Publications

This paper discusses the level of trust people have in the European Parliament (EP) as well as the levels of voter participation in the EP elections and compares them to those of EU national parliamen...chevron_right

This paper examines the provisions for bail-in – that is, the principle whereby any public measure to recapitalize a bank with insufficient prudential capital must be preceded by a write-down or a con...chevron_right

This commentary analyzes the April 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections in Macedonia, which it concludes were efficiently administered, not free and unfair. In leading up to this conclusion, ...chevron_right

This paper calls for an EU Police Mission to the Ukraine to act as a stabilization force in critical areas that have remained disturbance-free but are vulnerable to destabilization from neighboring ar...chevron_right

This commentary assesses the impact of the EU's 'big bang' enlargement of 2004 on the Union's foreign policy ten years later. The author finds that the experience and expertise of the new member state...chevron_right

This commentary calls on the EU to urgently enforce the April 17th Geneva Quad agreement to address the disintegrating situation in Ukraine. The author further proposes a peacekeeping operation by a j...chevron_right

This paper discusses developments in the global over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market since the 2008 global financial crisis.chevron_right

This paper examines the challenges facing the EU regarding data retention following the April 2014 judgment in the Digital Rights Ireland case by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), whi...chevron_right

This paper examines the extent to which the Lisbon Treaty, brought into force in 2009, increased the European Parliament’s (EP) capacity to influence the EU’s trade policy. The authors argue that alth...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of the main steps in the legislative and regulatory systems of the EU and the US with the purpose of informing the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment negotiations...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of some of the main issues surrounding the 2014 European Parliament elections, including concerns over voter turnout, the quality of candidates, the expected gains by e...chevron_right

This paper looks at the part carbon markets could play in a new international climate change agreement, to be finalized in Paris in 2015. It also examines whether carbon markets have a role to play in...chevron_right

This paper examines the role played by the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) program in the decline in the differences between the yields of bonds with different credi...chevron_right

This paper explores the relationship between domestic demand and export activity in six eurozone countries. The authors argue that the strength of this relationship depends on firms' capacity constrai...chevron_right

This commentary examines the prospects political parties in the Netherlands have in the May 2014 European Parliament elections. In particular, the author examines the level of support for the country'...chevron_right