome's Institute for International Affairs and 22/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of IWM and ERSTE Foundation Nathalie Tocci joins Ivan Vejvoda to offer her assessment of the European response to the full-scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine. From the often surprising unity and speed with which the EU has adapted to economic, energy and geopolitical challenges to the more fraught issues of security and defence where a clear European purpose has been less in evidence, Nathalie and Ivan discuss the strengths and shortcomings that have been revealed by the war. Looking to the future, they also address the shifting power centres within the EU, the interaction of continent-wide forces with local concerns and the consequences of the war for the psychology of enlargement policy and other EU wide concerns.Nathalie Tocci is a researcher and advisor in the field of international relations and European affairs. She has worked at various institutions including the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies in the European University Institute, and the Istituto Affari Internazionali where she became the Director in 2017. Tocci has also served as an advisor to Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell on foreign policy issues. She has published several books on international relations with a focus on European affairs and received the Anna Lindh Award on European Foreign Policy in 2008. She writes regularly for Politico. She is an Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen and an Adjunct Professor at the European Union Institute EUI.You can read her Politico Columns hereFind Nathalie on twitter @NathalieTocciIvan Vejvoda  is Head of the Europe's Futures program at IWM where, in cooperation with leading European organisations and think tanks IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the most crucial topics: nexus of borders and migration, deterioration in rule of law and democracy and European Union's enlargement prospects.The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Since its foundation in 1982, it has promoted intellectual exchange between East and West, between academia and society, and between a variety of disciplines and schools of thought. In this way, the IWM has become a vibrant center of intellectual life in Vienna.The IWM is a community of scholars pursuing advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. For nearly four decades, the Institute has promoted intellectual exchange across disciplines, between academia and society, and among regions of the world. It hosts more than a hundred fellows each year, organizes public exchanges, and publishes books, articles, and digital fora. you can find IWM's website at:https://www.iwm.at/ 

In the latest episode, host Paul O'Mahony is joined by panelists Emma Löfgren, Richard Orange and James Savage.On this week's episode we explore a game-changing rare earth metal find in northern Sweden. We discuss Sweden's priorities for the EU presidency with Louise Bengtsson, senior researcher at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies.INTERVIEW: What's on the agenda for Sweden's EU presidency?As rail operator SJ prepares to launch a sleeper train from Stockholm to Berlin, we talk about the costs and benefits. Richard's route: On-board Sweden's new sleeper service from Hamburg to MalmöIn the latest in our series of interviews with ambassadors, we interview Nur Ashikin Mohd Taib, who leaves Sweden this week after serving for four years as Malaysia's top diplomat in Stockholm.We also discuss how an activist group's hanging of an effigy of Turkey's President Erdogan has further complicated Turkish-Swedish relations. Also:Sweden's new Centre Party leader to renounce Turkish citizenshipOPINION: Sweden's emerging debate on dual citizenship is terrifyingAnd we chat about a prime ministerial aide who has received a heft fine for illegally fishing endangered eels. Also, we briefly discuss two stories that broke right as we were recording: EXPLAINED: These are the weapons that Sweden is sending to UkraineSpy scandal: Two brothers jailed for passing secrets to Russia__SURVEY: Share your feedback on Sweden in Focus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Apply now for the EU Tech Policy Fellowship 2023, published by Jan-WillemvanPutten on November 11, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Announcing the EU Tech Policy Fellowship 2023, an 8-month programme to catapult ambitious graduates into high-impact career paths in EU policy, mainly working on the topic of AI Governance. Summary Training for Good is excited to announce the second edition of the EU Tech Policy Fellowship. This programme enables promising EU citizens to launch careers focused on regulating high-priority emerging technologies, mainly AI. Apply here by December 11th. This fellowship consists of three components: Remote study group (July - August, 4 hours a week): A 6 week part-time study group covering AI governance & technology policy fundamentals. 2 x Policy training in Brussels (June 26-30 and September 3 - 8 exact date TBC): Two intensive week-long bootcamps in Brussels featuring workshops, guest lectures from relevant experts and networking events. Fellows will then participate in one of two tracks depending on their interests. Track 1 (September - February full time): Fellows will be matched with a host organisation working on European tech regulation for a ~5 month placement between September 2023 and February 2024. Host organisations include The Future Society, Centre for European Policy Studies, and German Marshall Fund (among others). Track 2 (September): Fellows will receive job application support and guidance to pursue a career in the European Commission, party politics or related policy jobs in Europe. This may include career workshops, feedback on CVs, interview training and mentorship from experienced policy professionals. Other important points: If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the program and whether or not it's the right fit for you, Training for Good will be hosting an informal information session on Thursday November 24 (5.30pm CET), please subscribe here for that session. This fellowship is only open to EU citizens. Modest stipends are available to cover living and relocation costs. We expect most stipends to be between €1,750 and €2,250 per month For track 1, stipends are available for up to 6 months while participating in placements. For track 2, stipends are available for up to 1 month while exploring and applying for policy roles. Apply here by December 11th. The Programme The programme spans a maximum of 8 months from June 2023 to February 2024, is fully cost-covered, and where needed, participants can avail of stipends to cover living costs. It consists of 4 major parts: Policy training in Brussels (June 26-30, dates TBC): An intensive week-long bootcamp in Brussels featuring workshops, guest lectures from relevant experts and networking events. Main focus: Understanding Brussels bubble (including networking) and creating your own goals for the Fellowship All accomodation, food & travel costs will be fully covered by Training for Good Remote study group (July - August): A 7 week study group covering AI governance & technology policy fundamentals. Every week consists of ~4 hours of readings, a 1 hour discussion and a guest lecture. Policy training in Brussels (September 3-8, dates TBC): An intensive week-long bootcamp in Brussels featuring workshops, guest lectures from relevant experts and networking events. The goal of this week is to come up with a policy proposal, inspired by the latest insights from governance research covered in the 7 week reading group. All accomodation, food & travel costs will be fully covered by Training for Good Fellows will then participate in one of two tracks depending on their interests. Track 1 (September - February): Fellows will be matched with a host organisation working on European tech regulation for a ~5 month placement between September 2023 and February 202...

The International Monetary Fund is warning the worst is yet to come as it paints a grim picture of the global economy. What's behind this spiralling crisis? And what should be done to stop it? Join host Tom Mcrae. Guests: Daniel Gros - Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies. Lord Meghnad Desai - Economist and Member of the House of Lords. Aly-Khan Satchu - Financial Adviser and CEO of Rich Management.

“Un economista tedesco e una politologa italiana discutono della crisi energetica dell'Europa“: è questo il titolo del paper appena pubblicato dall'Istituto Affari Internazionali che contiene le riflessioni di Daniel Gros (Economista, Direttore del Center for European Policy Studies) e Nathalie Tocci (Direttrice dell'Istituto Affari Internazionali). Gli autori hanno conversato sul tema in questo podcast che vi proponiamo.

