Reports
ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 — Europe Between Oceans: The EU in the Age of Geoeconomics, Populism, and Strategic Competition
The ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 brought together leading scholars to examine how geoeconomics, populism, technological competition, and strategic rivalry...
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...
ECPS Roundtable in Washington Examines Populism’s Impact on Transatlantic Relations
A high-level roundtable convened by the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) at the Center for American Progress (CAP) on...
ECPS Symposium 2026: Reforming and Safeguarding Liberal Democracy — Systemic Crises, Populism, and Democratic Resilience
This collection distills the core insights of the ECPS Fifth Annual International Symposium, offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary assessment of...
ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 5: Democratic Resistance in a Hardening World — Civic Capacity, Strongmen, and Economic Coercion
Please cite as:ECPS Staff. (2026). “ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 5: Democratic Resistance in a Hardening World — Civic Capacity,...