The event will explore the agenda of the upcoming summit of the initiative in Sofia (Bulgaria), the vision of Black Sea countries regarding the future of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), the priority projects for the Black Sea region and the potential for...

Am întrebat doamne și domnișoare din #București ce nevoi au de la oraș. În luna martie, aflăm părerile și recomandările lor pentru un București mai bun. „București poate oferi mult mai multe oportunități decât o face astăzi. Mi-ar plăcea să văd alianțe locale pentru dezvoltare, în care autoritățile publice locale, mediul privat și noi, mediul academic, lucrăm...

Our fellows Clara Volintiru, Marius Ghincea and @IvanNikolovski discussed their thought-provoking findings of the first political-economic comparative analysis of Chinese influence across the whole of #CEE and the #WesternBalkans.During our interactive webinar with Eberhard Sandschneider, their main discussant, along with other distinguished regional experts and stakeholders (Alastair...

GlobalFocus Center starts the year advancing #research on defining regional subjects through its #fellowship programme. Following our competitive selection process of last year, we are supporting not four (as initially intended), but six (given the high quality of applications!) researchers to deepen their understanding of crucial #foreignpolicy and #security developments that impact the...

by Clara Volintiru EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe EU’s Green Deal can be a driver for the internal transformation and its positioning globally. The EU’s legitimacy as the leader in a multilateral climate action framework depends on how it achieves consensus amongst its member states and supports meaningful action and initiatives at the local level. There should be transatlantic cooperation...

O initiativă importantă despre povara cancerului în România, la nivelul societății, a pacienților și famililor acestora! Dimensionarea corecta a problemei din punct de vedere economic ne poate permite formularea celor mai bune soluții de politici publice – bazate pe evidențele specifice contextului național.Proiectul nostru de cercetare își propune să dezvolte o fișă...

From Rule of Law to developmental gaps, from migrant workers, to the information environment, from reform to consolidation, from media freedom to the transatlantic partnership and how Europe can manage the pandemics in a way national states alone could not – please tune in to one of the best panels I have been a part of!Gonny Willems (Studio Europa, Maastricht University) – managing...

Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have all held elections in October and November. Clara Volintiru and Sergiu Gherghina write that while the elections broadly represented a success story for the EU’s efforts to promote democratic values in the region, they also showcased the continued importance of clientelistic practices in the three states. This autumn has been election...

After a week of politics, let’s spend a moment on policies – policies that are expected and needed in the US and Europe alike.My friend and colleague John D’Attoma has brilliantly shown in a fresh NBER study how the people in US counties with high numbers of Covid19 infections and deaths were significantly more likely to support expanding government-provided unemployment...

Such an honour to moderate Atlantic Council’s dicussion on the 140 years of diplomatic relations between United States and Romania and one decade of #strategicpartnership. As the transatlantic alliance faces increasingly complex challenges, this partnership can help inform a post-COVID-19 transatlantic strategy and can bring more #societalresilience. The extraordinary panel outlined key...