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Intellectual property (IP) is becomingone of the most influential andcontroversial issues in today’sknowledge-based society.The rapidand growing interest in IP reflects thepolitical, economic, legal and moralchallenges that characterise this field.At the macro level, IP affects a wide range ofissues, such as international trade, enforcement,foreign direct investments, technology transfer,innovation climates, and competition rules.

At the micro level, intellectual property rights(IPRs) are strongly embedded in contemporarybusiness models. IP is becoming increasinglyprominent in the evaluation of intangible assets,the protection and management of knowledgeassets, and in the business strategies ofknowledge-based industries and companies,both big and small.

The importance of IP has been recognised by many political leaders, including those in theUnited Kingdom. At the Enterprise Conferencein December 2005, the Chancellor of theExchequer, Gordon Brown, announced that he had asked Andrew Gowers, former editorof the Financial Times, to lead an independentreview to examine the UK’s intellectualproperty framework.

The consultation was launched with a formalcall for evidence in February 2006, when MrGowers wrote to “key contacts across a rangeof industry sectors, including scientific, high-tech,manufacturing, media and creative industries, aswell as public sector and third sector bodies,relevant industry associations, inventors’ bodies,consumer groups, experts in corporate financeand venture capital, the legal profession, andleading economists and other academics in thefield”, asking them to submit evidence.

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Within a matter of weeks the annualUK party conference season will onceagain be upon us. Last year, most eyeswere on the Conservatives’ leadershipelection, as they sought to find an heirto Michael Howard, who could leadthem away from years of disarray.This year, questions of succession will again beto the fore, as the Labour party seems set tofinally address the matter.The appointment ofChancellor Gordon Brown to inherit PrimeMinister Blair’s position seems a formality.Thetiming of the handover, however, has long beenthe focus of feverish speculation, all of whichcould shortly draw to a close.

Integral to the decision will be the timeremaining for Blair to secure his ‘legacy’.This wasthe topic for discussion at a recent StockholmNetwork/Economist Westminster Fringe debate.‘Blair’s legacy is one of hopes fulfilled, notopportunities squandered’ assembled a panel of politicians and commentators in an attemptto prophesy what historians’ assessments of theBlair premiership will be.

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The think tank calendar tends to runfrom summer to summer, reflectingthe parliamentary year. So July andAugust present a good time to reflecton what we have done this year andwhat is in store for the one ahead.Our Westminster Fringe series of debatesculminated this season with a far-reaching, ‘bigpicture’ topic - what would Tony Blair’s legacybe? The speakers addressed a packed house andthe debate was also broadcast on UK television,showing just how much interest this subject hasinspired. Perhaps it is too soon to be asking thequestion, as Mr Blair’s recent comments suggesthe still plans to battle on for a while longer. Buthis contribution not just to UK politics but toworld events certainly sparked a lively debate.

Over in Brussels, meanwhile, the regular Amigosociety events we hold for Belgian policymakersand thinkers also attracted a record 70 guestsfor our final event on striking the right balancebetween IPRs and competition rules.

Coming up in the autumn, we plan toinvestigate the following topics at a range of events in London, Brussels, Geneva andelsewhere: nuclear power, the future of UKconservatism, health literacy, globalisation,public-private partnerships, the UK’s innovationenvironment, and choice in education.

We will be launching publications on amongother topics, Europe’s emissions tradingscheme, prescription medicine counterfeiting,

net neutrality, digital rights management and a user-friendly comparative guide to Europeanhealth systems.

Never ones to rest on our laurels we will alsobe planning our first event at the UK partyconferences this Autumn and some celebratoryactivities to commemorate our 10th anniversarywhich falls next year.

It has been nearly a decade since ‘some brightspark’ came up with the idea of forming anetwork to link Europe’s foremost market-oriented reformers together and in that timewe have achieved a great deal. But, just likeTony Blair, we are not yet ready to considerour legacy, because we still have so muchmore to do.

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In defence of the motion,Treasury SelectCommittee chair John McFall highlightedrecent economic achievements, withunemployment at an historic low, the relativelypainless introduction of the minimum wage,and, in contrast to Thatcherite conservativerule, the development of a society that is both ‘caring’, and at the same time, ‘efficient’.

