How can the Global Gateway redefine the EU’s external profile?
This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief focuses on the potential of the Global Gateway Initiative, launched in 2021. We asked 10 experts to respond to the following questions, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos: “What is your assessment of the Global Gateway initiative? Is it a useful tool for enhancing the EU’s strategic autonomy […]
Strategic autonomy in an age of power politics
This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief, contributors confront the challenges facing the European Union, from great-power competition, to a tumultuous transatlantic relationship, and the return of war to the European continent, and reflect on what Europe needs to do to become a stronger, more credible partner at the global level, capable of sharing outcomes […]
Simplification of EU legislation: A complex matter
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, experts focus on a crucial issue currently facing the European Union: the tension between the need for simplification to alleviate regulatory complexity and the need to uphold a solid legal framework capable of addressing growing concerns over matters including data privacy, environmental protection and corporate due […]
Towards the next MFF: Can the EU deliver?
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on one of the most consequential topics for Europe’s future: the financing of the Union in a rapidly changing context. In particular, TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos asked 12 distinguished experts to assess the European Commission’s recent budgetary package and reflect on the prospects […]
What future for Europe’s partnership with the United States?
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the omnipresent theme of global politics in 2025: the impacts of the second Trump administration no the United States’ global partnerships. In particular, as regards transatlantic relations between the US and Europe, we asked fourteen experts from across TEPSA’s pan-European network to […]
Strengthening Europe’s security and strategic readiness
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the theme of security and strategic readiness. We asked fourteen experts to respond to the following question, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos and Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili: “In light of the present circumstances, what is in your view the most urgent […]
Streamlining the EU: Better governance without Treaty change
In this special edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, Jim Cloos and guest co-editor Giles Merritt have gathered comments from former practitioners and leading experts on how to improve governance in the EU without opening the Pandora’s Box of Treaty change. Building on an article co-published by TEPSA and the Egmont Institute in July […]
Time for a Reset in European Security and Defence
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the theme of security and defence. We asked eleven experts to respond to the following question, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos and Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili: “In view of the multiple new threats in a rapidly changing world, the effects of […]
The Future of EU Financing
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the sensitive issue of the future financing of European Union (EU) policies. We asked eight experts to respond to the following question, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos and Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili: “The EU is confronted with major challenges – geopolitical, […]
How can an enlarging EU best protect rule of law and democracy?
In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on a issue that has been an ‘elephant in the room’ in the European Union for many years. TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos asked authors to respond to the question, formulated with TEPSA Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili: “How should the EU best use its existing […]
What does future EU enlargement require to be a success?
The European Council Experts’ Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meets for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analyse alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigate policy implications, and suggest solutions to move Europe forward. In this edition of the […]
What should be the EU’s China strategy?
The European Council Experts’ Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meets for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analyse alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigate policy implications, and suggest solutions to move Europe forward. This edition of the Debrief […]
How can the EU balance solidarity and responsibility in migration policy?
The European Council Experts’ Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meets for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analyse alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigate policy implications, and suggest solutions to move Europe forward. This edition of the Debrief […]
What should the EU do to maintain a competitive green economy?
The European Council Experts’ Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meets for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analyse alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigate policy implications, and suggest solutions to move Europe forward. This debrief is the first […]
Ukraine, Russia, Energy, China & more
EUCO Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meet for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analysing alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigating the policy implications of the consensus reached, and prescribing solutions to move […]
Enlargement, Treaty Reform, Energy, and more!
EUCO Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meet for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analysing alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigating the policy implications of the consensus reached, and prescribing solutions to move […]
Harnessing the EU Accession Perspective for Consolidating Democracy in Accession Trio Countries
The Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) has been working to analyse the progress being made in EU accession prospects for the so-called ‘Association Trio’: Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, who have all applied to join the EU as a consequence of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. As a special issue within our Observatory, we […]
Ukraine, Sanctions Against Russia, Security & Defence, and more
EUCO Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meet for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analysing alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigating the policy implications of the consensus reached, and prescribing solutions to move […]
Security & Defence, Energy, Economic Issues, and more
EUCO Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meet for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analysing alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigating the policy implications of the consensus reached, and prescribing solutions to move […]
Trans-European Reflections on the EU’s Response to Russia’s war in Ukraine
In the context of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) has been working to analyse what the EU is doing, has pledged to do, and what more it can do to provide support to Ukraine and Ukrainians. As a special issue within our Observatory, we have gathered key […]
Climate Action, Migration, Security & Defence, and more
EUCO Debrief is our series of policy responses to the regularly published conclusions of the European Council. Each time the European Council meet for a summit, TEPSA gathers its leading academics to comment on the conclusions, analysing alliances formed, maintained, and broken, investigating the policy implications of the consensus reached, and prescribing solutions to move […]