Publications

This paper examines the foreign policy behavior of the EU vis-à-vis China, India, Russia and the US. The authors detail how a normative foreign policy is rigorously defined as one that is normative a...chevron_right

This publication addresses the adaption to climate change, a relatively new focus for research and policy communities. Drawing from ongoing actor-based research, the authors report on the knowledge ba...chevron_right

This paper examines the role and position of China as a normative foreign policy actor. The author states that even though China's policy behavior is often judged in terms of its compliance with weste...chevron_right

This paper provides background information on the likely challenges the economic and political rise of China and India will pose for the economy of the EU. The author describes what kind of trading pa...chevron_right

This publication examines the application of economic assessment tools in analyzing the impact of climate change. The authors argue that climate change can be analyzed analogously to change in economi...chevron_right

This publication discusses ways for the EU to engage with the Central Asian countries. The authors examine relations between the EU and the former Soviet states of Central Asia and track the evolution...chevron_right

This book features contributions that examine some of the most difficult and controversial questions that global climate change negotiators face on the way to a "Copenhagen Protocol" in 2009 and beyon...chevron_right

This publication explores the possible development of global foreign policy and normative foreign policy actors for the 21st century. The contributors apply an analytical grid to case studies of the a...chevron_right

This report discusses global sectoral industry approaches to climate change. The authors address both opportunities and challenges of such approaches. First, the authors create a typology of sectoral ...chevron_right

This paper summarizes the main issues at hand in the internet neutrality debate and the views expressed by advocates and opponents of the neutrality principle. The problem is described from a multi-si...chevron_right

World leaders have just finished intensive discussions on how best to reduce emissions of CO2. The agreement reached at Bali represents only a 'road map', which should make it easier to attaining the ...chevron_right

With one-day delay and high drama, more than 180 countries of the international community on 15 December 2007 agreed on a negotiations mandate for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which is hoped...chevron_right

This report focuses on sector-wide, transnational approaches that aim to engage a sector on a broad international basis in order to tackle global climate change. It includes purely industry-based init...chevron_right

This paper sets out a conceptual framework for exploring which states act as "normative foreign policy actors," whereas "normative" is defined as being strongly based on international law and institut...chevron_right

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's approach to tackling public health issues, using asthma as a case example. The authors show how the EU can – and does – exert substantial influ...chevron_right