Publications

This officially issued document features comprehensive information on the proposed defense expenditures and military spending of the US government for the fiscal year of 2006. The document features nu...chevron_right

This paper outlines the problems of civilian firearm possession and the situation regarding small arms worldwide. Among other things, it estimates that 60 per cent of the global stockpile of small arm...chevron_right

This paper focuses on two particular EU policies towards non-EU members in Northern Europe: the Northern Dimension (ND) initiative and the European Economic Area (EEA). Both are being analyzed in ligh...chevron_right

This policy brief investigates the decision-making impact of admitting Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and Croatia into the EU-25, focusing on the EU's "capacity to act" and the power distribution among th...chevron_right

This paper argues that the current EU budget isn't an effective instrument to implement the priorities of an expanding and deepening the European Union. Radical changes are needed in order to endow th...chevron_right

This publication examines the 2005 World Economic Forum (WEF), which adopted themes usually promoted by NGOs, namely development, poverty, equity and environment. The authors of this report focus part...chevron_right

The Global Corruption Report 2005 was published by Transparency International and focuses on corruption in construction and post-conflict reconstruction. It features a number of papers written by expe...chevron_right

The article takes stock of the contradictory body of literature on the environmental causes of violent inter-group conflict in developing countries. It reviews key scholarly works of the environmental...chevron_right

This working examines the EU's credibility problem in the Middle East. The author argues that the EU's relations with Israel and the Palestinian Authority display a divergence between rhetoric and con...chevron_right

In der vorliegenden Studie analysiert der Autor die Nuklearwaffendebatte in der Schweiz von 1958 bis zur Unterzeichnung des Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) im November 1969. Die Studie untersuc...chevron_right

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the International Climate Change Taskforce, a consortium established by three think tanks - the Institute for Public Policy Research in the Uni...chevron_right

The 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction was convened by decision of the UN General Assembly, with the objective of improving management of disasters through increasing the reliability and ava...chevron_right

This officially issued document features detailed information on the defense expenditures and military spending of the Latvian government for 2005. The document includes numerical facts and figures.chevron_right

This officially issued annual report features detailed information on the defense activities and military spending of the New Zealand government for the fiscal year of 2005. The report includes numeri...chevron_right

This officially issued document features detailed information on the defense expenditures and military spending of the Polish government for 2005. The document includes numerical facts and figures.chevron_right