Publications

This book explores the relationship between the EU and Russia with a special focus on the developments after the expiration of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in fall 2007. The book presents...chevron_right

This publication addresses the EU securities market landscape after the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). The authors argue that the impact of MiFID extends beyond IT and compliance,...chevron_right

This paper attempts to unravel elements of the problem of communicating security to citizens in the EU and to show how it is tangled up in the misleading dichotomous rhetoric of security or liberty. T...chevron_right

This study asks whether EU policies, such as those on security of supply, energy efficiency or support to new energy technologies, sufficiently take into account benefits in a dynamic perspective or w...chevron_right

This paper explores how the deepening of relations between the European Union and its neighbors in the east, southeast and south shapes the conceptual political and strategic map of the wider Europea...chevron_right

This special report is an extensive inquiry into justice and home affairs (JHA) issues at the EU level. With an emphasis on practical and operational problems and solutions, the inquiry covers a wide ...chevron_right

This report analyzes the prevalence of good and poor health in Poland as well as the impact of self-assessed health on the use of health care services. It gives special attention to the effect of popu...chevron_right

This report details the morbidity and health status of Estonia's population since 1995. It also discusses basic data concerning the Estonian health care system, its financing and utilization patterns....chevron_right

This research report analyzes the prevalence of good and poor health and the related use of medical services by individuals in different age groups in Hungary. It describes morbidity owing to specific...chevron_right

This report presents health status and morbidity figures for the Bulgarian population, emphasizing developments in the 1990s during the country’s transition period. Using statistical data, it offers a...chevron_right

This paper examines the legal and political implications of France’s draft law on the Armenian genocide that penalizes the denial of the existence of the genocide. It briefly summarizes the articles o...chevron_right

This paper argues that the January 2006 gas cut off in the Ukraine encouraged EU policymakers and the media to focus on the wrong Russian gas issue. The paper considers the extent of the likely gas de...chevron_right

This briefing sheds light on Russia’s new soft power ambitions by explaining the Russian comprehension of “sovereign democracy.” The author describes the differences between the Western and Eastern un...chevron_right

The European Union now realises that developing countries are affected by more than just the EU's aid policies. Trade, agriculture, environment, migration and many other policies have an impact, but i...chevron_right

This paper examines the enlargement process of the EU, which has hit a roadblock after the constitution failed to be ratified. The authors analyze the political attitudes and the public opinion. In a ...chevron_right