RSC Policy Briefs
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Title:Japanese-Polish cooperation in the field of humanitarian aid for Ukraine : formal and informal networks Author(s):BARBASIEWICZ, Olga; MERKLEJN, IwonaDate:2024Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2024/10; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:After the Russian military assault on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, humanitarian aid for refugees from the conflict zone became a high priority in Poland. Japan, a nation which has unresolved territorial disputes with Russia ...
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Title:Going ‘strategic’ : the EU-Japan SPA five years on Author(s):PEJSOVA, Eva; ATANASSOVA-CORNELIS, ElenaDate:2024Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2024/09; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:This policy brief examines the progress of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) since its signing in 2018 by focusing on the ‘Peace and Security’ priority cluster in the SPA. The paper argues that the changing ...
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Title:Five reflections on clean hydrogen’s contribution to European industrial decarbonisation from 2024 to 2030 Author(s):CORNILLIE, Jan ; KNEEBONE, James Thomas ; CONTI, Ilaria ; DELBEKE, Jos Date:2024Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2024/08; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:After years of record announcements, frantic policy development and the establishment of substantial public support mechanisms, the clean hydrogen sector is nearing an inflexion point. Many clean hydrogen projects have ...
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Title:Germany rediscovers Japan : a new foreign policy on Japan under chancellor Scholz Author(s):AKAGAWA, ShogoDate:2024Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2024/04; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Germany’s policy on Japan has changed significantly under Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The importance of Japan was enshrined in the manifesto of the three-party coalition and it has manifested in increased visits by dignitaries ...
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Title:Europe’s energy challenges : security and infrastructure in a dangerous landscape Author(s):BELYI, Andrei; PIEBALGS, AndrisDate:2024Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2024/06; Florence School of RegulationAbstract:The safeguarding of critical offshore energy infrastructure has assumed a heightened level of urgency in the wake of the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in September 2022 and the suspected sabotage of the Baltic Connector ...