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The WhatsApp World Order: Learning to Live with the New Global Political Economy
An inter-connectivity and technology revolution transformed the world over the last 30 years - with AI being the latest instalment. Multiple,...
Europe’s Frontier Countries: The EU’s Geopolitical Test
Europe’s frontier regions are no longer a buffer but a real-time stress-test of the European Union’s ability to translate geopolitical ambition...
From Factories to Ideas: The New Map of Global Power
When trade is driven by ideas, data and innovation rather than goods, alliances – not geography – determine global power. The world is...
Cloud Resilience and Security: Why Exit, Portability, and Lifecycle Design Matter
The future of computing points to cloud services remaining deeply embedded across sectors. As cloud technologies converge with edge networks and...
Time is Money: The Cost of Delaying the Ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement
Between 2021 and 2025, the EU sacrificed €183bn in exports and €291bn in gross domestic product due to its failure to ratify the EU-Mercosur...
Openness and Fragmentation in EU Defence Procurement
Europe’s fragmented defence procurement markets undermine Europe’s security efforts. Larger procurement markets, by contrast, deliver sharper...
Quantum Clusters: Ranking the World’s Deep-Tech Epicentres
The ECIPE Quantum Project has so far laid the groundwork for understanding the global quantum landscape. It introduced the fundamentals of quantum...
The Services Revolution: Industrial Policy for a Modern Economy
A ”manufacturing-first” attitude has taken hold in the European economic policy discussion. New strategies and industrial policies are designed...
Trade Policy 3.0: Three Scenarios for Tomorrowland
Global trade policy is at a crossroads. For decades, trade liberalisation was guided first by macroeconomic principles – Trade Policy 1.0 – and...
The Trade Effects of AI Provisions in PTAs: Does Non-Binding Matter?
This paper examines whether non-binding (“soft”) AI-related provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) move trade and how their effects...