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Raising awareness of both existing and emerging foreign and security policy challenges facing the European Union, EUISS Briefs provide key information in a concise, focused format.

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    28March 2023
    African conflictivity
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    While it is a key pillar of the AfCFTA , transport connectivity has the potential to either advance or hinder peacebuilding and stabilisation efforts in Africa. This Brief examines the linkage between connectivity and conflict dynamics, and how conditions can be created to ensure that connectivity successfully contributes to reducing violence and fragility in the continent.
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    22March 2023
    China's global security initiative
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    This Brief examines China’s newly-unveiled Global Security Initiative (GSI) and its significance as part of a larger diplomatic offensive to advance Beijing’s strategic agenda and promote an alternative security governance architecture.
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    15March 2023
    Footprints in the sand
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    In recent years both China and India have expanded their presence in the Middle East. This Brief shows however that their footprint in the Maghreb is primarily economic and remains light in comparison to that of the long-standing partner of the countries in the region: the EU.
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    02March 2023
    European defence partnerships
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    This Brief analyses EU defence cooperation with key partners and makes suggestions for how these strategic partnerships might be further tailored and enhanced, including the idea of ‘Institutional nesting’ as a way to reconcile overlapping cooperation formats.
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    22February 2023
    Next level partnership - Bolstering EU-NATO cooperation to counter hybrid threats in the Western Balkans
    The Western Balkans are increasingly targeted by hybrid attacks. This Brief examines the threats destabilising the region, and the EU’s and NATO’s cooperation to counter them.
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    06February 2023
    Sailing through the storm
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    As the conflict in Ukraine continues to unfold, Türkiye is trying to perform a delicate balancing act. This Brief explores how Türkiye seeks to maintain equidistance from Russia and the West to assert its strategic autonomy while exploiting Russia’s current weakness to project influence in the Black Sea region and beyond.
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    16December 2022
    Unlocking Afghanistan’s connectivity potential - Opportunities for the EU?
    Lying at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, Afghanistan constitutes a key transit hub.  This Brief explores how tapping into regional trade, energy and transport connectivity around the country can yield significant benefits for the broader region.
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    01December 2022
    The summit of Arab states
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    In the wake of the Arab League summit that took place in early November in Algiers – providing an opportunity for an energy-emboldened Algeria to assert its regional influence – this Brief examines why the organisation has often been criticised for its ineffectiveness, and how the EU and the League of Arab States might improve their institutional cooperation.
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    23November 2022
    A like-minded partner?
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    This Brief examines how the rise to power of Narendra Modi as the head of the nationalist BJP has changed India’s politics and diplomacy, and analyses the implications for the EU’s efforts to pursue closer engagement with the country.
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    18November 2022
    The future of African food security
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    Despite the fact that Africa is well-positioned to become the world’s breadbasket, many African countries are plagued by food shortages. The final Brief in the Imagine Africa series focuses on the issue of food security in Africa and examines what approaches and policies could be pursued to achieve a Zero Hunger continent by 2030.

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