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31. Mainstreaming innovation funding in the EU budget

Author:
Eulalia Rubio
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
European Policy Centre (EPC)
Abstract:
This study for the European Parliament provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU budget supports innovation in the current programming period and analyses the approach to innovation financing in the Commission´s MFF 2021-2027 proposals. The findings provide the basis on which to draw recommendations to maximize the use of EU innovation funding in the coming MFF. In particular, the study
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International Affairs
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32. Brexit: Losing control

Author:
Andrew Duff
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
European Policy Centre (EPC)
Abstract:
Andrew Duff argues that neither the EU nor the UK is now fully in control. Both are being badly destabilised by Brexit. An accidental no deal is a live possibility. Unless the British have made real progress towards the exit by the time of the next EUCO in June, attitudes will harden — including those of Angela Merkel. Talks between pro-European Tory ministers and the Labour frontbench have a 30% chance of success. If they fail, both leaders are expected to commit to more indicative votes in the Commons, this time rather more ‘meaningful’. Mr Corbyn may want to delay his agreement until after the UK has been obliged by the EUCO to fight a mock election to the European Parliament. But the June EUCO is the next important deadline if British MEPs are to be stopped from taking their seats.
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33. Under Pressure: Russian Energy Cooperation with Japan and South Korea since Western Sanctions

Author:
Maria Shagina
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Abstract:
This report will examine Russian-Japanese and Russian-South Korean energy cooperation. Neither Japan nor the Republic of Korea imposed energy sanctions on the Russian Federation, and both U.S. allies continue to expand their energy deals despite Western sanctions
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International Affairs
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34. Russia in Venezuela: Geopolitical Boon or Economic Misadventure?

Author:
Max Hess
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Abstract:
In December 2018, the Russian Federation sent two Tupolov-160 supersonic bombers around the world to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. On January 23, 2019, the U.S. and a series of Latin American countries recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.
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International Affairs
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Global Focus

35. China’s Black Sea Ambitions

Author:
Yevgen Sautin
Publication Date:
05-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Abstract:
The People’s Republic of China is actively engaging Black Sea littoral states through various initiatives to open new markets for Chinese goods, facilitate the acquisition of valuable or strategic local industries, and offer loans for large development projects
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International Affairs
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36. The Sources of Post-Soviet Conduct

Author:
William Spiegelberger
Publication Date:
01-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Abstract:
The Russian Federation’s recently provocative foreign policy results in part from structural weakness in the Russian domestic regime, a quasi-feudal system that requires certain actions abroad to maintain itself in power at home.
Topic:
International Affairs
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37. Beneficial Ownership: The Global State of Play

Author:
Center on International Cooperation
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Center on International Cooperation
Abstract:
Beneficial owners are defined as those who are the natural persons who ultimately own/control a customer and/or the natural persons on whose behalf a transaction is being conducted. It also includes those persons who exercise ultimate control over a legal person or arrangement. The availability of this information is a key requirement of international tax transparency and the fight against financial crime.
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International Affairs
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Global Focus

38. A deteriorating security environment in Europe

Author:
Thomas Wilkins
Publication Date:
03-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Japan Institute Of International Affairs (JIIA)
Abstract:
The October 2018 Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) gathered government, military, and think tank personnel from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and beyond (including a delegation from Japan) in one of Europe’s most prominent Track 1.5 dialogues to focus upon the deteriorating regional and global security environment. Just as the emphasis of their Asian counterparts has been on revisionist challenges to the regional security order in the Indo-Pacific, the WSF focused upon the aggressive behavior of the Russian Federation (Russia) toward its neighbours in CEE and its so-called “near abroad”. As the host country celebrating 100 years of independence, Poland, along with its CEE counterparts in NATO/EU, are countries that are acutely aware of the dangers presented by Russian actions and know that, as history has taught them, their sovereignty cannot be taken for granted. A disintegration of the liberal world order, international law, and the Transatlantic relationship, would leave small, and even medium-sized, states at the potential mercy of more powerful and aggressive neighbours
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International Affairs
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Global Focus

39. A Comparative Study of the Kashmir Conflict Coverage in Pakistani and Indian Press

Author:
Ayesha Saddiqa and Farish Ullah Yousafzai
Publication Date:
01-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Abstract:
The paper compares the coverage of J&K conflict in the Pakistani and Indian English press. The objective of the study is to figure out the differences in the coverage of Kashmir conflict by the Indian and Pakistani press along with determining the prominence of war or peace frames in the coverage. Content Analysis was carried out of the news stories published on the international and national pages of English daily The Nation and Dawn from Pakistani press and English daily The Hindu and Times of India from the Indian press. The results revealed that war framing was recorded as the most dominant coverage pattern with respect to Kashmir conflict. War frames were more dominant in the Indian press coverage as compared to the Pakistani press and the differences in the coverage of the press of the two countries are significant.
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International Affairs
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40. The US War on Terror in Afghanistan and its Impact on FATA in Pakistan

Author:
Fazal Wahid
Publication Date:
01-2019
Content Type:
Working Paper
Abstract:
The US counterattack on Afghanistan in October 2001 changed in the overall security structure of the region. The Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters escaped the US bombing of the Tora Bora in Afghanistan and crossed into the FATA region of Pakistan. Pakistan’s military operations against these militants in the FATA provided a boost to the latter’s cause and almost the entire FATA experienced a sort of Talibanization. The US war in Afghanistan had its spillover effect in FATA. Terrorist activities unleashed in the entire Pakistan and turmoil in Afghanistan added fuel to this situation. FATA’s special constitutional status hwas addeding to the woes of Pakistan and subsequently FATA was merged with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). This paper analyzes the impact of the US war in Afghanistan on the FATA region of Pakistan.
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International Affairs
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Global Focus