Public Hybrid Event/ The implications of the Ukraine war for Europe and the world: what role for EU Foreign and Security Policy?
The JOINT Project Partners will hold a public event on 22nd of September 2022 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, both in Paris and online. The discussion will address the implications of the Ukraine war for Europe and the world: what role for EU Foreign and Security Policy? Experts in the field, moderated by the Project Coordinator, […]
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 […]
Indonesia’s G20 Presidency and the War in Ukraine
At the end of June 2022, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conducted a series of trips overseas. It was a week-long visit to Germany, Ukraine, Russia, ending in the United Arab Emirates. Jokowi’s visit to Germany corresponded with the G7 Summit, which often hosts the G20 Chairman. After the summit, President Jokowi visited Kyiv to […]
More Integration, Less Autonomy: The EU in Europe’s New Order
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not just shattered what was left of Europe’s post-Cold War order. It has also defined the broad contours of Europe’s future order and consequently of the kind of peace such an order will be able to sustain. An armed peace, again The war has no foregone conclusion. It may result […]
A Joined-Up Union, a Stronger Europe. A Conceptual Framework to Investigate EU Foreign and Security Policy in a Complex and Contested World
Fractious domestic debates, the fragmentation of regional politics and growing interstate competition all affect the capacity of the EU to forge a joined-up and sustainable foreign and security policy (EUFSP) in crises and conflicts. The problem is amplified by EUFSP governance structures, which have evolved irregularly, with a multiplicity of actors resorting to an increasingly […]
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 […]
Turkey in the Black Sea: Is a Balancing Act Still Possible?
Turkey has placed efforts towards establishing amicable relations with Russia while being a part of the Western alliance. Just after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, Turkey’s position in the region and the possible closure of the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits became one of the main debated issues. According to the 1936 Montreux Convention,[1] which […]
Laying the Groundwork for Peace in a Fragmented Libya
Libya is fragmented, and this fragmentation raises questions about legitimacy for whoever emerges as the winner of the presidential elections, now scheduled for early 2022. Legitimacy is one of the underlying challenges that engenders post-election conflict in many African societies. To avoid post-election conflict in Libya, stakeholders like the European Union, by way of anticipation, […]
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 […]