Publications

This Policy Brief analyses the shortcomings of the Parliament’s current Rules of Procedure and provides suggestions as to how it can improve both its dealings with lobbyists and the rules governing Me...chevron_right

While the departure of Ben Ali is an important step towards Tunisia’s political change, the fate of its democratic transition remains uncertain. In light of these changes and challenges, this paper fi...chevron_right

This paper first highlights the factors underpinning the former stability of Mubarak’s regime; it then assesses the causes of its underlying unsustainability, leading to the anti-government popular mo...chevron_right

Drawing on the elections that took place in 3rd April 2011, this commentary addresses the political landscape and the prospects for democratization in Kazakhstan. President Nazarbayev who has been at ...chevron_right

Two years after the London G-20, the EU is well advanced in delivering upon the commitments made for the 2013 target date. Important steps were taken on the institutional side, and regulatory changes ...chevron_right

This paper argues that while institutional quality is a pre-requisite for successful and sustainable socioeconomic performance, this cannot be achieved unless major reforms in the political system are...chevron_right

This paper examines the reasons behind the considerable complications facing the project to develop a new, second generation version of the Schengen Information System (SIS II). Despite the centrality...chevron_right

In April 2011, France reintroduced internal border checks with Italy to prevent mobility by North African immigrants with temporary residence permits issued by Italy. This paper examines the compatibi...chevron_right

This policy brief reviews and evaluates the performance of the EU-Central Asia structured human rights dialogues to date, paying specific attention to the shortcomings of the existing practices. It al...chevron_right

This policy brief uses the EU’s relations with Central Asian states as a filter to assess Kazakhstan’s performance as the OSCE's chairman in 2012.chevron_right

After numerous delays, the European Commission's second Raw Materials Communication has now been published. Initially foreseen for November 2010 under the guidance of Enterprise and Industry Commissio...chevron_right

Culminating an almost unprecedented tour de force of Council meetings in various formations, the European Council reached agreement on a comprehensive economic policy package on March 24-25th 2011 t...chevron_right

After the Greek public debt crisis and the bilateral loans to Greece from the other members of the European Monetary Union (EMU), in May 2010 the Ecofin Council launched the European Financial Stabili...chevron_right

At the European Council on 11 March 2011, EU leaders agreed to the outlines of a new mechanism to deal with eurozone debt problems after the current mechanism expires in 2013. The mechanism is a conti...chevron_right

The recent cycle of revolutions in Arab countries has caught policy-makers and experts off guard. The decades-long kleptocracy, systemic corruption, economic stagnation and censorship are merely some ...chevron_right