Publications

EU policy toward the southern Mediterranean remains painfully fragmented across different lines: member state initiatives vs. EU initiatives; bilateral EU policies vs. multilateral frameworks. This ar...chevron_right

A large number of donors have supported projects and program to improve the capacity of developing countries to conform to the current generation of international agro-food standards. Research suggest...chevron_right

At the September 2009 Pittsburgh Summit the leaders of the G20 set out a series of far reaching regulatory reforms to "tackle the root causes of the crisis and transform the system for global financia...chevron_right

Western governments should think twice before engaging in Yemen with its unstable government and a reputation as a hotbed of al-Qaeda related radicalization. Support from Europe and North America will...chevron_right

This paper argues that the Dantokpa Market in Cotonou – a hub of formal and informal international trade – is an important site for understanding national political struggles in Benin due to its key p...chevron_right

This paper addresses the question whether the conflict between Georgia and Russia in August 2008 really stands for a turning-point as often argued, and if so, what has changed and with what consequenc...chevron_right

This paper deals with the meaning and scope of the phenomenon of 'homegrown terrorism'. The authors begin by tracing an ambiguity in the term 'homegrown', which is both about belonging in the West and...chevron_right

This paper argues that international society is characterized by two major, global tendencies of normative significance: an increasing political, economic and social interdependence, and a deep contro...chevron_right

This paper discusses the uneasy role of chiefs within three cycles of security and justice reform in Sierra Leone during the past decade. Interaction has been indirect, by default or marginal, and alw...chevron_right

This paper explores how community policing (CP) has been appropriated in practice in Mozambique. It asks what CP has meant for everyday policing practices, and what it has implied for the ways that p...chevron_right

The present working paper considers the Cotonou Agreement’s linking between corruption and development. It provides a legal examination of how the obligation to observe ‘good governance’ (and thus the...chevron_right

This paper examines the emergence and trajectory of a new agro-industry in Ghana: the pineapple export industry. It explores how this new agro-industry emerged as well as how it responded to changes i...chevron_right

This working paper examines the changing Chinese and Indian engagements in Sudan, with particular reference to how both have responded to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. China, and to a lesser...chevron_right

This paper looks at the role of the EU in supporting the political transformation of Moldova and Ukraine after independence in 1991, and at the domestic context which is of crucial importance if democ...chevron_right

While the EU’s short–term tactics represent a mixture of engagement and containment, this paper argues that, in the case of Iran, the two approaches cancel each other out. To increase its leverage on ...chevron_right