On 27 June 2016, Mr Sebastiano Mori, Associate Researcher; Mr Alberto Turkstra, Programme Coordinator, and Mr Grzegorz Stec, Researcher; participated in a Briefing at the Press Club on occasion of the Uzbek chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Mr Sebastiano Mori congratulated Uzbekistan for the efficient work it has carried out during its SCO
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The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation proposes a 6 month in-house fellowship scheme in Japan, designed to support its research and policy analysis of EU-Japan economic and industrial issues. The Research Fellow will undertake research work on a selected priority topic of the Centre, which should result in a consistent policy report (70-100 pages), to
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On 31 May 2016, EIAS welcomed a delegation from the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD). Topics that were covered included the European integration experience and lessons that can be applied to Asia, barriers to integration created by differences in cultural values, and the implications of an increasingly assertive China for democratisation in Asia.
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In December 2015 Programme Coordinator Jim Stoopman and Associate Omar Alam participated in a high-level conference on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that took place at Government College, Lahore, Pakistan. In the presence of Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr. Shehbaz Sharif and the Minister of Planning, National Reforms, and Development, Mr Ashan Iqbal, participants sought to
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On 11 May 2016, EIAS Associate Researcher Sebastiano Mori presented his latest work at the Conference European Union in the International Affairs V, organized by the Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Mr Mori introduced his research entitled The New Great Game: an Opportunity for EU’s Common Foreign and Security
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Some very interesting remarks were made by Mr Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, during the 2016 ADB Annual Meeting in Frankfurt (Germany), that EIAS attended, being represented by Mr Axel Goethals, CEO, and Mr Erik Famaey, Senior Associate. According to Mr Mersch, the spillover effects over the past
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In 2016, the Young Initiative on Foreign Affairs and International Relations (IFAIR) is hosting the third edition of the successful EU-ASEAN Perspectives (EUAP) project, which brings together students and young professionals from Europe and Southeast Asia in online and offline formats to discuss current affairs in interregional affairs. The theme of EUAP III is: “Gender
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In the framework of the EUVP (European Union Visitors Programme), it was a pleasure to welcome at EIAS Ms Hong Eang Sith, President of the Khmer Youth Association in Cambodia. She focuses her work on youth participation in decision-making process, increasing employment opportunities for youth and improving their social well-being in relation to human rights,
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This article originally appeared in The Asan Forum on April 29, 2016 In China’s history, every so often a fever grabs hold of the public imagination. Since Xi Jinping enunciated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, over one million academic papers were written in China on this new subject.1 China’s experts were recruited
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On 30 March 2016, Senior Associate Mr Frederic Carlier delivered a speech on seniors’ access to digital market in Japan at European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The aim of this seminar at EESC was to identify challenges and potential opportunities in aging societies. Based on the fact that both Europe and Japan are experiencing
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