EU Affairs

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution

Constanze Stelzenmüller analyses developments in German-US relations.

Imme Scholz, Acting Director of the German Development Institute

In her address to the IIEA, Dr Scholz discusses Germany’s tripartite strategy for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and whether it can deliver transformative change.

Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre

In his address to the IIEA, Dmitri Trenin considers the future foundation of Moscow’s relations with Europe

Frank Barry

In this paper for the IIEA, Frank Barry discusses five major developments in the external FDI landscape with a focus on their implications for the Irish economy.

Szabolcs Takács, Minister of State for EU Policies and Coordination of Hungary

In his address to the IIEA, Minister Takács reflects on the threats and opportunities facing Europe, and on the key decisions that lie ahead.

Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Paris Office

In his keynote address, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, argues that the global appetite for multilateral cooperation is waning, and he discusses the French government’s response to this trend.

Thorsten Benner, Director of the Global Public Policy Institute

Thorsten Benner argues that German policymakers must navigate a world of rising authoritarian nationalism and geopolitical competition against the backdrop of an unravelling European project.

Luuk van Middelaar, Professor at the Europa Institute of Leiden University

Drawing on his latest book, described by Donald Tusk as “one of the most insightful on European politics today”, Luuk van Middelaar analyses how the EU has improvised its way through a politics of events, rather than rules.

Aziliz Gouez

This is the third in a series of analytical briefings examining the rise of populist movements and challenges to the liberal order across Europe today.

Emily Mansfield, Country Forecast Director and Europe Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit

In her keynote address, Emily Mansfield explores how far we can expect Franco-German cooperation to go, in the context of the Gilets Jaunes protests and the national debate in France, and Angela Merkel’s last term in Germany.

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