Publications

The economic consequences of the wall are still visible twenty years after its fall. East Germany is still visibly different from West Germany: income per capita remains much lower and unemployment mu...chevron_right

Turkish foreign policy is changing under the AKP government, and particularly under the current Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, an international relations scholar keenly aware of Turkey’s central p...chevron_right

This brief analyzes the opportunities for EU-Moldova relations and for the Eastern Partnership that followed the 2008 elections in Moldova. The author argues that Moldova could serve as a laboratory f...chevron_right

By finally signing the Lisbon Treaty, Czech President Václav Klaus brought to an anti-climatic close years of protracted and often acrimonious negotiations to overhaul the European Union's institution...chevron_right

Having recently spent some time in all five states of Central Asia on a project monitoring the EU's strategy there, I am persuaded that the regional dimension to this strategy needs reconsideration.chevron_right

The author argues that as the European Union sets out an ambitious agenda in its Central Asian strategy, its support for education may be used to raise awareness of Europe and help states create natio...chevron_right

This paper examines whether the loss of confidence among European citizens in public institutions and free market principles following the financial crisis is a temporary or permanent phenomenon. If p...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the effect that measures such as the Returns Directive has on the external relations and image of the EU abroad. It also scrutinizes the way in which member states are implementing...chevron_right

This brief analyzes the state of the EU Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH). It discusses REACH's milestones and the difficulties o...chevron_right

This paper argues that policymaking at the trans-Atlantic level is increasingly taking place through informal networks. Drawing from empirical examples of EU–US cooperation on data protection in the c...chevron_right

This policy brief focuses on issues related to technology and border security within the context of the draft document of the EU's Stockholm program. It questions the narrow remit of the program - EU ...chevron_right

This paper examines the increasing isolation of President Vaclav Klaus and his allies within Czech political circles. It argues that the twin pressures of domestic vote utilization and socialization ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the draft document of the Stockholm program, which emphasizes technology in EU security policies, focusing on issues related to border security. It reflects an endorsement of tend...chevron_right

This paper contends that the ethical framework of the security field is an increasingly complex and dynamic subject. The author shows the multi-variable dimensions of the shifts in security, which dem...chevron_right

This paper reviews the reforms and paradoxes that exist within the agricultural sector of Central Asian countries. It examines the reforms by country, the mixed results of land reforms and the dilemma...chevron_right