Publications

This paper explores how “equitable” across-the-board budget cuts within education systems typically have disproportionally negative effects on minority educational institutions. That’s because the latter typically have to provide a wider range of programs for their students.chevron_right

This paper examines the various ways in which EU member states helped respond to the refugees and migrants who attempted to enter Europe over the last five years. The text’s authors specifically highlight...chevron_right

This paper speculates on how long the Putin regime will remain in power, the exit strategies it might eventually adopt, and the type of regime that could follow in its wake. As the text’s author sees it...chevron_right

This brief argues that it’s the penetration of Ukraine’s politics by the country’s super-rich oligarchy that is the main obstacle to needed reforms. The text’s author particularly focuses on the judiciary and state-owned enterprises to illustrate...chevron_right

This paper focuses on the failure of the EU to exploit three diplomatic tools -- regional processes, mobility partnerships, and readmission agreements -- to curb irregular migration into Europe. To re...chevron_right

This paper makes the case for a "European Refugee Union" where the funding, organization and regulation of refugee flows would be centralized at the European level. To substantiate his idea further, the text’s author highlights five elements the union would need in order to function properly.chevron_right

The EU’s military training and capacity building efforts in Africa have yielded “very modest” results so far. So, what’s going wrong and why? This EUISS report reminds us that Africa’s armies are too diverse to respond to a single, normative developmental model, especially given their past histories and the roles they have performed.chevron_right

The rise of Islamic terrorism on both sides of the Atlantic has led to ever-closer cooperation between the European Union and the US. This Alert specifically looks at the prospects and problems of res...chevron_right

While developing its new Global Strategy on foreign and security policy, the EU has carried out a wide-ranging outreach and consultation process. Here are the results of one such effort where 50 well-known analysts and commentators give their opinion on the priorities the forthcoming strategy should address and how.chevron_right

This brief argues us that in the Levant water is becoming a growing source of instability and potential conflict. More specifically, the text's authors explain 1) the ‘how and why’ of this problem; 2)...chevron_right

This brief explores how migration, tourism and terrorism are increasingly overlapping with each other. More specifically, the text's author contends that Western governments and businesses established...chevron_right

This brief contends that when it comes to combating radicalization in the Horn of Africa, the concept/template known as Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) represents “a fledging approach.” Yes, CVE im...chevron_right

This brief describes how China’s and India’s relations with African nations are slowly expanding beyond the exchange of raw materials for manufactured goods, particularly in the security sphere. Regar...chevron_right

China’s army-centric military structure, which is based on a 1950s Soviet model, has long been incompatible with the country’s status as the world’s second largest economy. This Alert explains how Bei...chevron_right

This alert discusses the problems the EU faces in promoting security sector reform (SSR). They include 1) the resistance that inevitably occurs when such programs “reshuffle” a nation’s internal polit...chevron_right