Polly Toynbee of The Guardian buttressed theseclaims, highlighting Bank of England independenceand economic stability as achievements ofprofound significance, but acknowledged thatdespite much progress, the government couldstill go further.

Nick Herbert MP, Shadow Police ReformMinister, however, told of a governmentconsistently espousing reform, but neverdelivering it. Even after Blair’s admissions thathe “wished he’d gone further” on every reforminitiative, ‘reform’ resembled a rhetorical flourishmore than a policy. Accompanied by a treasurymore intent on being seen to be spending

In order to discuss these issues more broadlythe Stockholm Network and the Ludwig vonMises Institute Europe co-hosted an AmigoSociety Debate at the Hotel Amigo, Brussels on the 27th June, where the central themewas: “Intellectual Property Rights vs. Anti-trust:Is there a Sensible Middle Ground?”

Chaired by Dr Meir Pugatch, Head of theStockholm Network Intellectual Property andCompetition Programme, the debate featuredDr Duncan Curley from McDermott Will &Emery UK LLP, and Manuel Campolini, fromJanson-Baugniet.

Dr Curley addressed the policy tensionbetween IPRs and competition rules in theinformation technology sector, and argued thatin recent years, the European Commission hastaken a more interventionist stance in cases

where it believes IPRs are being “abused”.The classic example, Dr Curley explained,is the high-profile case where the EuropeanCommission decided Microsoft had violatedArt 82 of the EC Treaty by refusing to supplyinteroperability information to its competitor,Sun Microsystems.

Campolini then went on to talk about thetension between IPRs and anti-trust rules inanother sector that relies profoundly on its IP;the pharmaceutical sector.As in the informationtechnology sector, the EU competition authoritieshave also intervened in pharmaceuticals.Aprominent example, as illustrated by Campolini,was when the Commission fined AstraZenecafor abusing its dominant position – breaching Art82 of the EC Treaty.

Both the cases mentioned at the seminar,including other cases involving IPRs and anti-trust, have been controversial. It is thereforeworth mentioning that a review of Article 82policy is underway.The Stockholm Networkwill of course continue to report on thedevelopments in this area.

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money on problems than solving them, theoverall impact has been one of profligacy –both of political capital and taxation revenues.

Anthony Seldon, historian and author of Blair,described the past 9 years as a state of“diarchy”, making identifying accomplishmentsuniquely attributable to Blair somewhat of animpossibility. Given the unknown outcome ofthe Iraqi sojourn, Blair will be left with little inthe way of legacy apart from his generalelection-winning record.

With no obligation to call an election until2010, Blair’s successor should have theopportunity to build up a demonstrable trackrecord of governance before having to face theelectorate, and to allow the voters to forgiveor forget some of Blair’s less popular decisions.In that time, a great deal can happen in politics.

The most obvious factor will be whether therejuvenated Tories and their (by then not-so-new) leader David Cameron have managed to sustain their media and public adulation.Current polling numbers may represent the

end of their extended lean spell, but whetherthey can be sustained and built upon to theextent necessary for an election win is anothermatter. In the meantime, the Liberal Democrats’lengthy period of soul-searching may haveyielded some concrete policy suggestions(lower taxes, higher taxes, greener taxes, orsome mysterious baffling combination of thethree – nobody really seems sure), a processwhich may begin in earnest with theirSeptember conference this year.

However, unless Labour contrives to make itselfas loathsome to the electorate as the early-90sConservatives did (something that the scandalsof Mandelson, Blunkett and Prescott, war in Iraq,domestic terrorism, eroded civil liberties, and agrotesquely indebted NHS have thus far failedto achieve), talk of Blair’s legacy being to handhis successor defeat still seems premature.

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While the Gowers Review process has beencriticised, especially by academics and other IPexperts, for being too short, too superficial and not transparent enough, the review teamhas received a huge number of submissions,including one from the Stockholm Network.

