EU-GRASP proposes to study the role of the European Union in peace and security as a regional actor with global aspirations in a context of challenged and changing multilateralism. This research project will be undertaken through a conceptual analysis but also through the undertaking of case-studies on an agreed number of security issues.

In doing so, EU-GRASP will focus on six security issues that are high on the EU-agenda: regional conflict, terrorism, weapon of mass destruction, energy security and climate change; human rights and migration. The research will be policy oriented and includes a foresight dimension.

EU-GRASP is coordinated by the United Nations University – Comparative regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS). The other partners of EU-GRASP are based worldwide and include: University of Warwick (UK), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Florence Forum on the Problems of Peace and War (Italy), KULeuven (Belgium), Centre for International Governance Innovation (Canada), Peking University (China), Institute for Security Studies (South Africa) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel).