Publications

This policy brief offers a critical assessment of the EU’s engagement in and the lessons learned from the European Education Initiative for Central Asia. Specific EU activities include attempts to est...chevron_right

The US is changing its policy towards the Middle East and North Africa in response to shifting geopolitical realities in the region. Confronted with new political actors and intractable political issu...chevron_right

This article focuses on the pre and post revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood and the challenges the Brotherhood have faced since taking power. The author argues that the organization has been focused on ...chevron_right

In this article the author argues that European-Latin American relations have fundamentally shifted requiring a change in paradigm. Among these changes is China's growing influence in the region, the ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the Central Asia-Afghanistan relationship and analyzes the impact post-2014 changes might have on security in the region. Moreover, the authors look at opportunities for the EU to...chevron_right

Since its first peacekeeping operation in 2003, the EU has initiated almost 30 CSDP missions. The EU has not yet carried out a military operation comparable to the NATO operation in Afghanistan but fu...chevron_right

The policy brief discusses the deadlocked Bosnian EU integration process. It argues that a year after the overhaul of the EU institutional presence on the ground, Bosnia's progress towards European in...chevron_right

Over the past few years Europe’s commercial relationship with Asia has lost much pace relative to concurrent developments. The European Union has slowly ceded its position as the largest trading partn...chevron_right

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is facing the dilemmas of democratization and political transition. The author argues that the international community should draw upon lessons learnt fr...chevron_right

This paper assesses the way foreign democracy assistance and other means of ‘foreign funding’ in Tunisia have developed after the 2011 revolution. It focuses on the local perceptions of this type of a...chevron_right

Based on a series of interviews carried out in 2013, this paper examines how the issue of foreign funding is perceived by donors and local stakeholders in Libya. It focuses on how local attitudes have...chevron_right

This paper examines the framework conditions and perceptions of foreign funding to NGOs, political parties and media in Egypt by the principal international donor organizations. The study is based on ...chevron_right

This paper assesses what happened in the former Czechoslovakia after the implosion of authoritarian governments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) after 1989. The country became a recipient of variou...chevron_right

The lingering Eurozone crisis has prompted speculation that the European Union is now a spent political force on the global stage. Our partners at FRIDE disagree. They are confident that 2013 can be “a year of progress” for the EU, provided that it develops a pragmatic foreign policy outlook.chevron_right

This book examines EU-Korea relations, how they might be strengthened and deepened, and what strategic benefits might then accrue for both sides. Yes, Korea may be an ‘understated’ partner for the EU,...chevron_right