In our submission to the Gowers Review team,the Stockholm Network IP and CompetitionProgramme focused on key issues such as theLisbon Agenda and European competitiveness,European patent harmonsation, small andmedium-sized enterprises (SMEs), technologytransfer and public private partnerships, IP in thepharmaceutical sector and IP issues with regardto computer implemented inventions. Oursubmission highlighted that it is impossible toaddress the UK IP environment without lookingat IP policies at the European and internationallevel.The main recommendation of theStockholm Network was therefore for the UK to take a more pro-active role at the Europeanlevel and lead the other Member States indiscussions that today are stalled or non-existent.

Another issue of high importance addressed by our submission to the Gowers Review teamis the tension between intellectual propertyrights on the one hand and anti-trust rules onthe other. While anti-trust mechanisms may wellbe appropriate for combating anti-competitiveand monopolistic practices in general, the use of these tools in the case of proprietaryknowledge-based products is more nuanced.

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FAES, the Foundation for SocialStudies and Analysis, is a private not-for-profit think tank with ties to Spain’s centre-right People’s Party,spearheaded by José María Aznarsince its creation in 1989.

WHAT THEY DOAt the service of Spain and Spanish society,and also interested in international affairs,FAES seeks to strengthen the Western values of freedom, democracy and humanism. Itsobjective is to create, promote and spread ideas based on political, intellectual andeconomic freedom; ideas that are capable ofoffering political lines of thought.These must beideas that are able to be adopted by politiciansand transformed into public policy programmes.

WHAT THEY BELIEVEFAES supports the idea that: individual freedomis a supreme value; that democracy is the onlyform of government that promotes respect forindividual freedom and human rights; that thefree market economy has proven its superiorityas an efficient means of allocating resources,creating wealth and enhancing collectiveprosperity; that Europe is a union of differentnations that share common values and a desireto promote free economic, intellectual andindividual circulation throughout the continent,as a means of safeguarding freedom and peace;that the Atlantic link between Europe andUnited States is essential to defending freedom,democracy and the Western way of life; and that Latin America forms part of the WesternCommunity, with which it shares essential values.

ISSUES OF INTERESTFAES concentrates on five wide-rangingconcerns: economic reform; the ‘War onTerror’; Europe’s part in the Westerncommunity; the ‘opportunity-based society’(education, healthcare, the environment, andimmigration); and the defence of the Spanishnation as the best guarantor of the rights andfreedoms of all Spaniards, especially the right of equality before the law.

For this purpose, FAES organises discussionforums, seminars, conferences and trainingcourses and produces electronic publications,

During the academic year 2005-2006 FAES alsoorganised several Visitors’ Programmes for youngLatin American and European politicians.The last two Visitors’ Programmes for Latin Americanpoliticians, which took place in November 2005 and May 2006, brought to Madrid 100young people linked to political parties, politicalfoundations and independent institutes for twoweeks.The programme included a range of talks and institutional visits including a trip to the European Parliament in Brussels. Followingthis successful experience, FAES coordinated the First Programme for Central and EasternEuropean politicians in November 2005.

FORTHCOMING PLANS ANDPUBLICATIONSActivitiesContinuing with the cycle of Western Valuesand European Identity, FAES and the KAS willorganise two further seminars which will beheld in Brussels and Berlin in the autumn.The first of these two seminars is scheduled for September 12th in Brussels.The title will be The Borders of Europe.

In November, FAES is planning to host the 2nd Edition of the Visitors Programme forCentral and Eastern Europe. Like last year,the programme, which will also last for twoweeks, will bring 50 young people from severalEuropean countries.The programme will takeplace in Madrid as well as other Spanish cities.

PublicationsFAES is compiling a report on Latin Americanaffairs which will be published in the autumn.This study, which is being drafted in collaborationwith institutions and individuals from the wholeAmerican continent, will analyse the threats andstrengths of the area and, consequently, willpropose a strategic agenda for Latin Americato anchor the region in the Western World.

Besides the usual quarterly journal and variousother publications, in the forthcoming months,FAES´ publishing house, Gota a Gota, will launchthe Spanish version of four important books: LaRepublique, les religions, l´espérance by the FrenchMinister of Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy; AffirmativeAction by Thomas Sowell; L´Anneé du coq by GuySorman; and While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer.

