[PDF] Top 20 Think Tank Review Issue 36 June 2016

... German Marshall Fund of the United States / Chatham House / Royal Institute of International Affairs The future of US global leadership implications for Europe, Canada and Transatlantic [r] ... See full document

... In the 'EU Member States' section (section three) we highlight a paper looking at the transition of Eastern Germany following German Unification which analyses whether the transition from a centrally planned to a market ... See full document

... In the 'EU Member States' section, several articles concentrate on Brexit, with inspiring contributions on the future of Europe, on how Brexit opens a window of opportunity for treaty reform in the EU, and on how to ... See full document

... Think tank publication activity did not let up over the ...double issue of the TTR includes content on economic governance, migration issues, circular economy, energy and much more, including, ... See full document

... This TTR has a special focus on Geopolitics and Strategy, in particular on the Global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy, presented by the High Representative Federica Mogherini at the European ... See full document

... In this publication, the authors present a prognosis on the German economy. Superficially the German economy appears astonishingly robust. In 2016 real GDP in Germany is expected to grow by an annual rate of 1.5%, ... See full document

... After over three months of intense multilateral negotiations, an agreement on a new settlement for the UK within the EU was successfully concluded at last week's European Council. The deal allows the British government ... See full document

... This paper presents a comprehensive overview of recent developments, events and trends in Hungary in 2015. It focuses on four broad areas: the first section reviews the year from the perspective of the Hungarian ... See full document

... who think Joint Programming (or Joint Cooperation Strategies, as they suggest it to be renamed) should still be a priority for external action and the EU's collective development cooperation in the context of the ... See full document

... end of 2015). This is consistent with a reduction in non-performing loans (NPLs), particularly in countries where NPL levels were abnormally high. Moreover, the authors show that bank profitability in some countries has ... See full document

... On June 9, 2018, at the very same day when the G7 leaders got together in Canada, for their annual summit, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gleefully peacocked in in front of reporters in Qingdao, China, standing ... See full document

... For the last two years, Niger has been at war with Boko Haram. The conflict has disrupted the country's development, especially public finances, and destabilised the south east, the main scene of armed clashes. In this ... See full document

... The author points out that on 15 December 2016 the EU leaders gave their blessing to defence plans that should help them take the security of Europeans a bit more seriously. These efforts come from the right ... See full document

... In this report, whistleblowers from eight European countries describe what they experienced after they took a stand. Additionally, civil society experts weigh in on how the EU can craft policies to better protect ... See full document

... Personal data and data transfers were probably not uppermost in the minds of many Brits as they cast their votes on June 23rd 2016. However, while other issues dominate the headlines, future relations ... See full document

... According to the author, the UK election was not the referendum on Theresa May's Brexit plans that many arch-remainers would like it to have been, nor was it all about Jeremy Corbyn. There is no evidence to support the ... See full document

... Since 2015 and the refugee crisis, the dialogue between the EU and African countries on migration issues has reached a new intensity. Wishing to put an end to irregular arrivals in the central Mediterranean and to ... See full document

... A lot of refugees from Nigeria, Eritrea, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire came to Europe since the start of 2016. The countries they are coming suffer from serious political conflicts and economic ... See full document

... this issue, IFOP launched two survey waves in Europe: just after the British vote, and also at the end of November, when we might have legitimately wondered whether public opinion had managed to digest the British ... See full document

... After Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and the Baltic states, France has announced it is planning to raise national defence spending from 2016 onwards. The significance of ... See full document