Laut Forbes lag der Umsatz im E-Learning-Markt global schon 2015 bei rund 108 Milliarden Euro (107 Milliarden Dollar). Bis 2025 soll er auf rund 328 Milliarden Euro (325 Milliarden Dollar) wachsen. Und auch in Deutschland legt der Markt stetig weiter zu. So stieg etwa der Umsatz der E-Learning-Branche laut dem MMB Branchenmonitor im Jahr 2020 um mehr als 16 Prozent gegenüber 2019. Trotzdem hat die deutsche Bildungslandschaft noch viel aufzuholen, wie etwa das Ranking des E-Learning Index des Center for European Policy Studies zeigt. Bei der Untersuchung der „Bereitschaft für digitales lebenslanges Lernen“ unter allen 27 EU-Staaten landete Deutschland auf dem letzten Platz. Zahlreiche Startups sind allerdings angetreten, um das zu ändern. Wie aus den Munich Startup Insights hervorgeht, gibt es allein im Münchner Ökosystem 70 Startups im Education-Bereich. Sie kommen auf eine Gesamtbewertung von 156 Millionen Euro. In Episode 47 des Munich Startup Podcasts stellen wir vier von ihnen vor: Edurino, Simpleclub, Ubimaster, Mentessa. Und zuletzt werfen wir in dieser Episode noch einen Blick auf den Londoner Investor Emerge Education. Dieser hat mit Edurino und Zavvy nicht nur zwei Münchner Startups im Portfolio sondern sich auch vollständig der Förderung von Edtech-Startups verschrieben. Hierfür sucht er nach Jungunternehmen in der Seed-Phase, die Bildung und Ausbildung demokratischer machen. Alle im Podcast erwähnten Links findest Du übrigens im Artikel zur Folge: https://www.munich-startup.de/84578/podcast-immobilienbranche/ ---------- Mehr Infos zur Münchner Startup-Welt findest Du natürlich regelmäßig auf unserem News-Portal: https://www.munich-startup.de/ Übrigens, je nachdem welchen Podcast-Kanal Du nutzt, freuen wir uns natürlich auch über Likes, Bewertungen, Kommentare und mehr.

Von der Leyen als geopolitieke hoeder van Europa ‘Lang leve Europa', met die woorden opende voorzitter van de Europese Commissie Ursula von der Leyen haar jaarlijkse 'state of the union' speech. Tijdens de oorlog in Oekraïne heeft haar Commissie het initiatief naar zich toegetrokken. Volgens Europa-kenner Karel Lannoo directeur van het Centre for European Policy Studies laat dit zien dat het tijd is voor nog meer Europa. Kirchner blijft land verdelen Een kleine twee weken geleden overleefde de Argentijnse vicepresident Cristina Kirchner een mislukte moordaanslag. Nu krijgt ze opnieuw bedreigingen aan haar adres. Tante Cristina voor haar aanhangers, en de duivel voor de andere helft van het land, blijft het land verdelen.Waarom lukt het Argentinië niet om zich los te wurgen van de verstikkende polarisatie? We bespreken het met Argentinië-correspondent Remi Lehmann. Uitgelicht: Spanje In Spanje heerst groot ongeloof nadat de internationale paella kampioenschap is verloren. Correspondent Carlijn Teeven licht het toe.

‘Lang leve Europa', met die woorden opende voorzitter van de Europese Commissie Ursula von der Leyen haar jaarlijkse 'state of the union' speech. Tijdens de oorlog in Oekraïne heeft haar Commissie het initiatief naar zich toegetrokken. Volgens Europa-kenner Karel Lannoo directeur van het Centre for European Policy Studies laat dit zien dat het tijd is voor nog meer Europa.

I am pleased to invite Zachary Paikin into the Virtual Studio to discuss the state of EU foreign policy. While the major countries in Europe – France, Germany and Italy maintain national foreign policies, the EU has continued to strive to promote an EU foreign policy under the leadership of the current High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, Josep Borrel. This is perceived to be particularly significant in the light of Russia's war against Ukraine and the rising tensions between the US and China. Zach Paikin today is a Researcher in the EU Foreign Policy unit at CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies). He is also a Nonresident Research Fellow with the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy in Toronto and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Global Policy Institute in London. Zach is also an affiliated expert with the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations. Zach has a number of publications with CEPS, including with colleagues: ‘The EU's Strategic Compass: A guide to reverse strategic shrinkage?' So come join Zach Paikin and I as we examine EU foreign policy.

On the Why Curve podcast last week, Phil (and Roger Hearing) spoke to Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, who argued that the gas crisis in Europe will be largely resolved by the pricing mechanism. High gas prices from Russia are making LNG imports feasible, because Europe will pay more than Asia for supplies. It won't completely bridge the shortfall, he says, but if Europeans make a 15 percent cut in usage, then there will be no need to negotiate with Putin. This week on the Debunking Economics podcast Steve Keen argues that the pricing mechanism ignores the needs of the poor and has, for decades, favoured the rich. The fact that governments need to subsidise low-income households against rising fuel prices, whilst energy companies report record profits, demonstrates just how broken the pricing mechanism is. Listen to the end of this podcast for some very exciting news.

On the Why Curve podcast last week, Phil (and Roger Hearing) spoke to Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, who argued that the gas crisis in Europe will be largely resolved by the pricing mechanism. High gas prices from Russia are making LNG imports feasible, because Europe will pay more than Asia for supplies. It won't completely bridge the shortfall, he says, but if Europeans make a 15 percent cut in usage, then there will be no need to negotiate with Putin. This week on the Debunking Economics podcast Steve Keen argues that the pricing mechanism ignores the needs of the poor and has, for decades, favoured the rich. The fact that governments need to subsidise low-income households against rising fuel prices, whilst energy companies report record profits, demonstrates just how broken the pricing mechanism is. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Winter is coming, and Europe is looking at a chilly one. Germans are told – take a cold shower or turn down the thermostat and use 15% less gas. And the European Commission is looking at EU-wide measures to deal with what could be a major crisis. It's all because Russia is tightening the valves on the gas pipeline into the EU. Moscow says it's technical problems but few doubt it's pushback for the sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine invasion. Germany is especially reliant on Russian gas, but much of Europe is scurrying around to find alternative energy sources before winter arrives. How long will public sympathy for Ukraine last when the heating goes off? Will EU leaders face pressure from frozen pensioners to, maybe, compromise a little with Putin? Phil and Roger read the meters with Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies - and find out why he thinks Europe WILL get by without freezing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How disastrous was “Brexit”? How much did it affect the United Kingdom's economy and its living standards? How has it changed the political relationship between the UK and the European Union? Could it ever be reversed? To answer these questions, Pedro Pinto interviews R. Daniel Kelemen in this episode of “It's Not That Simple”, a podcast by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. An expert on European Affairs, Kelemen is a Professor of Political Science and Law at Rutgers University, where he is the Chair of the Department of Political Science. Prior to Rutgers, Kelemen was Fellow in Politics at the Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He has been a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, visiting fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University, and a Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Kelemen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he is a frequent commentator on EU affairs in US and international media. In this episode, Kelemen discusses how the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have masked the negative impact of “Brexit”, the future of the relationship between the UK and Europe, and the role of the British government led by Boris Johnson. Kelemen also addresses the way in which the public's attitude towards politics increasingly resembles a fan's attitude towards the football team they root for, and the process of democratic backsliding and increasing authoritarianism in some European Union countries. Finally, Kelemen looks at the 2022 French presidential elections, at how Russia's invasion of Ukraine will unite Europe, and at Putin's efforts to divide it, in a conversation well worth listening to. More on this topic • Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union, R. Daniel Kelemen, 2011 • R. Daniel Kelemen on the causes, controversies and consequences of Brexit • An article by R. Daniel Kelemen on authoritarianism in the EU • R. Daniel Kelemen' opinion pieces for Politico Other references in Portuguese • Podcast Da Capa à Contracapa, “Brexit e a Europa que temos”, with Ana Gomes and Miguel Poiares Maduro • Podcast Da Capa à Contracapa, “Eleições numa Europa cada vez mais fragmentada”, with Nuno Sampaio and Carlos Jalali

