Thinking ahead for Europe
Founded in Brussels in 1983, CEPS is a leading think tank and forum for debate on EU affairs, with an exceptionally strong in-house research capacity and an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world.
CEPS Expert commentaries
Our expert commentaries offer timely and succinct analysis of current events and opinion on the key developments in Europe
We are now living through a quantum revolution, with modern technology allowing us to directly manipulate individual quantum systems and…
I have been – and remain – a great fan of the EU’s AI Act. Throughout the years, I have…
While last Friday’s EU-US Summit was largely overshadowed by geopolitics and failed to deliver on anticipated commitments on steel, aluminium,…
Latest Publications
CEPS produces research papers and reports on current and upcoming policy challenges. Browse through the latest publications on the right or click to view all our publications.
Future-proofing EU security and defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Doubling down with friends
Ukraine and the EU Budget – A Tale of Two Narratives
The manageable versus the alarmist
The solution to phasing out coal in the Western Balkans?
Extending the EU ETS to the region
CEPS Events
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CEPS Videos on YouTube
A selection of some of our latest videos. You can find more on our youtube channel.
Latest Projects & Task Forces
Through our project exchanges and collaborative Task Force work, we share our research and policy analysis and offer potential solutions for EU policymaking.
EU-US Data Transfers and their Impacts on Trust, Rule of Law and Privacy
A large-scale US intelligence surveillance scandal (PRISM and UPSTREAM) was unveiled by Edward Snowden in 2013. The US authorities were…
Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind (BLOW)
The Horizon Europe project BLOW aims at unlocking the Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind potential, by demonstrating…
GEM-DIAMOND
The projectspeaks to a cross-section of the Commission’s political priorities for 2019-2024, notably its ‘new…
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