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books and a quarterly journal on politicalthought. It carries out a wide range of activitiesbased on international links with otherfoundations and think tanks in Europe, theUnited States and Latin America.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONEIn 2006, FAES produced a pair of importantreports: a proposal for the reform of NATOentitled NATO: An Alliance for Freedom and aproposal for the creation of an open Atlanticeconomic area entitled A Case for an OpenAtlantic Prosperity Area. Both reports werepresented in Washington, Brussels and London.The latter document was presented in Londonin collaboration with the Stockholm Network.

Also during the academic year 2005-2006, FAESorganised, in collaboration with the KonradAdenauer Stiftung (KAS), a cycle of seminarsunder the title of Western Values and EuropeanIdentity.Two seminars have already been held inBerlin and Madrid and another two are scheduledin several European cities for the autumn.

Recently FAES organised the 3rd edition of the Campus FAES, a two-week summercourse in which experts from around the worldexplain their ideas and opinions regardingvarious matters and issues to a select group ofparticipants.

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centres around a network of young professionalsfrom Poland and abroad – current FREEchapters include Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Brusselsand London.The reason for having a networkwith area chapters is to be able to engage and affect as large a group as possible with the think tank’s ideas and events, as well as todraw on the resources of this wide group ofpeople (currently incorporating over 180members and still growing). Members areengaged professionally across the board of thepublic and private sectors: finance, consulting,academia, government, business, NGOs, lawfirms, IT and media. Membership is based on adiligent ‘recruiting’ process – only recommendedor very successful individuals sharing our valuesare accepted into the organisation by itsGoverning Board.The governing board of FREE is supported by the advisory board,which includes key policymakers and economists who shape daily public opinion in Poland.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONEHaving appeared numerous times in the printand broadcast media, FREE has been andconstantly is successful in political and publicdebate on policy issues and current affairs. A 2-day Conference near Bialowieza forest allowedFREE’s members, advisory board members, aswell as economists and policymakers from otherprivate and public organisations to meet andexchange thoughts. A number of conferencesand workshops on the Euro, labour marketreform, social security and tax reform, energysecurity, and the role of media in economiceducation have taken place in Poland and havebeen attended by key government officials, MPs,chief economists, academics and NGO officialsfrom Poland, Germany and Slovakia. FREE hasalso engaged in forming links and cooperatingwith our Ukrainian counterparts who share thesame values as we do.With the aim ofsupporting a free, democratic Ukraine, FREE has set up the Polish-Ukrainian Network (PUN),aimed at bridging the divide between Polandand our Eastern neighbours.

WHAT THEY BELIEVEThe founding group of FREE and its membersshare a strong belief in free markets andrational policymaking, individualism, the rule of law, transparency and entrepreneurial activityunconstrained by the hand of government or

The Forum for the Development ofEconomic Education (FREE – ForumRozwoju Edukacji Ekonomicznej) wasfounded in autumn 2004 by a groupof young professionals from Poland,with the help of Germany’s FriedrichNaumann Stiftung.The aim of FREE is primarily to influence economicsand public policy decisions in Poland,with the target of building freemarkets, limited government and a stable and prosperous economyand society in Poland.

WHAT THEY DOFREE is a novel free-market think tank in Poland.The mission of FREE is to directly and indirectlyliberalise and remodel government policy (law,institutions, taxation, foreign policy and publicspending) and essentially shape it in ways thatwill enhance economic freedom, economicgrowth and prosperity in Poland. It also aims to improve economic unedrstanding amongstPolish society, as well as policymakers, this beingkey for the achieving the think tank’s goals.FREE releases a bi-weekly newsletter among its members and key media and policymakers in Poland.The organisation of the think-tank

cartels.We embrace stable and soundeconomic growth supported by pro-marketmacro- and micro-economic policymaking,as well as good governance and leadership infacing the current challenges that Poland facesinternally and externally.

FORTHCOMING PLANSMost importantly, FREE aims to push its socialsecurity and tax reform paper into the highestlevels of Polish government and, hopefully,see its recommendations come to pass in thenear future. FREE’s other plans include furtherconferences and meetings with key policydecision-makers and media in order to raiseawareness of policy issues and help further the role of free markets in Poland. A mediacampaign aimed at raising awareness of the lack of knowledge of basic economic principleswithin society is being planned, concurrentlywith the promotion of FREE as the organisationbest placed to help improve knowledge ofeconomics, and as a conduit for furtherexpansion of the organisation. A larger networkbase will allow FREE to grow, be more effectiveand essentially further free markets in Poland.

