Year: 2021 ISBN: 978-83-936110-9-6 Authors: Dr Krzysztof Mączka, Dr Maciej Milewicz and Dr Miłosz Hodun Editors: Andrea Virág and Dr Dániel Mikecz Fear is a dominant political tool often used to influence and manipulate society. In the case of Poland and Hungary, fear-inducing narratives are being used by the populist leaders but also, on a different tone, by the democratic opposition, including liberals, with the objective of […]

This paper discusses the rationales for border carbon adjustments (BCAs) and carbon clubs in the context of the EU’s trade policy.

ISBN: 978-91-87379-80-2Year: 2020 Authors: Milan Elkerbout and Lars ZetterbergEditor: Ruben Henriksson The EU signed the Paris Agreement in 2016, which aims to ensure that global warming is kept well below 2 degrees Celsius. But even before the Paris Agreement was signed, the EU had several policies in place to combat climate change. The EU Emis-sions Trading System (EU ETS) is […]

ISBN: 978-91-87379-77-2Year: 2020 Author: Kristina ForsbackaEditor: Ruben Henriksson Climate litigation is increasingly being admitted in courts and this development is likely to continue. The scientific evidence on climate change and its adverse effects are being considered common ground and generally recognised by the courts. These litigations, reinforced by science, indicate that the right to a healthy climate is a human […]

ISBN: 978-91-87379-79-6Year: 2020 Author: Bernd ParuselEditor: Therese Lindström Over the past ten years (2010-2019), the Member States of the European Union have provided protection to at least 940,000 people who had fled the war in Syria and arrived in the EU to apply for asylum. In total, over 2.3 million asylum seekers from a diverse range of countries, predominantly in […]

ISBN: 978-91-87379-81-9Year: 2020 Editors: Stefan Larsson, Claire Ingram Bogusz and Jonas Andersson SchwarzCommentary: Fredrik HeintzAuthors: Pedro Rubim Borges Fortes, Francesco Cappelletti, Frans af Malmborg, Stephen Cory Robinson, Kasia Söderlund, Katja de Vries and Anas Zaza The European approach to artificial intelligence (AI) points to ethical considerations, human control and trustworthiness as its core tenets. But how clearly is this approach […]

Year: 2020 The European Union needs an efficient and consistent common foreign and security policy. Such a policy strengthens the Union’s geopolitical position as a global factor premised on the full respect for international law, human rights, environmental care, and the protection and promotion of multilateral relations as the best way to address global challenges. This can only be achieved […]

ISBN 978-9975-57-294-1Year: 2020 Authors: Victor Guzun, Kevin Tammearu, Ana-Maria Stancu, Alexandru Balmoș

Year: 2020ISBN: 978-2-9602333-5-3 Authors: Vanchov Dimitar; Dimitrovksa Teodora; Furjan Adrijana; Marković Luka; Bodulović Nikola; Vesić Željka; Jovanović Stefan; Žudić Jasmina and Kolar SanelaEditors: Amina Efendić & Faris Šehović Many social problems that are present in South East Europe (SEE), such as unemployment, low political participation and migration, high brain drain, the highest unemployment rates of youth in Europe and the […]

Year: 2020ISBN: 2684-6667 Authors: Maria Varlamova, Tamara Premrov, Michael Fuchs, Anna K. Forsman, Gian Marco Bovenzi & Felice Strollo This white paper report covers three parts: 1) synthesising EU wide statistics of key indicators related to the ageing population, 2) de-scribing and comparing country-specific cases (country-specific data and national ageing policy agendas) and, finally, 3) the formulation of consensus-based recommendations […]

Year: 2020ISBN: 9789090341385 Author: Jasmina Mršo When thinking about policy cycles from a liberal perspective and trying to de-fine what would the methodology of policymaking, applied by liberal political activists from different sectors, look like, one can conclude that it would be useful to have some of the best practices from liberals across Europe gathered in one handbook. Such a […]

Year: 2020ISBN: 978-2-9602333-8-4 Authors: Natan Albahari, Martin Apostolski, Damir Arnaut, Ivan Dragojević, Sanela Klarić, Aris MovsesijanEditor: Jasmina Mršo Although the European Union is still mostly engaged in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, preparing itself for the post-pandemic crises, and trying to make internal reforms in order to tackle existing and possible future problems in member states, talks on enlargement should not […]