🌍 African regional integration is one of the most discussed topics in trade and development policy - and one of the hardest to follow in practice. The AfRI Practice Hub brings it together in one place - analysis, practical resources and an interactive map. 👉 afripracticehub.org

📝 The proposed Global Europe instrument would give the EU more flexibility to respond to crises and geopolitical pressure. But folding in development and aid also raises serious questions about safeguards, accountability and political control. Read the policy brief 👉 ecdpm.org/work/global-...

🎙️ The Lobito Corridor is sold as the flagship of Western efforts to compete with China in Africa, but the reality is smaller, stranger and far more revealing. Watch 👉 youtu.be/rDuAV_VD0pM Listen 👉 pod.link/728393144

📸 This week, Alexei Jones and Andrew Sherriff were invited to the European Council to present ECDPM's reflections on the future of development cooperation.

🔔 We're launching the AfRI Practice Hub, a new resource for African regional integration. At its centre is an interactive map that combines corridor data, organisational membership and mineral value chains in one place for the first time. Explore 👉 afripracticehub.org

📝 Cold storage is being rolled out along East Africa’s Northern Corridor, but many of these investments risk becoming expensive, underused assets. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4y1N1ls

📣 EU and NATO engagement in the Indo-Pacific is more fragmented than strategic. Both are moving in parallel, often towards partnerships with the same regional actors, without a clear division of labour. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4wrO0dn

📝 As Global Gateway puts more emphasis on geostrategic investment, member states are under pressure to better coordinate their own actors. Our new paper looks at how “Team National” mechanisms are being set up in practice, and what early experience tells us about what works. Read 👉 bit.ly/4fdWpeq

[Brief] #NATO & #EUDefence: At the #Ankara summit: Can #NATO and the #EU finally coordinate on the Indo-Pacific? By Sara Gianesello & Giacomo Arosio | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

At the Ankara summit: Can NATO and the EU finally coordinate on the Indo-Pacific? - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Sara Gianesello and Giacomo Arosio argue that EU-NATO engagement in the Indo-Pacific is fragmented rather than strategic, with both institutions moving in parallel with the same partners. The upcoming...

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🎬 'It is existential, including for our own interests, to continue investing and engaging with partners on a long term basis, and not just seek immediate geopolitical or economic gains.' Our MFF dossier 👉 bit.ly/4eR2nRa Full panel 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2NF... @dochasnetwork.bsky.social

🎙️ The steel sector accounts for 7% of global emissions, and India's steel sector is both particularly polluting and expanding fast - making its decarbonisation essential for global climate goals. How can the EU go beyond CBAM to partner with India on clean steel? Watch or listen 👉 bit.ly/4xKHRdJ

📣 Over 620 million young Africans are expected to enter the labour force by 2050. Supporting young businesses will therefore be central to job creation, economic transformation and more sustainable growth across the continent. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4eI9efC

[Podcast] #Climate & #EUIndustry - Beyond CBAM: How #Europe and India can clean up steel, by @poorvak.bsky.social & @jonathan-hunter.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/podcast/beyo...

Beyond CBAM: How Europe and India can clean up steel - PubAffairs Bruxelles

The steel sector alone accounts for roughly 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions. If the world is serious about hitting climate targets, emissions from this heavy industry must fall by at least 50% b...

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🔵 If the rules-based order is openly crumbling, what actually comes next and who gets to shape it? The first panel of our anniversary event explored options for the EU, middle powers and partners in the Global South. Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/h2F5Y0q...

Say it like you mean it. Looking back at @ecdpm.org 40th anniversary conference, I went hunting for new vocabulary in international cooperation. What I found is that something has changed, but it isn't the words. New piece on InterComms. 👉 intercomms.substack.com/p/when-words...

When words catch up with reality

Notes from our 40th anniversary celebrations.

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📣 Who will control the digital infrastructure driving global climate action - democratic governments or a handful of tech monopolies? Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/44g1w7D

📣 The international consensus is that private capital must finance Ukraine’s reconstruction. But analysis reveals public finance has substituted for private capital rather than crowding it in. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ab3CJA

📝 The multi‑billion‑euro scramble around the Lobito Corridor is often framed in Brussels as a race with China for critical minerals. But this overlooks what is at stake for people living and farming along it. Read the full paper 👉 bit.ly/3QcyOkW

🔵 Thank you for joining us for our 40th anniversary event! With 200+ participants for 2 fantastic panels, we bought policymakers, experts and friends together to discuss a new era of European partnerships. 40 years of making international partnerships work 👉 bit.ly/4tTs0aI

[Brief] #EUDefence: Security beyond deterrence: Connecting #EU defence and peace, by Sophie Desmidt & Sara Gianesello | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

Security beyond deterrence: Connecting EU defence and peace - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Sophie Desmidt and Sara Gianesello argue that the EU should not treat defence, peace and democracy as competing or sequential priorities. The challenge is therefore not whether the EU should invest in...

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📣 The EU is debating defence spending and military capabilities, but a credible European security framework cannot rely on kinetic deterrence alone. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4vH6INz

📣 In line with France's G7 presidency focus on 'economic security,' the debate on the Global Europe Instrument is increasingly framed as 'Europe finances, China builds'. But this is more caricature than fact. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4eBUdgC

📝 East Africa has a distinct opportunity to change the economics of fertilisers. Read the policy brief 👉 bit.ly/4xfoKYS

First photos from our anniversary event 📸

📆 Trade, technology and industrial policy now sit at the centre of international partnerships. Our second panel will explore the practical steps needed to strengthen trade and investment partnerships across the world. Information and programme 👉 bit.ly/4x48EkL

📢 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 | We are hiring a research assistant to support our work on energy, industrialisation and finance! Apply here 👉 bit.ly/3POire8

🔵 What comes after multilateralism as we know it? The first panel at our anniversary event explores how the EU, middle powers and partners in the Global South can navigate a multipolar world together. Info and programme 👉 bit.ly/4x48EkL

[Commentary] #Climate: The long road to a just transition in the #EU’s Southern neighbourhood, by Hanne Louise Knaepen | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

The long road to a just transition in the EU’s Southern neighbourhood - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Hanne Knaepen looks at the EU’s Southern neighbourhood, which faces mounting climate pressures, arguing that a transition cannot be just if it leaves structural vulnerabilities unaddressed. A just cli...

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📢 We are hiring a research assistant to support our work on energy, industrialisation and finance! Apply here 👉 bit.ly/3POire8

📝 Attention on African infrastructure corridors gravitates towards mineral extraction or a narrow set of export crops. We argue the real opportunity lies in linking green industrialisation with food security and climate resilience. Our paper with African Union Development Agency 👉 bit.ly/49lKYhK