In questo audio il prezioso incontro con Roberto Danovaro scienziato biologo marino e Stefania Benaglia politica UE IndiaIntervista a cura di Mariantonietta Firmani, in Contemporaneamente il podcast pensato per Artribune.In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà. Con Roberto Danovaro e Stefani Benaglia parliamo di mare e società, biologia e politica. Così come la ricerca ha avuto un impulso enorme grazie allo sviluppo tecnologico, la politica estera può essere giocata solo in campo europeo. Il ciclo dell'acqua tra evaporazione, precipitazioni e ghiacciai è un sistema complesso con incognite difficili da prevedere come i cambiamenti climatici. L'unione europea offre uno standard di vita superiore a molti paesi nel mondo, nonostante l'Italia abbia difficoltà a trasformare le buone intenzioni in buone azioni. Il 50% dei mari è fuori da ogni giurisdizione, e a causa delle microplastiche in mare mangiamo l'equivalente di una carta di credito di plastica, e molto altro.ASCOLTA L'INTERVISTA!! BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORI Roberto Danovaro Biologo marino, lavora sulla biodiversità di acque profonde, sul funzionamento degli ecosistemi, e sull'impatto dei cambiamenti climatici è autore di circa 450 articoli e 3 libri. Nel Dicembre 2020 è stato riconosciuto da ExpertScape come il miglior scienziato mondiale nel Categoria “Ocean and Seas” per il decennio 2010‐2020. Dal 2001 Ordinario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia presso l'Università Politecnica delle Marche, dove è stato anche Direttore del Dipartimento di Scienze Marine, Direttore del Dipartimento Scienze della Vita e Scienze Ambientali, Pro-Rettore Delegato alla Ricerca. Presidente del Consiglio Scientifico del WWF Italia, Steering Board Member dell'OCSE (Fostering Innovation in Economia oceanica). Membro del Consiglio Scientifico di diversi enti e panel di ricerca, è redattore capo di riviste internazionali. Presidente della Federazione Europea di Società Scientifiche Tecnologiche ha ricevuto diversi premi, tra cui il World Prize BMC Biology (Londra, 2010). Il premio della Società Francese di Oceanografia (2011), e il Premio ENI “Protezione dell'Ambiente” (2013). Nel 2013 il Ministero dell'Istruzione Università e Ricerca (MIUR) lo nomina Presidente della Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Istituto Nazionale di Biologia Marina Ecologia e Biotecnologia). Stefania Benaglia è ricercatrice associata presso il (CEPS) Center for European Policy Studies di Bruxelles. Master in studi strategici presso la Johns Hopkins University, SAIS; scambio con la San Francisco State University, Erasmus presso Science Po Grenoble. Dal 2014 al 2017 ive in India, dove lavora presso la Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, e l' Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) fino al 2020. Arrivata a Bruxelles come Assistente di Ricerca presso la NATO Parliamentary Assembly nel 2009, continua la carriera presso l'UE. Lavora nel team di Rappresentanza della Commissione Europea, al Consiglio di Politica e Sicurezza fino al 2014. La sua ricerca tratta di politica estera UE, con focus sulle relazioni con l'Asia, in particolare India e regione dell'IndoPacifico, e sulla connettività (Global Gateway). Dal 2018 al 2022 ha lavorato come esperta senior implementando la Public Diplomacy della UE in India. Nel 2019 nominata Top40Under40 EU-India Leader. Pubblica regolarmente in testate internazionali come EU Observer, Euractiv, The Hindu, The Diplomat, 9DashLine, e rilascia interviste per Politico, Euronews, Nikkei, AFP, DiePresse, Panorama.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the EU Tech Policy Fellowship, published by Jan-WillemvanPutten on March 30, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Announcing the EU Tech Policy Fellowship, a cost-covered programme to catapult relevant graduates into high-impact career paths in European policy and Tech Policy roles. Summary Training for Good is excited to announce the EU Technology Policy Fellowship. This programme enables promising EU citizens to launch careers focused on regulating high-priority emerging technologies, especially AI and cybersecurity. This fellowship consists of three components: Remote study group (July - August, 4 hours a week): A 6 week part-time study group covering AI governance & technology policy fundamentals. Policy training in Brussels (late August / early September - exact date TBD): An intensive week-long bootcamp in Brussels featuring workshops, guest lectures from relevant experts and networking events. Tracks: Fellows will then participate in one of two tracks depending on their interests. Track 1 (September - December full time): Fellows will be matched with a host organisation working on European tech regulation for a ~3 month placement between September and December 2022. Host organisations include The Future Society, Centre for European Policy Studies, and NLAI Coalition (among others). Track 2 (September): Fellows will receive job application support and guidance to pursue a career in the European Commission, party politics or related policy jobs in Europe. This will include career workshops, feedback on CVs, interview training and mentorship from experienced policy professionals. Other important points: If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the program and whether or not it's the right fit for you, Training for Good will be hosting an informal information session on Thursday April 7 (5.30pm CET), please subscribe here for that session. This fellowship is only open to EU citizens. Modest stipends are available to cover living and relocation costs. We expect most stipends to be between €1,250 and €1,750 per month (though will take individual circumstances into consideration). For track 1, stipends are available for up to 4 months while participating in placements. For track 2, stipends are available for up to 1 month while exploring and applying for policy roles. Apply here by April 19th. The Programme The programme spans ~5 months from July to December, is fully cost-covered, and where needed, participants can avail of stipends to cover living costs. It consists of 3 major parts: Remote study group (July - August): A 6 week study group covering AI governance & technology policy fundamentals (draft curriculum). This study group will run from July 18 - August 28, including ~4 hours of readings and a 1 hour discussion each week. Policy training in Brussels (exact date TBD): An intensive week-long bootcamp in Brussels featuring workshops, guest lectures from relevant experts and networking events. This training will either run the week commencing August 29 or September 5 (exact date to be decided). All accomodation, food & travel costs will be fully covered by Training for Good. Tracks: Fellows will then participate in one of two tracks depending on their interests. Track 1 (September - December): Fellows will be matched with a host organisation working on European tech regulation for a ~3 month placement between September and December 2022. Host organisations include The Future Society, Centre for European Policy Studies, and NL AI Coalition (among others). Modest stipends are available to fellows during these placements to cover living and relocation costs for up to 4 months. Track 2 (September): Fellows will receive job application support and guidance to pursue a career in the European Commission, party politics or related policy ...

