EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance
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Nicotine Lawfare: Sweden and Spain’s Options in Settling the Dispute Over Novel Products
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe Internal Market began—and remains—a construct completed through dissension, rather than through an evolution of harmonious cooperation and...
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Unlocking the Western Balkans: Why Serbia Holds the Geopolitical Key
Research Areas: Bridging Frontlines EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and EurasiaOver the past ten years, Serbia has emerged as the Western Balkans' top investment destination. Even more impressive is the variety of participants:...
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Before Eye for an Eye, Remember What Your Mother Told You
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 6th of July 2025. The original article can be found here. On 9 July – or...
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The Limits of Autonomy: Realigning Quantum Strategy
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Dyuti PandyaOn July 2, 2025, the European Commission released its Quantum Strategy, outlining the EU’s vision to secure a leading position in the global...
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Boosting the Use of AI in Europe – Follow the Nordics?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonDifferent paradigms or mental models sometimes take hold of policymakers. In the field of AI, Europe has for the past years been beguiled by...
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How to Kill a Bad Idea and Spread the Good Ones: An Iterative Public Policy Method for EU Policymakers
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Oscar GuineaFor centuries, Europe has been politically fragmented. Counterintuitively, this fragmentation was a blessing, not a curse. The reason was that,...
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From US Courtrooms to EU Capitals: The Cautionary Tale of Mass Litigation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: mass litigationBy: Fredrik ErixonImportant policy shifts are sometimes buried deep in the weeds of academic and technocratic reports. Just some weeks ago, the European Commission...
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Six Months into the Second von der Leyen Commission – Where are the Policies for Long-Run Economic Growth?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonThere are different ways to think about the economy. Economic reality will routinely present any policymaker with challenges that require actions in...
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What Next for the UK-EU Trade Relationship?
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and Security UK Trade Policy ProjectBy: David HenigOn May 19 the UK and EU started a new phase in their turbulent history. By agreeing a future program of work including negotiating alignment on food...
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Globalisation Is Winning – And Other Trade Trends in the Age of Trump
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Far East New Globalisation North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: David HenigTrade talk has gone mainstream as a result of President Trump’s actions. On top of reporting costs and uncertainty to business this has meant...
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Trade Retaliation – An Answer Waiting for Its Question
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonA question that is haunting the EU and other key trading partners of the United States is whether they should retaliate against Trump’s tariff...
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Justice Must Not Be for Sale: The Case of Mass Litigation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: mass litigationBy: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 13th of April 2025. The original article can be found here. Julia Roberts won...