Publications

Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change to the UN Secretary-General. The report assesses current threats to international peace and security and offers a number of recommendat...chevron_right

This policy brief examines five unresolved ethno-secessionist conflicts on Europe's southeastern periphery in order to identify a logic in the EU's search for conflict resolution. By means of a concep...chevron_right

As of November 2004, persistent violence in Iraq and the legacy of opposition in some European countries to the US-led invasion continued to militate against more extensive EU engagement in the countr...chevron_right

This policy brief examines the possible impact of the decisions taken at the December 2004 European Council meeting on the process of EU enlargement. The policy brief describes how these decisions rel...chevron_right

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht wie sich die Schweiz anhand der Erkenntnisse der Milzbrandkrise von 2001 besser für künftige bioterroristische Krisen wappnen kann. Der Autor liefert eine detaillier...chevron_right

The two papers in this memorandum analyze strengths and weaknesses of Arab states from an economic perspective. They look at the way in which Arab regimes have responded to serious economic and socio-...chevron_right

Esta publicación representa el primero libro blanco de defensa de Bolivia. En sus nueve capítulos, el libro expone la política de defensa y de securidad de Bolivia en el año 2004.chevron_right

The national armaments strategy provides detailed information on the armaments holdings and weapons procurement processes of the Czech Republic. The armaments strategy is based on the Czech Republic m...chevron_right

Much analysis of trends in democratization gives a rather pessimistic message, with such sweeping notions as the end of the third wave of democratization or the democratic transition paradigm. A close...chevron_right

Die Studie gewährt Einblick in die aussenpolitischen Tätigkeiten und diplomatischen Vermittlungsinitiativen der Schweiz während der Iran-Geiselkrise von 1979-1981. Der Autor analysiert das Iran-Engage...chevron_right

Die Publikation bietet eine fundierte Analyse des noch wenig diskutierten OSZE-Verhaltenskodex zu politisch-militärischen Aspekten der Sicherheit unter verschiedenen Blickwinkeln. Die Analyse gliedert...chevron_right

This publication examines the 3rd European Social Forum (ESF) that took place in 2004 in London. The author provides an overview of forum financing and the participants before he discusses the forum's...chevron_right

The main underlying obstacle to a good and open partnership between the EU and the candidate states, and in turn between the enlarged EU and its neighbors, is a lack of trust towards the EU's neighbor...chevron_right

The right to move freely represents one of the fundamental freedoms of the EU's internal market as well as an essential political element of the package of rights linked to the very status of EU citiz...chevron_right

This paper offers an introduction to the topic of NGO accountability, examining first how accountability emerged as an issue for NGOs on a larger scale. The author then describes common practice in ac...chevron_right