San Bilal looks at ‘Global Gateway 2.0’, arguing that the EU's dual development and geostrategic ambition can remain credible only if these tensions are named honestly, rather than presenting every project as serving both agendas equally.
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Industrial policy for the battery age: Lessons from China, Indonesia, and Morocco
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How the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor can move beyond transport: A policy coherence perspective
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Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda
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Transboundary climate risks: A cross-regional analysis
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The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism: Risks and opportunities for developing countries
Brief
Addressing the EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs
Brief
Operationalising the EU-India partnership
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Development cooperation in a changing European strategic environment
Commentary
The EU's ICC commitment puts its geopolitical credibility to the test
Commentary
The EEAS’s difficult teenage years and the challenge of reform
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AfRI Practice Hub
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Scaling investments in key African food corridors (2025-2026)
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The Netherlands’ food exports to fragile regions (2025-26)
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Building bridges in turbulent times (2025-2026)
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StEPPFoS project (2024 - 2027)
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DYNAMIG project (2023-2025)
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The political economy of clean economy transitions in African countries
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Africa-EU climate and energy diplomacy in times of geopolitical crisis (2022-2023)
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Africa-Europe relations: A balanced narrative and reality check project (2023)
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The Charter Project Africa (2021-2024)
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Cascading climate risks: Towards adaptive and resilient European societies – CASCADES project (2019-2023)
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Strategic evaluation of the EU cooperation with the Federal Republic of Somalia (2014-2021)
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AgrInvest project (2021-2022)
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The political economy of regional organisations in Africa – PEDRO project phase 2 (2021-2022)
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Sustainable Agrifood Systems Strategies – SASS project (2018-2021)
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Realising Europe’s soft power in external cooperation and trade – RESPECT project (2018-2021)
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The political economy of regional organisations in Africa – PEDRO project (2018-2020)
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Supporting peacebuilding in times of change project (2017-2018)
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The political economy of regional integration in Africa – PERIA project (2015-2016)
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The political economy of regional integration in Southern Africa – PERISA project (2012-2013)
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