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  • 30. juni 2017

Think Tank Review - Issue 47/2017

Welcome to issue 47 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library (click to share on Twitter). It references papers published in May 2017. As usual, we provide the link to the full text and a short abstract. 

This issue has a special focus on Africa, with think tanks focusing not just on EU-Africa relations but other countries like Japan and the US, the nexus between food and nutrition, security and migration as well as long-term investments in Africa.

 

In the 'EU politics and institutions' section, readers will find papers on European political advertising and on the impact of Brexit on the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EU27. 

 

The 'Economic and financial affairs' section contains articles on risk sharing and consumption- smoothing patterns in the US and the euro area, restoring growth in Southern Europe, the evolutionary paths towards a European Monetary Fund and on the role of innovation in the sharing economy.

 

In the 'EU Member States' section readers will find a rich selection of analyses on Germany, Spain and the UK. It includes articles on Indian high-skilled migrants and international students in Germany, defence expenditure in Spain and the damaging economics of UK employment regulation.

 

In the 'EU policies' section, think tanks mainly focus on four topics: migration, energy, health policy and climate policy. 

 

In the 'Foreign affairs' section the wide range of topics include EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), EU-NATO cooperation and building an effective European cyber shield. 

 

We noticed an increase in the number of studies on the use of social media in politics. One of them is the study Twinplomacy by Burson-Marsteller which deals with the use of social media as a platform for world leaders for unconditional communication.

 

Two publications we would also like to mention:

  1. The Future of Europe by Vote Watch Europe highlights how the EU governments behave in the Council and the power dynamics between them, and 
  2. the 2016 annual rapport of the Jacques Delors Institute.

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