Recalibrating CSDP-NATO relations: the real pivot
In an age of major power shifts, which we know from history always to be particularly dangerous, different scenarios are possible; the only promising one is that of more and […]
Publications
Dealing with land issues and conflict in eastern Congo: towards an integrated and participatory approach
This briefing is a revised version of the note ‘Land Issues and Conflict in Eastern DRC’, prepared for the DRC Affinity Group and published by the Social Science Research Council. […]
Assessing the single supervisory mechanism: passing the point of no return for Europe’s Banking Union
With the aim of breaking the negative feedback loop between Europe’s financial and sovereign debt crises, the EU decided to create a common supervisory framework for the banking sector: the […]
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Transitional Justice and Democratisation Processes in sub-Saharan Africa
The relationship between transitional justice and democracy is complex and contested. Enquiring into the nature of this relationship requires a greater focus on issues of institutional design of transitional justice […]
Don’t complicate it even further: Macroeconomic conditionality as a substitute for new structural reform contracts
The idea of introducing contracts between Member States and the EU on structural reforms has its merits, it also has several disadvantages. Most notably, the contracts risk rendering European economic […]
And what will Europe do? The European Council and military strategy
Important decisions on Europe’s military capabilities are expected from the December 2013 European Council. But why? What do Europeans actually want to do with their capabilities? The answer to that […]