Sep 27, 2018
Simone Romano
IAI

If EU member states fail to bridge their differences and act in accordance with Union-wide interests, the consequences could jeopardize the EU’s own long-term survival and legitimacy.

Sep 27, 2018
Jean-Pierre Cassarino and Raffaella A. Del Sarto
IAI

This identifies a number of trends in the responses of MENA states on migration, highlighting that MENA governments are “embedded” in the broader trend of criminalizing migration and reinforcing state control.

Sep 26, 2018
Marta Makowska and Melchior Szczepanik
PISM

Even though the EC has declared that the mechanism is designed to discipline state institutions responsible for breaches, it could damage the final beneficiaries of the funds.

Sep 24, 2018
Sean Kanuck and Alana Vogel
IISS

Is the weaponization of outer space inevitable? And what would it mean for global security? Introducing our new monthly space policy digest, Sean Kanuck and Alana Vogel explain why such questions matter now more than ever.

Sep 19, 2018
Zachary Folger-Laronde and Olaf Weber
CIGI

This reviews an investigation into the types of carbon performance voluntarily disclosed by banks and offers policy recommendations that aim to facilitate and standardize disclosures going forward.

Sep 19, 2018
Cally Jordan
CIGI

This explores international standards setting as it relates to capital markets. It looks the changing role of the IOSCO, standard-setting process itself, implementation challenges, and possible alternatives.

Sep 18, 2018
Stephen J. Cimbala
INSS

This considers the requirements for successful nuclear crisis management, the possible vulnerabilities induced by cyberwar, and the scenarios in which opportunistic failure is possible.

Sep 18, 2018
CEPS

This highlights how external processing of asylum applications is politically, legally, and operationally unfeasible and ineffective for the EU.

Sep 12, 2018
Markus Gehring
CIGI

This paper argues that World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiations should be a priority area for those practitioners and researchers building links between trade and climate law.

Sep 11, 2018
Anzetse Were
SAIIA

Africa’s growing public debt has sparked a renewed global debate about debt sustainability on the continent. This policy insight uses data on African debt to examine if China is using debt to gain geopolitical leverage.