Publications

The essay talks about the emergence and development of East Asian economic cooperation and market-driven integration. In particular, it focuses on the divergent positions on such integration in Europe...chevron_right

Drawing lessons from the banking crisis in Cyprus, this commentary looks at the importance of communication as a policy tool. A good communication strategy anchors expectations and builds credibility....chevron_right

This publication discusses European banking system reform. The author argues that delinking banks from the sovereign (or rather their own sovereign) should be in the interest of all policymakers becau...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the EU enlargement agenda with a special focus on Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo. It looks at the status of accession negotiations with each of these countrieschevron_right

This brief reviews key aspects of the new financial regulatory paradigm from a transatlantic perspective. It focuses on the legislative response by the EU and US to the financial crisis and the G-20 c...chevron_right

In this commentary, the author discusses the crisis in the Cypriot banking sector. He calls the precedents being set in the Cypriot banking case “troubling” and reflective of a lack of clarity and con...chevron_right

The European Parliament has probably won a Pyrrhic victory with its position on bank bonuses, argues the author in this commentary. In return, EU member states got what they wanted with the new Capita...chevron_right

This article explores the relation between the Slovak Republic and Czech Republic twenty years after the Velvet Revolution. Two decades on, there appear to be few differences between the two republics...chevron_right

This commentary addresses the German economic model and questions if the model is suitable for other EU members to follow. Ten years ago Germany was considered to be the sick man of Europe. Its econom...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the Tunisian political and economic crisis that followed the fall of Ben Ali and the EU's role in stabilizing the country. Since ousting its dictator divisions have proved to...chevron_right

This paper looks at the EU’s development assistance to the southern and eastern Mediterranean region since 1995, and provides insights into the future of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. It then re...chevron_right

This policy paper looks at future trends in population growth at the regional and national levels in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs). It also analyzes trends in working age popula...chevron_right

This paper assesses the practical uses and misuses of the European Arrest Warrant system in the European Union. It examines the main quantitative results achieved by this new extradition system betwee...chevron_right

This analysis of regulatory convergence shows that substantial improvements have been made in the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs). However, the authors also stress that these coun...chevron_right

This report assesses the impact of regulatory reform on the dynamics of bank efficiency and convergence for a large sample of countries in the EU and southern Mediterranean region over the period 1997...chevron_right