The second EUISS Task Force on the eastern neighbourhood, this meeting explored the future of the Eurasian Union and possible steps forward for Ukraine following the election of President Poroshenko.
Patryk Pawlak was quoted in the article 'Africa’s Web growth fuels fears of a cyber-Somalia'.
Politico
Following his recent commencement speech at West Point, President Obama’s approach to US foreign policy is again subject to scrutiny. This Alert assesses how the president intends to defend US international leadership, reassure US allies, and overcome domestic constraints.
Trade has often been touted as an area where Washington and European capitals – with a little help from Brussels – could create common ground. While regulatory challenges abound, what role does energy play in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?
Florence Gaub was quoted in an article about ISIS and the crisis in Iraq. (In German)
Deutsche Welle
Tackling an emotive issue, this Alert provides an overview of what steps the Union has taken in order to deal with uncontrolled maritime migration on its southern borders. What more might be done in order to break the ‘business model’ of organised people smugglers who prey on the vulnerable?
This Brief looks at the emerging functional federal structures of a country long considered a quintessential ‘failed state’. Why is it that lasting peace and stability remain elusive? And how can the international community best assist the Federal Government of Somalia translate recent security gains into political and developmental progress?
On 6 June 2014, the EUISS co-hosted the third seminar of a series of events on the role of the military in CSDP with the French MOD think tank, l'Institut de Recherche stratégique de l’Ecole militaire (IRSEM).
Brief 11 was mentioned in the article 'Vladimir Putin's Impotent Eurasian Union'.
Foreign Policy
The EUISS Brief on the Eurasion Customs Union was quoted in the article 'How Russia's Eurasian Economic Union Impact Will Be 'Miniscule''
International Business Times