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Istituto Bruno Leoni was founded inTurin in 2004 with the aim of becominga guiding light for classical liberals inItaly. Ideas have consequences: themission of Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL),named after the renowned Italianlawyer and philosopher, is thus toencourage public debate from amarket-oriented perspective.

WHAT THEY DOIBL publishes both scholarly and popular works,organises seminars and meetings, and publishesarticles in the daily press, both in Italy andabroad, as well as short studies and briefingpapers. Its main purpose is to orient decision-making, inform the public and foster a newgeneration of intellectuals devoted to the causeof liberty.

IBL’s main areas of interest are globalisation andcompetition, welfare and taxation, andenvironment and energy, but it regularlypublishes papers and articles of a moretheoretical nature too.The Institute is now setting up two new departments: onewill work specifically on themes relating to theprivate provision of public goods, the other will focus on labour market regulation.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONEIBL is active in organising meetings and eventsin which the most important issues aredebated, from the standpoint of individualliberty and the free market. In the first monthsof 2006 (January-June), the Institute organised18 meetings across Italy, predominantly in either Milan or Rome (in 2005, 36).The mostprominent panellists included the head of theItalian antitrust authority Antonio Catricalà,the former director for fiscal affairs of IMF Vito Tanzi, Fastweb CEO Stefano Parisi, bankersRudi Bogni, plus a long list of free marketeconomists — including former OECDDirector David Henderson, Heritage’s MarcMiles, and Bocconi’s Guido Tabellini.

IBL is very active in the area of policy initiatives:it has recently launched the ‘Stop Excise Tax’initiative, aimed at reducing excise taxes on fuels, with a campaign centred on thecomparison between the pump price of fuel

importance of property rights for a freesociety.The keynote speakers will be venturecapitalist Peter Thiel (one of the founders ofPaypal Inc) and Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform.

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and its actual cost net of taxes, supported by a dedicated website. Likewise, IBL started itscampaign for a greater degree of liberalisation inthe Italian economy with a manifesto (“EnergySecurity Is Competition”), co-sponsored byIstituto Juan de Mariana in Madrid, LiberalniInstitut in Prague, Lithuanian Free MarketInstitute in Vilnius and the Institute for MarketEconomy in Sofia, Bulgaria. More recently IBLhas carried out a survey on the use of theInternet by Italian’s patients’ associations,presented at a dedicated event in Milan.

The recent liberalisation of non-prescriptiondrugs in Italy (namely, their being madeavailable in supermarkets and other non-traditional drug retailers) was anticipated by a year of intense campaigning by IBL.

Every month, IBL publishes a Briefing Paper on a policy issue – plus various ‘OccasionalPapers’ and ‘Focuses’. In 2005, the Institutepublished 6 books. In 2006 we have so farpublished 3 books.

Each year Istituto Bruno Leoni organises aMises Seminar in Sestri Levante (not far fromGenoa), at which selected young scholars areinvited to present a paper which can then bediscussed by an established scholar and theaudience.This year the seminar will take placeon October 6-7.The theme will be the

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Swedish free market think tank) in arranging an essay competition centred on the relevanceof Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged tocontemporary Swedish politics.Their goal is todevelop a number of regular essay competitionseach year and consequently, they are presentlyseeking partner organisations which areinterested in financing these competitions.

Acting as the link between ‘idea-producers’and ‘idea-consumers’ Captus regularly arrangesseminars in Gothenburg, again in co-operationwith Timbro.They believe that this is a goodway of communicating the excellent work thatTimbro does not only to people in the capitalcity of Stockholm, but also to people in otherparts of the country.The seminars which havebeen arranged so far have been very successfuland have managed to attract a wide audienceranging from students to businessmen,journalists and policymakers. Captus is currentlyin negotiations with a range of potentialpartners to expand their seminar programme.

