A t the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, Russia was considered less affected than other countries in fight against the pandemic. Despite sharing a long border with China, the number of COVID-19 cases…
I n the past two decades, the Eastern neighbourhood has been one of the EU’s key foreign policy priorities.[1] With the enlargement waves of 2004 and 2007 in Central and Eastern Europe, the EU…
T he short-term economic effects of the COVID-19 and the lockdown measures adopted across Europe in response to the pandemic are causing significant pressure for public spending. As national budgets and the EU’s…
T he Russian government’s response to COVID-19 has been one of contradictions and confusion. Yet to announce a nation-wide lockdown, President Vladimir Putin has shifted responsibility, delegated decision making and averted public attention away…
T he European Union and China have developed diplomatic relations since 1975 and sealed their economic ties in 1985 with the signing of the EC-China Trade and Cooperation Agreement[1]. From the 1990s, the two…
T he COVID-19 outbreak has spread relentlessly across the globe in the past few months. It has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems in almost every country in the world, but it also has…
*This Discussion Paper was co-authored by
Antoine Decq, Maddalena Testa, Ophelie Allard, and Radu-Ion Gheorghe
O n 9 January 2020, China declared the existence of a new coronavirus following a cluster of pneumonia cases that…
Introduction
EUTM Mali is the military pillar of the EUs strategy in Mali, launched in 2013 in order to “strengthen the capabilities of the Malian Armed forces” (EUTM Mali, 2019) as a reaction to…
F or the past year, Israel has been facing a political deadlock, as parties failed to form a lasting coalition. During the March 2020 parliamentary elections, the third in less than a year, Israeli…
I t has been four months now that the focus has been put on Western Balkans countries and the coming weeks will be of crucial importance for their future relation with the European…