Lorcan MullallyMichael O'Sullivan and David Skilling discuss the challenges and opportunities facing small economies, the outlook for small economies, and the priorities for action – including for Ireland.
EU Affairs
IIEAIssue 56 of the IIEA Brexit Brief notes the current state of play in the Brexit talks and collates relevant news from Ireland, the UK and the rest of the EU.
On Tuesday, 22 January 2019, the German Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, signed the Treaty of Aachen, which is both a renewal and an extension of the Élysée Treaty.
IIEAA keynote address by Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform, as part of the IIEA’s series on Populism and Challenges to the Liberal Order co-hosted with Trinity College Dublin.
Professor Rana Mitter outlined the emergence of China as an important geopolitical actor; how Chinese engagement with Europe might look post-Brexit; and how Europe might respond.
This briefing examines what we can expect from the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU from January to July 2019.
Issue 55 of the IIEA Brexit Brief notes the current state of play in the Brexit talks and collates relevant news from Ireland, the UK and the rest of the EU.
On the day that The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is formally being adopted, Michelle Klein Solomon analysed the implications and outcomes from the UN Conference in Marrakech (10-11 December). In her address to the IIEA, she discussed the leadership role that the IOM has played in developing a people-centred, balanced and forward looking global agenda on international migration.
Lara Marlowe, Irish Times Correspondent, discussed the recent protests in France which began three weeks ago against a rise in fuel taxes and have resulted since in a wider outbreak of violence.
This brief charts the ways in which German Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy has been prioritised by Angela Merkel since the 2017 Federal Elections, drawing in particular on the AI Strategy of the Federal Government, which was approved by the cabinet on 16 November 2018 and which was presented at the 2018 Digital Summit in Nuremberg on 4 December 2018.
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