Russian and Ukrainian diplomats are meeting face-to-face in Turkey to try and end the war. But what compromises are each side prepared to make? Join host Mohammed Jamjoom. With guests: Peter Zalmayev – Executive Director, Eurasia Democracy Initiative. Andrey Kortunov – Director General, Russian International Affairs Council. Zachary Paikin – Researcher, EU Foreign Policy unit, Centre for European Policy Studies.

As Russia intensifies its war on Ukraine, leaders from the US, France, Turkey and Israel are stepping up attempts to stop the conflict. Does diplomacy still stand a chance? And what's needed for a breakthrough? Join host Folly Bah Thibault.  With guests:  Andrei Fedorov - Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.  Karel Lannoo - Chief Executive, Centre for European Policy Studies.  Marwan Kabalan - Head of Policy Analysis, Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies.

In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI's Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest Jana Puglierin to discuss the German elections, which will take place Sunday, September 26. Jana is Senior Policy Fellow and the head of the Berlin office of European Council on Foreign Relations. She directs the Re:shape Global Europe project, developing strategies for Europeans to engage with changes in the international order. Previously, she headed the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations. Her expertise on German and European policy directs the episode's discussion. Is there a more substantial crisis around the corner for Germany's Christian Democrats? Is it the end of the Volkspartei culture, and what does that mean for the German political system's stability? What kind of power vacuum will Angela Merkel's absence leave, and what will her lasting legacy be? Thibault and his guest discuss all these questions and contemplate what they mean for the larger transatlantic space – and much more. Find Jana on Twitter: @jana_puglierin Find ECFR Berlin on Twitter: @ECFRBerlin Find Thibault on Twitter: @tmuzergues Visit IRI's website at www.iri.org

Today's guest is Erwan Fouéré, Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, where he focuses on the EU's role in the Balkans, with a specific focus on Macedonia. Prior to joining CEPS, Erwan served for 38 years with the EU institutions in various capacities, including at Headquarters and the European External Action Service. His most recent appointment was as Special Representative for the Irish 2012 Chairmanship of the OSCE. In this episode, Alon and Erwan discuss a multitude of issues surrounding the European Union and the Western Balkans region, including the enlargement of the EU, particularly in relation to the Western Balkans, and the lack of consistency within EU foreign policy regarding enlargement. In addition, they examine the impediments to progress within the EU itself: the unanimity rule and what steps can be taken to mitigate its negative impacts, and what can be done about member states such as Poland and Hungary, which are departing from democratic governance and the values of the EU itself. A full transcript of the episode can be found here: http://alonben-meir.com/audio/on-the-issues-episode-76-erwan-fouere/ Full Bio: After having pursued a career spanning 38 years with the EU institutions, during which he assumed various responsibilities both at Headquarters and more particularly in the EU's External Service, Erwan Fouéré has joined CEPS as an Associate Senior Research Fellow. His area of research is on the EU's role in the Balkans, seen from various angles (security & stability, enlargement, domestic politics), with a specific focus on Macedonia. More generally, he will also assess the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU's performance, with specific reference to the role of EU Special Representatives. Prior to joining CEPS, Erwan Fouéré's most recent appointment was as Special Representative for the Irish 2012 Chairmanship of the OSCE, with special responsibility for the Transdniestrian settlement process. He was the first to assume joint responsibilities of EU Special Representative and Head of Delegation in the EU External Service when he was appointed in this double capacity in Macedonia (2005), where he served for five years up to his retirement from the EU Institutions. Before that, he was Head of Delegation in Slovenia leading to accession, the first Head of Delegation in South Africa (1994) and the first Head of EC Delegations in Mexico and Cuba (1989). He was also Deputy Head of the Delegation for Relations with Latin America based in Caracas (1984). At headquarters, he worked successively on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and relations with East European Countries, on international relations in the field of the environment, and on EU relations with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He was a post graduate research assistant at the Max Kohnstamm Institute for European Affairs (1970-72), and a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution (1983). He has lectured at several European universities on EU Foreign and Security Policy, and was a regular contributor to EU Masters Course of Human Rights (2000-2010).

It's taken 17 years, four US presidents and $11.5B, but finally the European Union and the United States have resolved their dispute over aircraft subsidies. The hard-fought agreement comes during a four-month suspension of trade tariffs, as negotiators worked to clear the air. It's hoped the end of this bitter economic tussle will lift transatlantic relations. Melinda Nucifora reports. We were also joined by Karel Lannoo in Brussels. He's CEO of the Centre for European Policy Studies. #EU #US #AircraftSubsidies

In the era of so-called “fake news”, the rapid spread of misinformation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has posed persistent challenges to decision-makers, policymakers and experts. Yet fake news was on the rise long before the 'Covid Infodemic': from the Brexit campaign to the threat posed by Russian-sponsored disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe, to the accusations of a fraudulent US Presidential Election, misinformation is spreading with greater and greater ease in Western democracies. To discuss these issues, and the important role think tanks can play in providing independent analysis to policymakers and the public, the IIEA gathers heads of leading European research institutes. About the Speakers: Dr Rosa Balfour is Director of Carnegie Europe. Her fields of expertise include European politics, institutions, and foreign and security policy. Prior to joining Carnegie Europe, she was a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and she also served as Director of the Europe in the World programme at the European Policy Centre in Brussels. Her current research focuses on the relationship between domestic politics and Europe's global role. Dr Robin Niblett is Director and Chief Executive of Chatham House, a position he has held since January 2007. He is currently co-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council on Geopolitics and he previously served as Chair of the Experts Group for the 2014 NATO Summit and Chair of the British Academy's Steering Committee of Languages for Security Project (2013). Before joining Chatham House, from 2001 to 2006, Robin was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Dr Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen. She is Special Advisor to EU High Representative and Vice President of the Commission Josep Borrell. She previously served as Special Advisor to HRVP Federica Mogherini where she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation. Previously, she held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence.

Since January 1, the UK has been trading under new systems agreed in the post-Brexit trade deal. So what problems have the first 100 days exposed for the UK and Europe? Agenda is joined by the CEO of Eurochambres, Ben Butters, and the head of international affairs for small businesses, James Sibley. They discuss the impact of Brexit on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the continent and try to dissect how much of the 40% decrease in trade across the channel is down to Brexit teething problems and how much is down to the ongoing pandemic. [00:44].We also talk to Amelia Hadfield, head of politics at the University of Surrey, and Karel Lannoo, CEO of the Centre for European Policy Studies, about the future of the European Union [11:32].

