Recent developments in international relations showed the whole world how second-order-actors have anyway the power to shape the global security agenda. As far as the Asian continent is concerned, this intuition become even more clear with a number of confirming examples. First of all, this is the case of North Korea. There, deep down in […]
Asia is of strategic and security importance for the European Union. Therefore the EU’s relationship with Asia has become more comprehensive, expanding from its initial focus on economic and trade matters to encompass the political, strategic and security dimension. As a provider of peace and stability through effective multilateralism and integration, the EU is supporting […]
Russia, North Korea, China, Ukraine. Asia has become in these days the centre of the international relations. Not only the Middle East historical problems, but also the Far-East. Is it an awakening of a giant? We are speaking about a portion of the world that for its largeness and numbers, has possibly been undervalued in […]
The Active and Assisted Living Programme (2014-2020) is a research, development, and innovation funding programme (R&DI) jointly implemented by several AAL Partner States with a substantial financial support from the European Commission. The aim of the AAL Programme is to provide innovative Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) based solutions including products, systems or services to […]
The Energy Union is a European priority project, identified by the Juncker Commission as one of the 10 political priorities, in which five dimensions are closely interconnected: energy security, solidarity and trust; a fully integrated European energy market; energy efficiency contributing to moderation of demand; decarbonising of the economy; and research, innovation and competitiveness. Progress […]
With the Trump`s victorious approaching to the throne of the most powerful country in the world, some have reasonably wondered whether will that mean the new economic era within the global affairs. And while some argued that the system will remain to be stagnating for the next five year term, since “one man can change […]
Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and growing concerns on States capabilities to manage migration flows have fuelled a new surge of wall-building around the world. According to data published in a research by the University of Quebec in Montreal, the number of walls worldwide remained stable soon after the fall […]
We may live in an era of globalization, but much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people. During the last Presidential campaign, Mr Trump spoke volumes about trade agreements, political ties and the general hated openness and interventionism of the previous administration. As a symbol of a wider tendency, […]
We all remember the famous Berlin wall. Its fall in 1989 signaled the reunification not only of Germany but of the European continent, and was welcomed by a renewed public sensitivity to providing asylum to people fleeing persecution. Unfortunately, people often forget history, including récent history. In 1995, the Spanish government took the décision to […]
Walls, duties, new frontiers. It is 2017, not 1947. And still, this is the reality. We are not questioning if and where these kind of measures are appropriate or not, useful or not. But we have to admit that this was not even in the more adventurous thoughts of anyone of us at the start […]
