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Going green without China?

08 May 2024
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Beijing's grip on the clean tech industry makes it difficult for the EU to go green without access to Chinese supply chains. Lukas Trakimavičius explores the strategies available to the EU to reduce its dependency on China while pursuing its energy transition goals.

From cyber to hearts and minds

08 November 2023
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This brief examines how Cyber Influence Operations (CIOs) blend the use of cyber force with strategic interference in the Human Domain. It argues that CIOs are akin to 'dirty bombs' in cyberspace, where their initial 'blast' disrupts infrastructures through cyberattacks before their strategic 'dispersal' targets human perception to reshape narratives and alter the power dynamics of the geopolitical chessboard.

Easing, suspending and phasing out

04 September 2023
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This Brief examines the idea that compliance can be promoted through sanctions easing or relief. In particular, it shows how the gradual easing of sanctions employed in the field of development cooperation might be usefully transferred to the foreign policy realm.

Sanctions, conflict and democratic backsliding

01 June 2022
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This Brief presents an overview of EU sanctions policy, the rationales guiding their imposition and the expected impacts, focusing on the two types of situations in which the EU usually applies its measures: violent conflict and democratic backsliding.

Europe's energy crisis conundrum

28 January 2022
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The energy crisis that engulfed Europe in 2021 continues to be a major source of concern. This Brief looks at the causes of the crisis, analyses its impacts and proposes strategic responses to enhance the EU’s resilience to energy market volatility as it pursues its ambitious decarbonisation strategy.

Compliant or complicit? Security implications of the art market

27 October 2021
The traditionally secretive and unregulated nature of the art market makes it uniquely exposed to financial crime and the trafficking of cultural artefacts. This Brief examines how organised crime groups take advantage of the inherent opacity of the art market to fund their illicit activities.

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