Deploying renewable energy technologies is a key way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the EU’s own Environment Agency warned in late 2019 that current policy efforts are insufficient to reach the 2030 renewable energy targets. In a new open access paper, COST Action ENTER member Jonas Schoenefeld and COST Action ENTER chair Michèle Knodt […]
Our fourth Policy Brief is published. “Towards the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference: EU Policy on Nuclear Non-proliferation” by Şebnem Udum This policy brief addresses some of the challenges the European Union faces when dealing with nuclear non-proliferation issues, in particular in the context of the implementation of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and offers some […]
COST Action ENTER is proud to announce that the article “What’s next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press” published in Energy Research & Social Science by our action members Jan Osička, Jörg Kemmerzell, Maksymilian Zoll, Lukáš Lehotský, Filip Černoch and Michèle Knodt is […]
COST Action ENTER is proud to announce that the article “Perceptions of EU mediation and mediation effectiveness: Comparing perspectives from Ukraine and the EU” published in Cooperation and Conflict by our action members Natalia Chaban, Ole Elgström and Michèle Knodt is accessible open access now. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0010836718823813
You missed our public event “EU Foreign Policy in Times of Populism” on 27 February 2020 in Vienna? But you want to learn more about proceedings there? Don’t worry! It’s accessible here now.
COST Action ENTER invites both junior and senior researchers to apply for Short Term Scientific Missions. In the light of the very individual situation in times of COVID-19 pandemie applications can be submitted at any time. STSMs can be carried out between May 2020 and April 2021. All information including an extended list of potential […]
The purpose of the Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in Rome was preparing a new publication on “Decentring European Foreign Policy Analysis in a non-European world”, following my 2018 article on the same theme in Cooperation and Conflict with Sharon Lecocq. The affiliation with our COST partners in Rome, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), would allow […]
Our third Policy Brief is published. “Contestation of EU Foreign Policy: When in Doubt, Do Politics” by Oriol Costa This policy brief assesses the sources of contestation of EU foreign policy and recommends to the EU to avoid the erosion of expert culture of Council working groups, but to embrace contestation when contestation is significant […]
Due to the current corona pandemie situation there will be deviations in the implementation of the program of COST Action ENTER with immediate effect. Nevertheless, we are available for all of you, please use email contact possibilites first, as TU Darmstadt is more or less shut down. Please use this link for comprehensive information on […]
Marianna Lovato of the University College Dublin sent us these impressions from her STSM: I arrived in Brussels in the evening of Sunday March 8th to start my two-week Short Term Scientific Mission. The following day, I was warmly welcomed by Dr Tom Casier at the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent). I was […]
Perceptions of EU mediation and mediation effectiveness22/06/2020 - 10:30 amPerceptions of EU mediation and mediation effectiveness: Comparing perspectives from Ukraine and the EU, authors: Natalia Chaban, Ole Elgström and Michèle Knodt A small but growing literature has started to analyse the European Union (EU) ‘as an effective peacemaker’. We make a contribution to this field by investigating EU mediation effectiveness in the Russia–Ukraine conflict. […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 4: June 2020 – Towards the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference: EU Policy on Nuclear Non-proliferation12/06/2020 - 2:54 pmCOST Action ENTER BRIEF NO. 4 / June 2020 – Towards the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference: EU Policy on Nuclear Non-proliferation by Şebnem Udum This policy brief addresses some of the challenges the European Union faces when dealing with nuclear non-proliferation issues, in particular in the context of the implementation of the Nuclear Non-proliferation […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 3: April 2020 – Contestation of EU Foreign Policy: When in Doubt, Do Politics31/03/2020 - 2:43 pmCOST Action ENTER BRIEF NO.3/ April 2020 – Contestation of EU Foreign Policy: When in Doubt, Do Politics by Oriol Costa This policy brief assesses the sources of contestation of EU foreign policy and recommends to the EU to avoid the erosion of expert culture of Council working groups, but to embrace contestation when contestation […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 2: February 2020 – The EU’s Peacebuilding: Past, Present, Future25/02/2020 - 11:42 amCOST Action ENTER BRIEF NO.2/ February 2020 – The EU’s Peacebuilding: Past, Present, Future by Münevver Cebeci This policy brief addresses the challenges for the EU in its peacebuilding efforts. Contrary to analyses that blame the EU’s non-unitary nature and young foreign policy, the author argues the EU’s ineffectiveness in peacebuilding is due to its […]
What’s next for the European coal heartland?14/11/2019 - 1:20 pmWhat’s next for the European coal heartland? Exploring the future of coal as presented in German, Polish and Czech press, authors: Jan Osička, Jörg Kemmerzell, Maksymilian Zoll, Lukáš Lehotský, Filip Černoch und Michèle Knodt The article addresses the future of coal in the European coal heartland, i.e. in the area of Germany, Poland and the […]
COST Action ENTER Policy Brief No. 1: October 2019 – Communication in EU External Energy Policy: Lessons from the Bilateral Energy Dialogues with Brazil, India, China and South Africa17/09/2019 - 8:08 pmCOST Action ENTER BRIEF NO.1/ October 2019 – Communication in EU External Energy Policy: Lessons from the Bilateral Energy Dialogues with Brazil, India, China and South Africa by Michèle Knodt and Franziska Müller This policy brief addresses some of the perceived challenges the European Union faces when discussing energy policy with the BICS countries and […]