Dal 2005 ha la cattedra in Economics of Financial Regulation all'Università Bocconi e dal 2008 segue il Centro Baffi CAREFIN on Banking, Finance and Regulation come Direttore e Presidente. Dal 2011 è membro del Management Board e Honorary Treasurer della Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières. E' stato consulente della Banca Mondiale, del Parlamento Europeo, della Inter-American Development Bank e delle Nazioni Unite. E' stato inoltre membro del comitato scientifico di Confindustria e dell'European Capital Markets Expert Group del Centre for European Policy Studies.

Why is the Baltic sea region such a hotspot, despite having ninety percent of its coastline part of the EU? How to approach the dilemma of European strategic autonomy and how does it resonate for Baltic security? What to answer to those who claim that having NATO troops stationed in the Baltic states is inviting the Russians to escalate their engagement in the region? What to do with the growing presence of China and what does it mean for the transatlantic relationship? On this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guest Kristi Raik discuss all these questions - and more. Kristi Raik is the Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at ICDS and Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku. She has previously served inter alia as a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Programme Director at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki; an official at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels; and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels and the International Centre for Policy Studies in Kyiv. She is also an author of numerous articles and publications on the European foreign and security policy. Find Kristi on Twitter at @KristiRaik Find Thibault on Twitter at @tmuzergues Visit ICDS’s website at https://icds.ee/en/ Visit IRI’s website at www.iri.org

Joe Biden wants pressure put on China, when the EU appears to be doing just the opposite. So why would the EU do this? Is it purely economic, or is the strategy not to isolate China and work quietly for change? This is RT Guests: Weinian Hu Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels Kerry Brown Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London Yan Bennett Assistant Director of the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China at Princeton University Roundtable is a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Vandaag spreken we met Onno Ruding, de voormalige minister van financiën in de kabinetten Lubbers I en II, over zijn in september 2020 uitgekomen boek over zijn leven, met als titel “Balans”, met als ondertitel “Het ging om meer dan geld alleen”. Ook al vermoed ik dat de meeste luisteraars weten wie u bent, toch zal ik u en uw boek introduceren. Ik heb daarin geenszins de ambitie om volledig te zijn, want zelfs in uw boek met 680 pagina's stelt u in het nawoord, ik citeer: “Teneinde de lengte van dit boek binnen redelijke grenzen te houden, heb ik het - voor mij moeilijke - besluit moeten nemen om een aantal, op zich zelf bezien interessante onderwerpen en activiteiten niet te beschrijven.” Ruding werd geboren in 1939 in Breda als enig kind, ging naar het gymnasium en studeerde Economie in Rotterdam. Later toen hij al werkte promoveerde hij cum laude op het onderwerp “Naar één geïntegreerde Europese kapitaalmarkt?” Ruding startte zijn carrière op het ministerie van Financiën, werkte voor de AMRO bank en werd op zijn 36e Executive Director bij het IMF in Washington DC. Op zijn 42e werd hij lid van de Raad van Bestuur van AMRO bank. Na een korte periode aldaar werd Ruding in 1982 minister van financiën en diende in de kabinetten Lubbers I en II. Daarna werkte Ruding in een ongekende hoeveelheid functies, waarvan er velen zijn die hij lange tijd deed. Zo was hij voorzitter van de NCW, tegenwoordig bekend van het latere VNO NCW. En Ruding was lange tijd verbonden aan Citibank/Citigroup, eerst als commissaris en later als lid van de Raad van Bestuur in New York. Ruding heeft verder gediend als commissaris, waaronder vaak als voorzitter van de RvC, bij onder andere Nationale Nederlanden, Unilever, Philips, Corning, Pechiney, Alcan, BATA, RTL, Holcim en bij BNG Bank. Verder vervulde hij een enorme hoeveelheid nevenfuncties, zo vervulde Ruding bestuurlijke rollen bij de ‘International Christian Union of Business Executives', de Pauselijke Raad Justitita et pax, 'The commission of Bishops', allerlei nevenfuncties in New York, waaronder bij het Mount Sinai Hospital en verder bij Paleis het Loo, bij Foster Parents Plan en onder andere bij het Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, welke laatste hij overigens nog steeds doet. De afgelopen 20 jaar, en nog steeds, is Ruding betrokken bij het Centre for European Policy Studies. Hij was er ook 12 jaar voorzitter. Ruding is getrouwd met Renée Hekking en heeft twee volwassen kinderen en twee kleinkinderen en woont in Den Haag. Tot slot voor wat betreft de inleiding een persoonlijke noot. Ik heb het boek met veel plezier gelezen. Het boek is beduidend korter dat Oorlog en Vrede van Leo Tolstoj, maar met zijn kleine 700 pagina's heeft Ruding wel bereikt dat ik meer tijd in de voorbereiding heb zitten dan voor welk voorgaand interview dan ook. Maar dat heb ik met veel enthousiasme mogen doen. Het boek is ontzettend leerzaam en met name de vele afwegingen die u meegeeft, zowel over waarom u bepaalde zaken wel of niet heeft gedaan als persoon, maar ook overwegingen over inhoudelijke onderwerpen heb ik zeer gewaardeerd. Op onderwerpen waar je als lezer niet erg thuis bent, kan het boek hier en daar wat technisch zijn. En wat ik graag had willen zien is meer reflectie op het geheel, dus niet op specifieke onderwerpen, maar uw mening overall: wat heeft u nu geleerd, wat zijn lessen die u heeft getrokken en welke ontwikkeling heeft u doorgemaakt. U doet dat wel, maar nog meer was wat mij betreft leuker geweest. Dat is een van de dingen waar ik meer over probeer te gaan leren gedurende dit gesprek.      *** Volg Leaders in Finance via Linkedin. *** Vraag voor een gast? Stel hem! Voor meer informatie zie luisteraarsvraag. *** Op de hoogte blijven van Leaders in Finance? Abonneer je dan op de nieuwsbrief. *** Zou je graag een bepaalde gast willen zien bij Leaders in Finance of ken je iemand die je wil voordragen? Laat het ons weten via gasten@leadersinfinance.nl  ***  Vragen, suggesties of feedback? Graag! Via email: info@leadersinfinance.nl  ***  Als je de Leaders in Finance podcast leuk vindt, zou je dan een review willen achterlaten bijvoorbeeld bij Apple Podcasts? Of ons willen volgen bij Spotify. Veel dank, want sommige mensen gaan alleen luisteren naar deze podcast als ze weten dat er genoeg anderen zijn die het leuk vinden!  ***  Leaders in Finance wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Interim Valley, FG Lawyers en Bizcuit. Meer informatie over onze sponsoren is te vinden op onze algemene sponsorpagina.     

