ECPS Academy Summer School — Europe Between Oceans: The Future of the EU Trade Between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific (July 6-10, 2026)
CASE COMPETITION INFO-PACK Are you interested in global trade politics and the future of Europe in a shifting world order?...
ECPS Academy Summer School — Prof. Markus Kotzur: Can the EU lead? Policy Tools, Regulatory Power, and Global Influence
Professor Markus Kotzur's lecture explored one of the defining questions of contemporary European integration: can the European Union translate its...
ECPS Academy Summer School — Prof. Axel Berkofsky: EU-Japan Relations and Populism
Japan has long been regarded as an outlier in comparative studies of populism, distinguished by political stability, Liberal Democratic Party...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Dr. Giulio Pugliese: The EU’s Policy Towards Asia Amidst Changing US–China Security and Trade Dynamics
As Europe deepens its engagement with the Indo-Pacific, the region has become far more than a distant theatre of economic...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Assoc. Prof. Reuben Wong: Strategic Autonomy, De-risking, and EU Economic Security Tools
The European Union's pursuit of strategic autonomy has emerged as one of the defining geopolitical debates of the twenty-first century,...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Prof. Alasdair Young: Populism Trumped Transatlantic Trade Cooperation
Can the transatlantic trading order survive the rise of populism? In his lecture at the ECPS Academy Summer School 2026,...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Prof. Erik Jones: The Political Economy of EU–US Trade Relations
What happens when the political foundations of the transatlantic partnership begin to erode? In his lecture at the ECPS Academy...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Prof. Kent Jones: Populism, Legitimacy, and the Politicization of Trade
As international trade becomes increasingly entangled with geopolitical rivalry, democratic legitimacy, and populist politics, understanding the future of the rules-based...
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 – Prof. Arlo Poletti: The Evolution of EU Trade Policy and the Global Trade Order
How has the European Union's trade policy evolved from championing liberal multilateralism to pursuing strategic autonomy in an era of...
From Economic Crisis to Democratic Backsliding: Evidence from Thailand, Argentina, the United States, and Greece
Please cite as: Kalaitzidis, Akis. (2026). “From Economic Crisis to Democratic Backsliding: Evidence from Thailand, Argentina, the United States, and...
Turkey’s Managed Permanence: Lawfare, Institutional Capture, and the End of Democratic Uncertainty
In this timely and deeply analytical essay, Professor Ibrahim Ozturk examines how Turkey is moving beyond competitive authoritarianism toward what...
Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Corner: With Brexit, the UK Has Lost More Than It Has Gained
As the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum approaches, debate has shifted from slogans to evidence. In this interview, Professor...