Publications

In a reaction to the European Commission’s paper “Building a Capital Markets Union”, this commentary offers a distinct perspective on the direction in which the EU’s financial market should develop. T...chevron_right

This paper looks at the evolution of the concept of eco-innovation and its role in the EU's sustainable development policy. The authors also examine the different measurement approaches and challenges...chevron_right

This commentary looks at what the author sees as the key lessons for the EU's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) that emerged from the May 2015 Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga. These are 1) that th...chevron_right

This commentary examines the European Commission's Digital Single Market strategy to assess the barriers to achieving a true Digital Union in the EU. It first looks at the aims and objectives of the s...chevron_right

This paper discusses why, unlike in Ireland and Portugal, Greece's economy has not recovered following the austerity measures imposed by the European Commission, European Central Bank and the IMF. The...chevron_right

This paper argues that the European economic governance system requires mechanisms to help prevent instability in the event of economic downturns, and that one option that should be considered is an u...chevron_right

This paper discusses the implications of the UK's May 7, 2015 general election results for the country and the EU as well as what Prime Minister David Cameron might propose to the Union to fulfill his...chevron_right

This paper discusses the role which the EU could play in the upcoming December 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21 or CMP11). More specifically, the author examines 1) the ge...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the difficulties Greece faces over capital flight and outlines a proposal for how the Greek government could limit capital flight.chevron_right

This paper outlines the reasons why the EU should invest in energy-saving schemes for households in Ukraine as well as a program for such investment. The authors argue that such an investment - which ...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of the reasons why the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted a policy of quantitative easing (QE) in March 2015, the challenges of using QE, and preliminary evidence of t...chevron_right

In the wake of the drowning of some 900 immigrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in April 2015 and with a view to the upcoming extraordinary EU Summit on April 23rd, this commentary argues tha...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the EU's reaction to a 2015 scandal involving a vast wiretapping operation that provides evidence of alleged corruption by the Macedonian government. The author argues that l...chevron_right

This paper examines the ongoing debates on the role that the concept of net neutrality - which includes the need to preserve the Internet as a space open to innovation and the freedom of users to acce...chevron_right

This policy brief examines the February 9th, 2014 referendum result in Switzerland that voted in favor of imposing quotas on the number of EU citizens who are allowed to move to the country. In partic...chevron_right