Sveatoslav Vizitiu has more than 14 years of experience within the technology industry, with a focus on UI/UX design and programming, currently concerned about innovating healthcare and tackling the major issues of this environment by producing meaningful interaction between the ecosystem stakeholders. He is the co-founder of Wello, an artificial intelligence platform in nutrition for overweight kids who can change the way families understand and relate to their health. In 2019 he became a member of the Centre of European Policy Studies as a Foodtech Expert. Sveat is also the winner of EIT Health StarShip, where he proposed a digital solution in the sports medicine field that helped the medical team to get a visual overview of their athletes' health status and create personalized prevention programs. What you'll hear about in this episode: Insights about entrepreneurship How to overcome a problem you have - building a startup Wello - AI platform that fights obesity How to use gamification to improve the health of your child The paradox of European Funding A cool experience at Google for Startups Accelerator The importance of funding Insights on food from Centre of European Policy Studies Enjoy the talk and remember to subscribe to the podcast. :)

La Fundación Rafael del Pino organizó el 7 de mayo de 2020 , el diálogo en directo a través de www.frdelpino.es titulado «La gran pandemia ¿está la libertad amenazada?» en el que participaron Adela Cortina, Carlos Rodríguez Braun y Pedro Schwartz. Adela Cortina es catedrática de Ética y Filosofía Jurídica, Moral y Política de la Universidad de Valencia desde 1986, además de directora de la Fundación ÉTNOR, para la ética de los negocios y las organizaciones. En 1969 ingresa en el departamento de Metafísica de la Universidad de Valencia. La concesión de una beca le permite ampliar sus estudios en las universidades de Munich y Fráncfort, donde entra en contacto con la filosofía de Jürgen Habermas y Karl-Otto Apel. De vuelta en la recién estrenada España democrática, en la segunda mitad de la década de 1970, le hace plantearse la necesidad de buscar una “ética para todos”, convirtiendo desde ese momento esta ciencia en materia de su estudio y dedicación. Entre su abundante producción, cabe citar “Ética mínima” (1986), “Alianza y Contrato” (2005), “La escuela de Fráncfort: crítica y utopía” (2008). Carlos Rodríguez Braun es un experto en pensamiento y liberalismo económico con reconocimiento internacional por sus publicaciones y conferencias. Este doctor en Economía hispano-argentino se caracteriza por aunar el rigor académico con el afán divulgativo. Es miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas de Argentina y catedrático de Historia del Pensamiento Económico en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, y combina la publicación de libros y artículos académicos con la colaboración con medios de comunicación escritos y audiovisuales. Es un referente y creador de opinión sobre la realidad económica, política y social, además de un defensor de la globalización y el liberalismo. Actualmente es columnista de La Razón, Expansión, Actualidad Económica y Libertad Digital y participa diariamente en Onda Cero Radio. Ha publicado artículos en revistas de prestigio como History of Political Economy, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought o el Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines, y también es evaluador y forma parte de los consejos asesores de publicaciones científicas en España y otros países. Pedro Schwartz es Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y en Ciencias Políticas por la London School of Economics (LSE). Miembro del Consejo de Administración del Centre for European Policy Studies, y de la Mont Pèlerin Society, de la que fue presidente de 2014 a 2016. Forma parte del Consejo Académico Asesor del Liberales Institut de Zurich y es Adjunt Scholar en Cato Institute. Escribe con regularidad en Expansión, Actualidad Económica, ABC y Financial Times.

La Fundación Rafael del Pino organizó el 7 de mayo de 2020 , el diálogo en directo a través de www.frdelpino.es titulado «La gran pandemia ¿está la libertad amenazada?» en el que participaron Adela Cortina, Carlos Rodríguez Braun y Pedro Schwartz. Adela Cortina es catedrática de Ética y Filosofía Jurídica, Moral y Política de la Universidad de Valencia desde 1986, además de directora de la Fundación ÉTNOR, para la ética de los negocios y las organizaciones. En 1969 ingresa en el departamento de Metafísica de la Universidad de Valencia. La concesión de una beca le permite ampliar sus estudios en las universidades de Munich y Fráncfort, donde entra en contacto con la filosofía de Jürgen Habermas y Karl-Otto Apel. De vuelta en la recién estrenada España democrática, en la segunda mitad de la década de 1970, le hace plantearse la necesidad de buscar una “ética para todos”, convirtiendo desde ese momento esta ciencia en materia de su estudio y dedicación. Entre su abundante producción, cabe citar “Ética mínima” (1986), “Alianza y Contrato” (2005), “La escuela de Fráncfort: crítica y utopía” (2008). Carlos Rodríguez Braun es un experto en pensamiento y liberalismo económico con reconocimiento internacional por sus publicaciones y conferencias. Este doctor en Economía hispano-argentino se caracteriza por aunar el rigor académico con el afán divulgativo. Es miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas de Argentina y catedrático de Historia del Pensamiento Económico en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, y combina la publicación de libros y artículos académicos con la colaboración con medios de comunicación escritos y audiovisuales. Es un referente y creador de opinión sobre la realidad económica, política y social, además de un defensor de la globalización y el liberalismo. Actualmente es columnista de La Razón, Expansión, Actualidad Económica y Libertad Digital y participa diariamente en Onda Cero Radio. Ha publicado artículos en revistas de prestigio como History of Political Economy, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought o el Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines, y también es evaluador y forma parte de los consejos asesores de publicaciones científicas en España y otros países. Pedro Schwartz es Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y en Ciencias Políticas por la London School of Economics (LSE). Miembro del Consejo de Administración del Centre for European Policy Studies, y de la Mont Pèlerin Society, de la que fue presidente de 2014 a 2016. Forma parte del Consejo Académico Asesor del Liberales Institut de Zurich y es Adjunt Scholar en Cato Institute. Escribe con regularidad en Expansión, Actualidad Económica, ABC y Financial Times.

Die EU-Staats und Regierungschefs haben ein 500 Milliarden-Hilfspaket abgesegnet. Nun soll geklärt werden, wer in welcher Form von den Geldern profitieren soll. Entschieden ist noch nichts, trotzdem wertet Daniel Gros vom «Centre for European Policy Studies» den Gipfel als Erfolg. Die weiteren Themen: * Anders als andere Schweizer Medien profitiert die linke Wochenzeitung WOZ von der Corona-Krise. Sie setzt kaum auf Werbung, dafür schon seit langem vor allem auf Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten. * Wie schwierig ist es, im Spitzensport seine Homosexualität offen zu leben? Ein neues Buch, das lesbische Spitzensportlerinnen portraitiert, geht dieser Frage nach. * Gartencenter und Gärtnereien dürfen am Montag wieder Kundschaft empfangen. Urs Meier vom Branchen-Verband Florist-punkt-ch spricht über den Neustart.

Join us online for this public webinar where we will be joined by Amel Boubekeur, Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. After the first presidential election since the removal of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in December 2019, this event will discuss the origins of the Hirak, it's liabilities and assets, and to what extent Algeria can be looked at as a case study for transition in the region. Amel Boubekeur researches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) and is a visiting fellow at the European Council for Foreign Relations. Her research focuses on the Maghreb countries' politics, democratization in the Arab world, Euro-Arab/US–Arab relations, and Islam in Europe. She has been a research associate at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and the Centre Jacques Berque, a non-resident fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP-Berlin), a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, a resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and the head of the Islam and Europe Programme at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Join the conversation on Twitter using #LSEAlgeria Image: ©Yasmina Allouche

This week we discuss the EU's corona response in our wonderful reoccurring section, this is not it chief!Support us on Patreon!WE HAVE A T-PUBLIC STORE what a fashionable way to support our podcastWe now have a website that you can find here!Feel free to send us an email at PreviouslyInEurope@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @PrevInEuropeIf you can please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and if you can't do that tell a friend, this stuff really helps us outAlso, have you considered Matteo Renzi?That is not it chiefIsn't this exactly what the EU should be for?Well.. yeah probably, but it's the exact kind of thing some members would resist. Healthcare is weirdly absent and explicitly down to the member states. It's basically optional:"Union action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing physical and mental illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to physical and mental health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information and education, and monitoring, early warning of and combating serious cross-border threats to health"Cool good start..."The Union shall encourage cooperation between the Member States in the areas referred to in this Article"Oh... so... not really their main jamThe EU has a centre for disease prevention and control (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en), but it's pretty small and exists more to provide training/support to countries with perceived emergency plans. Ursula said it's fine now though?Yeah... and it totally could have done this earlier. This is exactly the kind of positive thing the EU could be doing all the time but squabbling and money would prevent it. You'd easily find commission staff who would have loved to do this every commission cycle.They've started a EU stockpike of ventilators, masks etc for pandemics (but only since March 19(https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_476) Joint procurement for ventilators got a lot of press in the UK for them "missing an email" or something... but why wasn't the mechanism for this already in place? (https://euobserver.com/tickers/147981). This is a wake up call for emergency procurement powers that aren't made up or renewed ad hoc requiring country level export bans (https://www.eurotopics.net/en/238112/coronavirus-how-can-europe-secure-more-face-masks)France and Germany are taking Italian patients.. but only after there was already a huge problem. Again there should have been a plan in place for this already, there are on national levels, why not EU?You could of had emergency bonds mechanisms in place so Mark Rutte couldn't have this opportunity to be a shitbag during a crisis (https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-no-on-corona-bonds-undermines-european-project/). Or better yet pre-agree a bailout system of another sort... Rethinking European SolidarityMacron, von der Leyen, umm.. basically everyone who's not Merkel or Weber, talk a big game of EU reform. An EU that works for the people or something... Well you could actually do that. 2008 and the Eurocrisis was the time for this. Rethinking the way EU solidarity in a crisis worked. They tried giant loans and fiscal rules, everyone hated them. Why isn't there a mechanism in place to deal with the next crisis? Because it was a hard discussion and they were busy giving vague statements or writing open letters.Daniel Gros (of Centre for European Policy Studies) argues you could exempt the badly hit countries from paying into the EU budget... which could be a repeatable mechanism. It's much easier than loans and doesn't cripple the countries its supposed to benefit. "Corona solidarity" in less badly hit countries, or those who could better recover using their own coffers (see Germany - https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-ditch-balanced-budget-commitment-to-prevent-coronavirus-slump/)https://voxeu.org/article/corona-transfers-instead-coronabonds 

Cinzia Alcidi, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Jens Suedekum, Professor of International Economics at the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, discuss Europe's growing regional divergence and how the EU should respond.

In this second episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we look at the possibility of a “geopolitical European Union” — as promised by incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.   Host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff speaks with Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), to find out what needs to happen to transform the EU into a player on the world stage.    Then, with the help of DGAP France expert Claire Demesmay, we decode Emmanuel Macron’s recent controversial interview where he predicted Europe “will disappear” if it “can’t think of itself as a global power,” as well as his recent jaunt to China.    Finally, we hear an audio postcard from Kyrgyzstan on the “New Silk Road” sent by Jacob Modell, who is traveling from Brussels to Beijing and back to document China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative, intended to link up Asia with Europe and Africa.   More dispatches from Jacob can be found at berlinpolicyjournal.com/on-the-new-silk-road   ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website  https://berlinpolicyjournal.com or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices. Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

Daniel Enskat has written over a dozen books on the global asset management industry and has lectured at universities around the world alongside speakers such as Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Mark Mobius, ex-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Professor KC Chan and former Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder. After a stint as a Consultant for the World Bank, he co-founded Warren Enskat as Managing Partner, AI Research and Analytics. Daniel also serves as the CEO of the Compliance Strategy Institute, a global think tank focused on compliance, risk, legal and tech topics in investment management. Women in Compliance is a key initiative of the institute. He works for various industry boards, task forces and cultural organizations ranging from the Center for European Policy Studies, the Latino Commission on AIDS, Alvin Ailey and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Daniel speaks seven languages, was a professional tennis player and ballroom dancer, and runs movements gyms in the US and Latin America, integrating physical fitness and artificial intelligence into new concepts of holistic movement. Featured Guest/People Mentioned: Daniel Enskat (@danielmvmt) https://assetmanagementai.com/ https://thecompliancestrategyinstitute.com/author/daniel-enskat/ http://www.bailasociety.tv/public/152.cfm https://warrenenskat.com/ Like this show? Please leave a review here - even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter or Instagram handle so I can thank you personally! Also, you can also find me at: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMi5wUXA5Y8Mh-9YoAUVRPQ?view_as=subscriber) Instagram (@daniellim_me) Twitter (@daniellim_me) Email (dlim@daniellim.me)

A talk on Whiteshift by Eric Kaufmann at the Centre for European Policy Studies, the EU's leading independent think tank. July 10, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQWUCb55L4

Análisis de las elecciones europeas con Karel Lanno, Chief Executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies. Después en la tertulia han participado Celia Ferrero, vicepresidenta ejecutiva de ATA; Hermenegildo Altozano, abogado de Bird&Bird y Antonio Sanabria, investigador y profesor de economía internacional en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability’?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots’. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by Snow Lion Media.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability'?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots'. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by @snowlionmedia.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability'?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots'. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by @snowlionmedia.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability'?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots'. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by @snowlionmedia.

In this podcast @jimmygreer talks to entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics about what has become known as the future of work. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of online platform working; why it is so important and to make this new way of working fair; how some freelancers are making the most of digital; the impact of automation (or should that be ‘automatability’?) on emerging and developing country jobs; and what to do about the so-called ‘rise of the robots’. This podcast is the first in a series exploring the themes from our research into business models of the future. Click here to read a short summary of our latest report on Business Models of the Future https://tinyurl.com/y3an5trg Thanks to our guests: Willem Pieter de Groen (Centre for European Policy Studies), Romain Trébuil (Yoss), Ellen Thijs (B-Hive), Natalya Sverensky (NOBL), Brando Benifei (MEP), Luke Schlögl (University of Vienna). Music and production by @snowlionmedia.

