Publications

Good Cop or Bad Cop? Russian Foreign Policy in the New Putin Era

Posted January 25, 2012   By András Rácz
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On January 25, the Transatlantic Academy published a policy brief by Volkwagen Foundation Visiting Fellow Andras Racz. The brief argues that in the post-Soviet region Russia’s foreign policy will continue to focus on maintaining and increasing the formal and informal influence of the Russian Federation, only with growing intensity.

Russian WTO Accession and the Geneva Agreements: Implications for Russia and Georgia

Posted December 19, 2011   By András Rácz
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Representatives of Georgia and Russia signed a set of agreements in Geneva on November 9 that opened the way for the World Trade Organization accession of Moscow.

Securing Access To Critical Raw Materials: What Role for the WTO in Tackling Export Restrictions

Posted December 7, 2011   By Stormy-Annika Mildner
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Transatlantic Academy Bosch Public Policy Fellow Stormy Mildner's most recent publication has been released as part of the TA's Paper Series. In it she analyzes the role for the WTO in governing critical raw materials. Export restrictions (foremost tariffs and quotas) on critical raw materials are on the rise.

The Challenges of Energy Interdependence and Climate Change

Posted September 13, 2011   By Hanns W. Maull
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Former Transatlantic Academy Fellow Hanns Maull's most recent publication has been released as part of the TA's Paper Series. In it he proposes a different way to address the intertwined challenges of energy demand and climate change – namely through transatlantic negotiation of an energy price trajectory. 

Europe's Veto's Power

Posted June 27, 2011   By Daniel Deudney, Hanns W. Maull
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The rapid rise of the emerging powers in the past decade has shaken the international global order and raised many questions regarding the new forms and institutions of global governance.

Global Shift: How the West Should Respond to the Rise of China

Posted June 2, 2011  
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A recent study by the Transatlantic Academy reveals that growing threats to the current global governance structure—especially the rise of China—show the deep need for focused transatlantic cooperation over a range of issues.

The G20, Emerging Powers, and Transatlantic Relations

Posted May 30, 2011   By Stefan Schirm
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Senior Fellow Stefan Schirm's latest paper "The G20, Emerging Powers, and Transatlantic Relations" offers a new look at the role of the G20 in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the path it took to get there, and what is still left to be done. The full paper is available for download below.

From Down Under to Top Center

Posted May 26, 2011   By Iskander Rehman
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For most of its history, Australia has floated on the edge of much of the western world’s mental map, a continent-sized island lying at the fringes of our traditional representations of the Asia-Pacific rim. This can be attributed as much to what Geoffrey Blainey famously phrased “the tyranny of distance” as to the enduring legacy of antiquated Cold War-era perceptions of Asia.

Europe’s Relations with China: Lost in Flight?

Posted April 28, 2011   By Francois Godement
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Europe has undergone a painful policy reevaluation of its long-standing approach to China. The premises of its China policy – engagement of a developing economy and a helping hand to a wider societal transition – were out of date. During the public diplomacy skirmishes of 2008-2009, a new realist mood set in at the level of the European Union. The larger member states had experienced the futility of a go-it-alone policy towards China, which only served the ability of China to divide-and-rule.

The Atlantic Imperative in an Era of a Global Power Shift

Posted April 8, 2011   By Klaus Dieter Frankenberger
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Ever since the phrase “rise of rest” captured the imagination of the public, policymakers and analysts alike have tried to come terms with the full meaning of this global shift in power and its implications for the West.