What’s the position of political parties, elites and the public on EU Foreign and Security Policy?
The University of Siena has conducted two studies on the position and perception of political parties, elites and the public on EU Foreign and Security Policy. The first study explores political parties’ salience and position on Foreign Policy issues in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain across time, while the second study offers an […]
Brief/ Indonesia’s G20 Presidency and the War in Ukraine by Andrew W. Mantong and Gilang Kembara
The visit of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to Russia and Ukraine illustrated his priority for foreign policy, especially related to Indonesia’s G20 Presidency. This JOINT Brief by Andrew W. Mantong and Gilang Kembara (Researchers at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta) analyses Indonesia’s foreign policy pillars in relation to its G20 […]
Brief/ More Integration, Less Autonomy: The EU in Europe’s New Order by Riccardo Alcaro
In this new JOINT Brief, Riccardo Alcaro (JOINT Project Coordinator and Research Coordinator at IAI) argues that a more cohesive EU might be an unintended consequence the highly antagonistic European order created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But more integration will not automatically bring more autonomy. In fact, a more integrated EU will be the […]
Brief/ Turkey in the Black Sea: Is a Balancing Act Still Possible? by Çiğdem Üstün
In this new JOINT Brief, Çiğdem Üstün, Associate Professor in the International Relations Department at Nişantaşı University and Secretary General of the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), discusses the latest questioning of Turkey’s alignment in its foreign policy. Turkey’s ability to keep diplomatic channels open and its willingness to work with regional […]
Podcast/Actorness, Consensus, Multipolarity and other EUFSP challenges
The European Union was established as a peace project to reconcile France and Germany, but over the last three decades the EU has also worked on creating peace and prosperity abroad. It has mediated between conflicting parties, deployed peacekeepers and provided aid and peace-building support. Yet, in the last couple of years the EU has […]
Podcast/How can the EU help to stop the war in Ukraine?
Is the European Union equipped to stop the Russia-Ukraine war? What can the European Union do to bring peace to Europe? These questions are both important and difficult to answer in a world characterised by multipolar competition, regional fragmentation and internal division within the European Union. This podcast tries to understand what EU Foreign and […]
Paper/ Summary of Party Positions on EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy by Leonardo Puleo
This new JOINT Paper by Leonardo Puleo (Adjunct Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and post-doc at the Université Libre de Brussels) and with the contribution of Researchers and Professors at University of Siena is a study providing an overview of the party politics trends on#EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy in Italy, France, […]
Paper/ Inventory of EUFSP-related Public and Elite Opinion Surveys by Pierangelo Isernia et al.
This JOINT Paper, by Pierangelo Isernia (Full professor), Francesco Olmastroni (Assistant professor), Rossella Borri (Senior researcher) and Carlotta Mingardi (post-doc researcher), all at the University of Siena, provides an inventory of elite & public opinion surveys on EU Foreign and Security Policy, which show vast support for further integration on EUFPS issues. Divisions, on the […]
Brief/ Not Yet Time for Diplomacy. Lessons from Italy’s Ill-Conceived Peace Plan for Ukraine by Riccardo Alcaro and Nona Mikhelidze
In this new JOINT Brief, Riccardo Alcaro (JOINT Coordinator) and Nona Mikhelidze (IAI Senior Fellow) analyze Italy’s stillborn peace plan for Ukraine, arguing that it holds a lesson for EU: time is not yet ripe for diplomacy with Russia. Here’s the main findings:1. In its pursuit for a quick end to hostilities, the peace plan anticipated arguments […]
Brief/ The EU Strategic Compass: A Blueprint for a European Defensive and Securitisation Policy by Pol Bargués
In this new JOINT Brief, Pol Bargués (Research Fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) analyzes the EU Strategic Compass by looking also at the direction taken in the Global Strategy (2016) and the Integrated Approach to Conflicts and Crises (2018) and focusing on the apparent change of direction in EU foreign policy.
Brief/The War in Ukraine and Studying the EU as a Security Actor by Hylke Dijkstra
In this new JOINT Brief, Hylke Dijkstra, Associate Professor at Maastricht University and leader of JOINT WP2, reflects on what the war in Ukraine means for the study of the EU as a security actor.
Brief/Russia–Ukraine Talks and the Indispensable Role of the US and Europe by Riccardo Alcaro
In this new JOINT Brief, Riccardo Alcaro analyses the role of the EU and the US in the Russia-Ukraine talks, underlining that US and EU’s goals should now be: to end the war, to ensure Ukraine’s security and to stabilise the antagonism with Russia.