Theresa May has addressed the House of Commons in the past few moments. And she says that the British Parliament needs to decide how it wants to proceed. Guest: Daniel Gros Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels Former advisor to both the European Parliament and the UK government

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Barry Eichengreen was an early skeptic about the prospects for monetary union in Europe.Nowadays the eminent economic historian acknowledges the single currency is here to stay. But he says much more should done to prevent the return of austerity that was the price millions of Europeans paid for saving the single currency this decade. A failure to make further reforms, warns Eichengreen, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, could be cataclysmic for Europe.“There is a link between high unemployment and social distress on the one hand and voting for extremist parties by and large on the right because that then is a way to effectively shift some of the blame for what people are experiencing toward foreigners,” he says. "It’s much too easy to look at the incidence of unemployment in Germany in the 1930s and draw a link with the rise of voting for National Socialism but there is something of a link there.”Eichengreen spoke to EU Scream in Brussels where he was giving the academic lecture at an annual meeting of the Centre for European Policy Studies and presenting his latest book, The Populist Temptation, which he wrote with his family’s suffering at the hands of the Nazis in mind. “The fact that we see resurgent nationalism, xenophobia, antisemitism all alive in Europe today certainly resonates with history, and it resonates with my personal history,” he says.Eichengreen also identifies the perception that Brussels policymakers are overreaching as part of the narrative nationalist populists use to discredit the European Union. Brussels, he says, would be wise to pull back and return more authority to member states in the area of fiscal oversight. That would mean effectively ditching rules that oblige Brussels to punish countries violating debt and deficit limits.Eichengreen acknowledges such a pull back would rely on Germany creating a shared system to shore up European banks that run into trouble. Yet that could help reduce tensions between northern Europeans who see southern Europeans as profligate. “If you break the so-called diabolic loop between budget problems and banking problems, at that point I think it becomes safe to return control of fiscal policies to the member states,” says Eichengreen.The International Monetary Fund also comes in for criticism as supine by failing to insist on easier loan conditions for Greece in 2010.“I think what I find most extraordinary is the fact that the I.M.F. laid down and accepted the European institutions unwillingness to contemplate debt restructuring in Greece,” says Eichengreen. “That was a point I think where — had Strauss-Kahn not been running for the French presidency — the Fund might have behaved differently and that could have changed the course of history,” says Eichengreen, referring to the then-managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Strauss-Kahn was running the Fund when it accepted a role in the bailout. By involving the Fund in the Greek debt drama, Strauss-Kahn raised his profile for his presidential bid. But that locked the Fund into an arrangement with Germany, which pushed for tough loan terms on Greece.Please visit our website at EU Scream.“Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125” by Papalin is licensed unSupport the show (https://euscream.com/donate/)

There are many discrepancies between the member states within the eurozone about the direction this monetary union should take. With Germany and France trying to lead the ship towards a clear destination, and other member states struggling to catch up, the future of the eurozone seems unclear, and maybe even in danger. The coming years will be crucial for the future of this monetary union, but which hurdles should the block overcome to become the stable union all member states signed up for?During this one-hour interview we are eager to answer this question together with Daniel Gros (Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies) and Enrico Perotti (Professor of International Finance) In overview:What: Eurozone Reforms - The Future of the Single CurrencyWho: Daniel Gros (Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies) & Enrico Perotti (Professor of International Finance) Interviewers: Santiago Diaz Jaramillo and Linus Ax

There are many discrepancies between the member states within the eurozone about the direction this monetary union should take. With Germany and France trying to lead the ship towards a clear destination, and other member states struggling to catch up, the future of the eurozone seems unclear, and maybe even in danger. The coming years will be crucial for the future of this monetary union, but which hurdles should the block overcome to become the stable union all member states signed up for?During this one-hour interview we are eager to answer this question together with Daniel Gros (Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies) and Enrico Perotti (Professor of International Finance) In overview:What: Eurozone Reforms - The Future of the Single CurrencyWho: Daniel Gros (Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies) & Enrico Perotti (Professor of International Finance) Interviewers: Santiago Diaz Jaramillo and Linus Ax

73 days to go until the big deadline for the UK's exit from the European Union, and today, Theresa May's deal with the EU was rejected in a vote by 432 votes to 202. It's the worst defeat for a British government in the House of Commons since the 1920s. Guest: Gavan Reilly Political Correspondent for Virgin Media Television in Ireland Guest: Daniel Gros Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels Former advisor to both the European Parliament and the UK government

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Keynote Speaker: Johan Swinnen, Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the Catholic University of Leuven; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security. This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Launch of CER policy brief 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?' by Jasna Šelih with Ian Bond and Carl Dolan. Hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Speakers: Franziska Brantner, Spokeswomen on European Policy for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Carl Dolan, Director, Transparency International EU Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute Milan Nič, Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Chair: Jana Puglierin, Head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Where is Turkey heading? Last month president Erdogan narrowly won a referendum to give his presidency sweeping new powers. What does this portend for Turkey's relationship with the region and the rest of the world? And how far is he planning to go to entrench the pier of the AKP in his pursuit of Islamic nationalism at home? Tom Carver discussed Turkey's trajectory with Carnegie Europe's Sinan Ülgen and the director of Carnegie's Europe Program, Erik Brattberg. Sinan Ülgen is the author of Governing Cyberspace: A Road Map for Transatlantic Leadership (Carnegie Europe, 2016), Handbook of EU Negotiations (Bilgi University Press, 2005), and The European Transformation of Modern Turkey with Kemal Derviş (Centre for European Policy Studies, 2004). He has served in the Turkish Foreign Service in several capacities: in Ankara on the United Nations desk; in Brussels at the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the European Union; and at the Turkish embassy in Tripoli. (More on Ülgen - http://carnegieeurope.eu/experts/?fa=547) Erik Brattberg is director of the Europe Program and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. He joined Carnegie from the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, where he was the director for special projects and a senior fellow. (More on Brattberg - http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1342)

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christine Ockrent, journalist, Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, and Josef Janning, ECFR senior policy fellow, about the ongoing debate in Berlin on a possible German nuclear deterrent. The podcast was recorded on 14 December 2016. Bookshelf: 2016 White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma by John Herz Révolution by Emmanuel Macron Picture: Flickr /Neil H

ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Almut Moeller, former head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations, Christoph Bertram, former director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's former ambassador to Washington and London and currently chairman of the Munich Security Conference, about German politician Egon Bahr, who passed away recently, and his legacy. Bookshelf: Blue dahlia, black gold: A journey to Angola by Daniel Metcalfe Moby Dick by Herman Melville The counterlife by Philip Roth Picture: Flickr/Das Blaue Sofa/ Club Bertelsmann