— T5 · Shared valuesResearch theme

Shared values and their limits

Where the "shared values" narrative holds up in business practice, and where it breaks down.

01 —Publications on this theme7
May 2026
AU News Monitor

What the African Union and regional bodies publish about Europe, filtered daily.

Tool
Apr 2026
The Missing Middle: why business belongs in the Africa–Europe think tank landscape

Most think tanks approach the Africa–Europe relationship through policy or development. Neither puts business at the centre, yet business is where policy either works or does not. This paper maps six leading think…

Paper
Apr 2026
Think Tank Coverage Map

Which themes six leading Africa–Europe think tanks cover, and where the gaps for business are.

Tool
Apr 2026
Africa and Europe seek new partnership amid shifting alliances

African countries are used to the fact that false promises and fickle friends abound. We’ve seen this with the US, and in the broader architecture of…

Commentary · Business Day
Mar 2026
Research Agenda 2026–2027

Five priority topics for 2026–2027: Global Gateway in practice, investment risk penalties, business flows between the continents, cultural barriers to partnership, and the limits of the shared-values narrative.

Report
Mar 2026
Africa needs to build an economic architecture that renders it immune to US extortion

There is a leaked memo stemming from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s desk. It was prepared by the US State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs…

Commentary · Daily Maverick
Jul 2024
Africa must learn from Europe’s backlash against Viktor Orbán’s power-play diplomacy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a few hard-to-miss, high-level, surprise visits to celebrate the start of his country's chairmanship of the…

Commentary · Daily Maverick