Publications

This report focuses on the purposes and potential outcomes of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and its prospects for improving the cost-effectiveness of mitigation actions by expanding its scope...chevron_right

Directive 2004/25/EC on takeover bids sets out minimum rules for the conduct of takeover bids involving shares admitted to trading on a regulated market established in the European Union. It also seek...chevron_right

This report is concerned with EU efforts to reduce carbon emissions. It assesses the pros and cons of the various possible measures built around the flagship EU emissions trading system (ETS) that hav...chevron_right

Launched in March 2010 by the European Commission, the Europe 2020 Strategy aims to achieve "smart, sustainable and inclusive" economic growth, primarily by relying on knowledge and innovation, a gree...chevron_right

This study provides an overview of classical infringement approaches and new EU enforcement methods employed in the single market. It attempts to identify existing 'enforcement barriers', to survey th...chevron_right

This report analyzes bank business models and bank risk, performance, governance and transparency. The study highlights the key regulatory gaps and provides guidance on the evolving regulatory framewo...chevron_right

This meeting report reflects on the 2012 Oslo Forum on current peacemaking practice and mediation trends. With major political change continuing across the Middle East and Asia, the retreat focused on...chevron_right

This publication offers expert policy analysis and prescriptions dealing with the discrete facets of G20 work and issues, with an immediate focus on the challenges facing G20 nations as they prepare f...chevron_right

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have, overall, been remarkably successful in focusing attention and mobilizing resources to address the major gaps in human development. Some of the MDGs’ ke...chevron_right

The paper examines the bilateral relationship between Canada and Mexico. Both the countries are recovering well from the global economic recession of 2008-2009, but must work harder to make their bila...chevron_right

Held in Waterloo, Canada, October 28–30, 2011, and attended by some 50 participants from around the globe, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) 2011 conference tackled questions r...chevron_right

The paper analyzes the state of the private security industry in Haiti and the legal framework under which it operates. It further makes recommendations for how a reformed legal and regulatory regime ...chevron_right

This edition of Potentia aims to bridge the supposed divide between theory and practice in international and public affairs. It features articles that contain theoretical puzzles as well as articles t...chevron_right

Due to existing economic, political, and military trends, it is already accepted that China will become an international power in the early decades of the 21st century. In this paper, the authors exam...chevron_right

This paper discusses America's strategic "rebalancing" towards the Asia-Pacific region. The author contends that this "rebalancing" has gradually materialized, and several moves by the US which fill o...chevron_right