Publications

This report addresses the illegal practice of extraordinary renditions and unlawful detentions by foreign security services on European territory with the alleged involvement of certain EU member stat...chevron_right

This report studies the role of political Islam in Turkey. The authors examine the evolution of the Islamist-oriented Justice and Development Party (AKP) as well as the AKP's relation with the EU. The...chevron_right

This article on political Islam and Europe raises the question of how actors such as the EU and the US can deal with Islamists who reject violence, embrace democracy and outperform their competitors a...chevron_right

This policy brief explores the changing political landscape in Turkmenistan after the death of President Niyazov in December 2006. The author sketches the political history of the country, considers t...chevron_right

This policy brief outlines the market for financial market data, the provisions of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the implementing measures regarding financial data and data consol...chevron_right

This paper examines the EU’s review of its involvement in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, aiming at developing a new Strategy on Central Asia. The author welcomes the ...chevron_right

This paper examines the proposal to incorporate into EU law parts of the 2005 Prüm Treaty on cross-border cooperation. It summarizes the concerns raised in an earlier paper and comments on how they ha...chevron_right

This paper assesses the 2006 EU-US agreement regulating the exchange of airline passenger records. This replaces the 2004 agreement, which was found to be inadequately protecting personal data by the ...chevron_right

This paper addresses questions related to the issue of integrated border management and seeks to assess the role and limits of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the ...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the experiences gathered with the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), distinguishing between "willing," "passive," "reluctant" and "excluded" EU partner countries. The authors arg...chevron_right

This paper addresses the Russian-Algerian rapprochement in the gas industry and European fears of cartelization of the gas market as a result. The author examines the technical feasibility of a gas ca...chevron_right

This paper addresses the issue of the increasing infringement of European football supporters’ civil rights and liberties since the mid-1980s. According to the author, the analysis of the national and...chevron_right

This task force report presents policy conclusions and recommendations for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for the post-2012 period. It tests the performance of four different design models (a c...chevron_right

Politicians and business leaders in the industrially advanced world are realizing that the fears and insecurity generated amongst the public by globalization and technological change may pose a threat...chevron_right

This report explores the specific features of enclave economies, focusing on the Russian Kaliningrad region. The paper argues that economic openness is a prerequisite for an enclave’s prosperity and t...chevron_right