Another way in which Captus aims to functionas a link between idea-producers and idea-consumers is through its online presence. Eachday, Captus compiles the best of free-market

Captus is an independent Swedishfree-market think tank which aims to promote the principles of lowertaxes, the rule of law and freemarkets.They are based in Sweden’ssecond largest city, Gothenburg, butare also represented by associates andfellows who reside in other Swedishcities, as well as in the US and in theUK. Captus currently has eight staffmembers and five additional fellows.

WHAT THEY DOTheir goal is to function both as a producer of ideas and as a link between ‘idea-producers’and ‘idea-consumers’. As a producer of ideasCaptus regularly publishes articles in variousSwedish and international newspapers. Duringtheir first year of existence they have publishedsome 200 articles, reaching out to a wideaudience in Sweden but also to internationalreaders of magazines such as Tech CentralStation, The American Enterprise, Human Events,and Liberalismo.org.

Captus also publishes public policy reports.Several of their staff have an academicbackground in the fields of economics, politicalscience and biotechnology. They have a broadrange of focus – working on issues such aseconomic policy, patent rights, integration andimmigration, climate change, environmentalissues and genetically modified foods.

One of the main activities of Captus is thepublication of Captus Magazine, a weekly online magazine. Each issue of Captus Magazinecontains 4-5 articles, essays and editorials.The content of the magazine ranges from dayto day issues to philosophical debates. Bothconservative and libertarian views are welcomein Captus Magazine, which aims to publishworks of not only well known writers, but also young talented writers. Captus Magazine is today the most frequently published right of centre intellectual magazine in Sweden.

Captus has a network comprising a number of talented, liberal writers, whom theyencourage not only in their magazine but also in essay collections that they publish. Currently,Captus is co-operating with Timbro (the largest

reporting from across Sweden and the world,from news media, magazines, and other thinktanks. Short summaries and links to material of interest are published, enabling readers toquickly gain insight into interesting materialpublished by a wide range of free-market thinktanks and magazines.

FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIESIn addition to the Rand contest, Captus hasother projects in the pipeline. Captus fellowAtta Tarki is currently preparing a report onthe negative effects of Iranian oil subsidies.This publication is due for release at the end of summer 2006. Details of further work willbe announced later in the year.

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Policy IssuesThe Network is a forum for sharing, exchangingand developing pan-European research and bestpractice. Interested in ideas which stimulateeconomic growth and help people to helpthemselves, we promote and raise awareness ofpolicies which create the social and economicconditions for a free society.These include:

Reforming European welfare states andcreating a more flexible labour market.Updating European pension systems toempower individuals.Ensuring more consumer-driven healthcare,through reform of European health systemsand markets.Encouraging an informed debate onintellectual property rights as an incentive to innovate and develop new knowledge inthe future, whilst ensuring wide public accessto such products in the present.Reforming European energy markets toensure the most beneficial balance betweeneconomic growth and environmental quality.Emphasising the benefits of globalisation,trade and competition and creating anunderstanding of free market ideas andinstitutions

What do we doWe conduct pan-European research on, andcreate a wider audience for, market-orientedpolicy ideas in Europe. Our website contains a comprehensive directory of European freemarket think tanks and thinkers.We advertiseforthcoming events (our own and those of

partner organisations) and facilitate publicationexchange and translation between think tanks.We also post regular news flashes and updateson European think tanks and their activities.

When was the Stockholm Networkfounded?The Stockholm Network was founded in 1997by Helen Disney, a British journalist and policyspecialist.The spread of market-oriented thinktanks and independent policy researchinstitutes across Europe from the mid-1990sonwards, created a niche for a network hub,capable of providing a bird’s eye view of thepolicy environment.The network’s early aims,which have continued to the present day, wereto find an efficient method of connecting like-minded policymakers and thinkers; toencourage collaboration on joint researchprojects in order to share the most successfulpolicy innovations and arguments more widely;and to ensure a wider audience and a moreco-ordinated approach to the dissemination of market-oriented ideas within Europe andbeyond its borders.

Who funds the StockholmNetwork?The Network is funded by a wide range ofindividuals, corporations and foundations.A mixture of for-profit and not-for-profitorganisations, some SN supporters are globalenterprises, while others are small or medium in size. Subscriptions from individuals, commercialenterprises, and a range of NGOs includingother think tanks make up the bulk of our funding.We also derive a small incomefrom the sale of our publications and researchmaterials to the public, bookshops, governmentagencies and private companies. Corporatesubscribers come from a wide range of sectorsthat currently include information technology,energy, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, public affairsand venture capitalism. Subscribers do not have a veto over the outcome of Stockholm Networkresearch or any influence over its media output.

