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From Periphery to Power: The Geoeconomic Case for Southeast Europe
Research Areas: Bridging Frontlines EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Russia and Eurasia Trade, Globalisation and SecurityThis Policy Brief is co-authored with Frauke Seebass, Researcher, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) This Policy Brief analyses the...
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Fairness and Politics of Digital Advertising
The Digital Fairness Act (DFA) emerges from a broader policy trajectory following the European Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Check and...
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The WhatsApp World Order: Learning to Live with the New Global Political Economy
By: David HenigAn inter-connectivity and technology revolution transformed the world over the last 30 years - with AI being the latest instalment. Multiple,...
Latest Insights
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Patent Enforcement Spiralling Out of Control: What Happens When Injunctions Are Taken Away?
By: Dyuti PandyaIn a recent Insight, we argued that weakening injunctive relief through a reform of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) is...
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Steering into Price Control: Why the CMA’s App-Store Proposals Go beyond What is Necessary
There is a conceptual problem right at the heart of the consultations on proposed steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple and Google by the...
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The Commission’s DMA Specification Decisions on Google: A Case of Regulatory Privilege Escalation
It is understood and accepted by most experts and observers that platform companies like Apple, Google, and Meta are large, systemic, and should be...
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Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free
In 2025, Spain became one of the primary targets of Chinese investments in Europe, with EV-related commitments up 147 per cent – third in Europe...
Latest Podcasts
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Episode 128: Future-Proof or Future-Trapped? The DMA Meets Generative AI with Thibault Schrepel and Dyuti Pandya
In this episode, Fredrik Erixon hosts a conversation on how the EU’s Digital Markets Act is being tested by the rapid development of generative and agentic AI. He is joined by legal scholar Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law at … <a href="http://ecipe.acceptance-monocode.site/podcast/episode-128/">Continued</a>
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Episode 127: The EU Fight Over Gatekeepers – Sovereignty and Innovation in the Cloud with Kay Jebelli
In this episode, Matthias Bauer speaks with Kay Jebelli (Kayvan Hazemi Jebelli), Vice President for Europe at the Chamber of Progress, about the real-world impact of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its controversial expansion into next-generation enterprise cloud … <a href="http://ecipe.acceptance-monocode.site/podcast/episode-127/">Continued</a>
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Episode 126: Unlocking Adoption – How Labour Markets Shape Europe’s Tech Future with Erik Canton
In this episode, Erik van der Marel speaks with Erik Canton, Deputy Chief Economist at DG Research and Innovation and Deputy Head of Unit for Common Research and Innovation Strategy & Foresight Service at the European Commission, about the often … <a href="http://ecipe.acceptance-monocode.site/podcast/episode-126/">Continued</a>
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Episode 125: From Spaghetti Bowl to Safety Net – Standards, FTAs, and the WTO with Silvia Nuzzo
In this episode, Oscar Guinea speaks with legal scholar Silvia Nuzzo about the evolving role of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the global trading system. Drawing on Silvia’s book, Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Law of the … <a href="http://ecipe.acceptance-monocode.site/podcast/episode-125/">Continued</a>
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“One Europe, One Market”: l’ultima mossa della Commissione Ue per il mercato unico
(Italian) Fredrik Erixon’s comments on the need to deepen European capital markets integration and complete the EU services single market are featured in Euronews’ article “One Europe, One Market”: l’ultima mossa della Commissione Ue per il mercato unico.