The news about the economy contained in a central bank announcement can affect public expectations. This paper shows, using both event studies and vector autoregressions, that such central bank information effects are an important channel of the transatlantic spillover of monetary policy. They acc...
À la suite de l’élection de M. Biden comme président et de Mme Harris en tant que vice-présidente par le peuple des États-Unis d’Amérique, alors que l’Union européenne s’affirme davantage et gagne en capacités, et qu’une nouvelle réalité géopolitique et économique se dessine, la Commission europ...
The transatlantic partnership is in crisis (again!). Structural factors, toxic political rhetoric and malign foreign influence are in danger of pushing the two sides of the Atlantic even further apart. A sustained effort to rescue the transatlantic relationship is needed, but how can the transat...
There is no way back for transatlantic politics; in recent years it has suffered severe setbacks that cannot be undone. Although the Biden win promises opportunities for EU-US cooperation, the EU’s drive for strategic autonomy will not stop here. It is high time to look afresh at the very founda...
Emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, big data, 5G and biotechnology are paving the way towards defence modernisation in a growing number of states, particularly in the US, Russia and China. While AI technologies and their impact have been on the radar...
In light of rising tensions between Washington and the EU over defence markets, this Brief looks at the asymmetry between US and European defence markets. It examines the web of regulations and laws which effectively provides the US government with the discretionary power to control its defence ...
Investment protection continues to be a controversial issue, as shown in particular during the negotiations on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). To address stakeholder concerns, the EU has moved fr...
This case study report provides an assessment of the Atlantic Area (AA) programme 2007-2013. The main achievements of the AA programme are overwhelmingly “soft” including the development of joint networks and platforms to promote maritime cooperation, the creation of coomon databases, methodolog...