Why should I support theStockholm Network and its work?The Stockholm Network is in the business ofcreating in Europe an intellectual climate inwhich human prosperity and your organisationcan thrive.We strive to maintain the bestknowledge of European market-oriented thinktanks, ideas and thinkers, directing you swiftly tothe expert or organisation you need.We alreadyhave a proven track record in influencing thepolicy debate and our network and influence isgrowing all the time.

How could you or yourorganisation benefit from SNmembership?

Expand your database by meeting newcontacts from across EuropeReceive weekly Stockholm Network emailupdates and quarterly newslettersReceive Stockholm Network Books andPublicationsGet invitations to Stockholm NetworkEvents and Activities

Would you like to join theStockholm Network?Please contact us on +44 20 7354 8888 oremail info@stockholm-network.org

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The Stockholm Network is the leadingpan-European think tank and market-oriented network. It is a one-stop shopfor organisations seeking to work withEurope’s brightest policymakers andthinkers.Today, the Stockholm Networkbrings together 120 market-orientedthink tanks from across Europe, givingus the capacity to deliver local reformmessages and locally-tailored globalmessages across the EU and beyond.

Combined, the think tanks in ournetwork publish thousands of op-eds in the high quality European press,produce many hundreds of publications,and hold a wide range of conferences,seminars and meetings.As such, theStockholm Network and its memberorganisations influence many millions of Europeans every year.

“We face a broad range ofeconomic challenges over thenext decade. Learning from theexperiences of market-basedreform elsewhere in Europeand the world can help us setthe best course for Britain.The Stockholm Network is an invaluable resource in facingthat challenge.”Matthew Hancock, Economic Advisor to ShadowChancellor George Osborne MP

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HELEN DISNEY is Director of the StockholmNetwork. Her background is in public policy and the media.

Formerly an editorial writer for The Times and an editorial writer and commentator for the DailyExpress, Helen continues to write regularly on arange of public policy topics for such publicationsas the Daily Express and Sunday Express, PublicFinance, Public Service Magazine, and The Sprout,a satirical Brussels-based magazine, as well asregular weekly entries for the Centre for theNew Europe’s health weblog, CNE Health.

Helen has been the Director of the StockholmNetwork since 1997, and is a founding memberof the organisation.

DR TIM EVANS is the Stockholm Network’sDirector of Development. He works across the spectrum of policy issues to ensure that theStockholm Network continues to promote itswork and develop support across a range ofconstituencies and interests.

A former President and Director General of the Centre for the New Europe (2002-2005),between 1993 and early 2002 Dr Evans was the Executive Director of Public Affairs at theIndependent Healthcare Association in Londonwhere he oversaw the political affairs and publicrelations of one of the UK’s independent healthand social care sector. He also served as chiefeconomic and political advisor to the SlovakPrime Minister, Dr. Jan Carnogursky, between1991-92.

ANNE KRISTINE JENSEN is the StockholmNetwork’s Project Manager for Trade, I.P. andCompetition. She joined the Network in October 2004 following a period as an intern.She is responsible for organising events andfrequently contributes to and edits StockholmNetwork publications.

SACHA KUMARIA is the Stockholm Network’sAssistant Director and Manager of its Energy andEnvironment Programme. He is responsible forliaising with member think tanks, co-ordinatingresearch projects and events and contributing toand editing Stockholm Network newsletters andpublications.

SIMON MOORE joined The StockholmNetwork in early 2006 following the completionof a successful internship period. In addition toadministrative work and website maintenance,Simon is currently working on Beyond theBorders, a companion piece to The StockholmNetwork’s State of the Union publication,focussing this time on market-oriented reform innon-EU member states in Europe.

TERENCE O’DWYER is manager of theStockholm Network’s Health and WelfareProgramme. He is also responsible forcoordinating the Amigo Society meetings, liaisingwith our Spanish and Portuguese think tankmembers and managing the Stockholm Networkwebsite.Terry joined the Stockholm Network inJuly 2004.

