Library blog
Welcome to the Council Library blog.
The blog is used to disseminate the bibliographical and research products of the Council Library. It is also used to engage with a wider audience and share new or topical information and research related to EU policies.
Any views expressed in the blog are the personal views of their authors. They do not necessarily represent the position of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.
Our blog contains:
- Event report
A post relating to an event or conference.
- New books
An overview of the latest books acquired by the Library.
- Reading suggestion
A reading worth sharing.
- Think Tank Review
A monthly selection of EU-related papers published by think tanks across the world.
Latest posts
- 'Women, Politics and Power - A Global Perspective' by Pamela Paxton and Melanie M. Hughes
- EU Council bibliography
- 28 de fevereiro de 2018
The book includes more than 100 new studies in comparison with the former two editions and is considered by many as "the Bible" of women's studies.
- 'L'Europe a-t-elle un avenir?' by Patrick Martin-Genier
- EU Council bibliography
- 27 de fevereiro de 2018
This book helps us understand the key sticking points for Europe, as well as the issues less frequently addressed in mainstream media, but which are just as important for the future of the European project.
- Think Tank Review - Issue 54/2018
- Think tank review
- 23 de fevereiro de 2018
Welcome to issue 54 of the Think Tank Review with a Special Focus on US 45th President Donald Trump and the changes brought about in US policy one year after his inauguration.
- 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by Michael Wolff
- EU Council bibliography
- 22 de fevereiro de 2018
The author of this book, Michael Wolff, portrays what happened behind the scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial US presidency of our time.
- Think Tank Review - Special Issue: China
- Think tank review
- 21 de fevereiro de 2018
A compilation of articles related to China included in the Think Tank Review since September 2016.
- 'Being European'
- EU Council bibliography
- 20 de fevereiro de 2018
After being asked in class by one of his students what it meant to be a European, Giancarlo Vilella, reflected on the matter and in a journey through time up until the present, he tries to answer his student. His conclusions are summarized in the essay 'Being European'.
- 'How did we get into this mess?'
- EU Council bibliography
- 19 de fevereiro de 2018
'The British political activist George Monbiot's book is comprised of 51 essays in which the author attempts to address an array of the modern world's problems, and also name and shame those he finds responsible for this "état des choses".'
- 'Europe Reset: New Directions for the EU' by Richard Youngs
- EU Council bibliography
- 14 de fevereiro de 2018
"The author proposes an alternative vision of European co-operation and shows how the EU must re-invent itself if it is to survive. He argues that citizens should play a greater role in European decision-making."
- 'Excellent daughters: the secret lives of young women who are transforming the Arab world' by Katherine Zoepf
- EU Council bibliography
- 13 de fevereiro de 2018
'Outsiders are often fixted on the hijab, or the Islamic covering of women’s hair and body shape, as though this were the most salient aspect of Muslim women’s lives, when it was arguably among the more superficial. But the symbolic power of women’s dress was not a foreign invention, Zoepf felt.' ...
- 'The future of Leadership - Rise of automation, robotics and Artificial Intelligence' by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
- EU Council bibliography
- 8 de fevereiro de 2018
'AI is an unprecedented technology which will affect society as a whole and we need individuals from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to join the discussion.'