KATIE PERRIOR is the Media Director of theStockholm Network. She joined us in July 2005to help promote our work in the British,European and International media. She is the co-founder and director of The Research Shop,an independent media agency which specialises in out-sourced, ad-hoc media research.

Katie acted as a media consultant to the awardwinning television programme, ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’, and has worked for severalpoliticians, notably the Conservative PartyChairman and the Shadow Home Secretaryduring high profile campaigns. Most recently,she has also worked for ITV and Channel 4News, and is a local councillor, and ConservativeSpokesman for Community Safety, for theLondon borough of Bexley.

DR MEIR PUGATCH heads the intellectualproperty and competition programme at theStockholm Network and edits its monthly e-newsletter, Know IP. He is based at the Schoolof Public Health, University of Haifa in Israel,where he is a lecturer on intellectual propertypolicy, management and the exploitation ofknowledge assets and entrepreneurship.

Dr Pugatch is also a guest lecturer at theDepartment of International Relations, HebrewUniversity Jerusalem, where he lectures on theinternational political economy of trade policy.

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Adam Smith Institutewww.adamsmith.org/United KingdomAdam Smith Societywww.adamsmith.it/ItalyAdriatic Institute for Public Policy www.adriaticinstitute.org/CroatiaAlbanian Liberal Institutewww.liberalb.org AlbaniaAnders Chydenius Foundationwww.chydenius.net/eng/index.aspFinlandAssociation for Liberal Thinkingwww.liberal-dt.org.tr/TurkeyAssociation for Modern Economywww.ame.org.mk/MacedoniaAvenir Suissewww.avenir-suisse.ch/SwitzerlandBulgarian Society for Individual Libertywww.libertarium.net/BulgariaCaptuswww.captus.nuSwedenCausa Liberalwww.causaliberal.net/PortugalCentre for Economic Developmentwww.ced.bgBulgariaCentre for Economic Developmentwww.cphr.sk/SlovakiaCentre for Economics and Politicscepin.cz/cze/index.phpCzech RepublicCentre for Entrepreneurship and Economic Developmentwww.visit-ceed.orgMontenegroCentre for European Reformwww.cer.org.uk/United KingdomCentre for Institutional Analysis and Developmentwww.cadi.roRomaniaCentre for Liberal Strategieswww.cls-sofia.org/BulgariaCentre for Liberal-Democratic Studieswww.clds.org.yu/SerbiaCentre for Policy Studieswww.cps.org.uk/United KingdomCentre for Political Thoughtwww.omp.org.pl/indexang.htmlPolandCentre for Research into Post-CommunistEconomieswww.crce.org.uk/United KingdomCentre for Social and Economic Researchwww.case.com.plPolandCentre for the New Europewww.cne.org/index.htmBelgiumCentre for the Study of Democracywww.csd.bg/BulgariaCentro Einaudiwww.centroeinaudi.it/ItalyCentrum im.Adama Smithawww.smith.pl/ PolandCEPOSwww.cepos.dk DenmarkCercles Liberauxwww.cerclesliberaux.com/FranceCIDASwww.cidas.it/ItalyCivic Institutewww.obcinst.cz/Czech RepublicCivitawww.civita.no/civ.php?mod=content&id=6NorwayCivitaswww.civitas.org.ukUnited Kingdom

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Coincidence or Crisis?The business of creating, distributing andselling counterfeit pharmaceutical products is an unregulated, criminal and growing part of the global economy.With lives at stake,pharmaceutical counterfeiting is an urgentproblem.

Coincidence or Crisis brings together some of the world’s leading experts to discuss the growth of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.It provides a comprehensive analysis of thecore issues, while delimiting key strategies totackle the problem.

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With rising domestic consumption and therapid drawing down of North Sea reserves,Britain is set to become a net importer ofenergy by 2020. During the same period,Russian provision of EU energy will rise toover 50% of total consumption.This energyrelationship will therefore alter and dominateall bilateral (and EU-Russia) relations.

Russian energy policy, and its interaction withRussian foreign policy, will dominate Europeanpolitics for the next fifty years. How shouldBritain react to this new challenge?