New publication: “Integration” Special issue on Europe’s value by the Institut für Europäische Politik e.V. (IEP). Alternatives to the project […]
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European Parliament’s briefing on Opening of new Arctic shipping routes, August 2010
Neither the Northwest nor the Northeast Passage has so far become important in international shipping. Nevertheless, the prospects should be […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament’s Briefing on Geopolitical assessment of existing data on natural resources, August 2010
The paper assesses the importance of Arctic resources from geopolitical, economic and legal perspectives. It examines estimates of oil and […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament’s Briefing on Impact of EU policies on the High North, August 2010
The EU has an increased interest towards the Arctic. Whether the EU is a relevant actor in this respect, and […]
Read moreFurther Steps Towards a Comprehensive EU Arctic Policy: Is the EU Getting There? by Andreas Raspotnik, Article for The Arctic Institute (co-authored with Kathrin Keil); July 5, 2012
The European Commission and the High Representative have recently issued the EU’s up-to-date Joint Communication on the development of a […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: The issue of solidarity in the European Union, June 2012
by Andreas Raspotnik, Marine Jacob and Laura Ventura The present paper briefly highlight European solidarity, including its public perceptionregarding three […]
Read moreTwo Boats in the Mediterranean and their Unfortunate Encounters with Europe’s Policies towards People on the Move by Leonhard den Hertog in: CEPS Papers in Liberty and Security in Europe, No. 48, July 2012
This paper examines two recent events in which people on the move making their way from Libya to Europe across […]
Read moreEuropean Criminal Justice Post-Lisbon: An Irish Perspective by Eugene Regan SC (ed.), IIEA, 25 July 2012.
This publication examines European criminal justice post-Lisbon, drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners from across the criminal justice spectrum, […]
Read moreTowards an Irish Foreign Policy for Britain by Daithi O’Ceallaigh and James Kilcourse, IIEA, August 2012
Towards an Irish Foreign Policy for Britain by Daithi O’Ceallaigh and James Kilcourse, IIEA, August 2012 The success of Queen […]
Read moreEuropean Security in the 21st Century: The EU’s Comprehensive Approach by Linda Barry, IIEA, 17 July 2012.
This IIEA paper explores the significance of the EU’s comprehensive approach to crisis management. Under this approach the EU takes […]
Read moreInstitut für Europäische Politik, Berlin
Differentiation instead of „one size fits all“ – New impulses for the European Neighbourhood Policy Editors Prof. Dr. Tanja A. […]
Read moreSciences Po, Centre d’études européennes
All the new publications of the CEE team here Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galès, Sociologie de l’action publique, (2e […]
Read moreIstituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Andrea Colombo and E. Greco, Pa Politica estera dell’Italia. Edizione 2012, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012 Michele Comelli, The Image of […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial “About solidarity” June 2012
By Jean-Paul Jacqué At the last Pre-Presidency Conference in Nicosia, TEPSA members took part in a lively discussion on the […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament’s Study on CSDP Missions and Operations – Lessons Learned Processes, June 2012
The first Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) mission was launched in 2003. Since then the EU has launched 24 […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament workshop report on the Responsibility to Protect, March 2012
By Marlene Gottwald Since its endorsement in the UN World Summit Outcome Document in 2005, the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) […]
Read moreElcano Royal Institute
William Chislett, Country’s fall from grace is greatly exaggerated, Opinion – 12 June 2012 Federico Steinberg, A bail-out that leaves […]
Read moreLatest Publications EXACT Fellows
Vanessa Boas, Article, “L’Unione Europea può cooperare con il diavolo turkmeno?” in Meridiani Relazioni Internazionali, 27 April 2012 Bodgana Depo, […]
Read moreFinnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs The latest issue of Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs (Ulkopolitiikka-lehti) was published in early June. […]
Read moreInformation sources in the field of international relations and international integration of Croatia (IMO)
Snježana Ivanović, Informacijski izvori iz međunarodnih odnosa i međunarodna integracija Hrvatske (Information sources in the field of international relations and […]
Read moreSwedish Institute of International Affairs
Jan Joel Andersson and Erik Brattberg, “NATO-toppmötet 2012” [NATO Summit 2012]” UI Brief 12, Stockholm: Swedish Institute of International Affairs, […]
Read moreSciences Po, Centre d’études européennes
All the new publications of the CEE team on the website Pierre Lascoumes and Patrick Le Galès, Sociologie de l’action […]
Read moreThe Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA)
Patrick Keatinge and Ben Tonra, European Security in the 21st Century, 25 April 2012. In this analytical paper published by […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Eastern Partnership, July 2008
TEPSA Brief N° 1 summarizes the main findings and positions regarding the Eastern Partnership. Please download the TEPSA Brief . […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Energy Agency
The second issue is dedicated to the proposal for the establishment of an Agency for Cooperation on Energy Regulators. TEPSA […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Conclusions of the European Council
On 15/16 October 2008 the European Council met for the second time under the French Presidency. While the focus of […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief on the Recommendations to the Czech Presidency, December 2008
TEPSA has a long tradition in offering recommendations to future Presidencies. TEPSA Brief No. 4 thus presents the recommendations from […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: European Leadership
The events of January 2009 reveal a picture which could hardly be more confusing: Whereas in the United States Barack […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: EU’s Baltic strategy
EU’s Baltic strategy: realities of the crisis and the vision of a region by Vadim Kononenko, Finnish Institute of […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Recommendations to the Swedish Presidency – June 2009
The Swedish Pre-Presidency Conference took place on 28 and 29 May 2009 at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief
TEPSA Brief is a monthly policy brief, which informs concisely about current and ongoing policies and developments in the European […]
Read moreTwo commentaries on the reform of the EU courts, December 2011
In 2011, the Court of Justice has proposed this year to add twelve new judges (and cabinets) to the General […]
Read moreHuman Rights in Europe
Speech by Mr. Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, given on 10th March to TEPSA friends.
Read moreEnlarging the European Union: Effects on the new member states and on the EU
by Graham Avery, Anne Faber, Anne Schmidt (eds.) Trans European Policy Studies Association, Brussels, August 2009 The publication represents a […]
Read moreAssessing the Common Spaces between the European Union and Russia
by Krassimir Nikolov (ed.), BECSA in cooperation with TEPSA, Sofia, February 2009. Analyses in this volume are based on research […]
Read moreThe European Neighbourhood Policy. Challenges and Prospects.
by Graham Avery and Yvonne Nasshoven (eds.), Trans European Policy Studies, Brussels, December 2008 The publication represents a collection of […]
Read moreLisbon Treaty
Overview of Publications prepared by the team of Professor Wolfgang Wessels at the University of Cologne.
Read moreIntégrer l’Europe: dans quel but?
Speech of Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, at a Colloquium organised by TEPSA & CIFE in Rome.
Read moreAdapting to Enlargement of the European Union: Institutional Practice since May 2004
by Professor Helen Wallace
Read moreIl nuovo Trattato di riforma UE e la Politica estera e di sicurezza europea: cosa cambia?
by Michele Comelli, in Contributions from specialised Research Institutes, n. 78, October 2007, Service of Affari Internazionali, Senate of Italian […]
Read moreUn passo avanti per la politica estera comune
by Michele Comelli
Read more“Constitution plus” – Renegotiating the Treaty
by Andrew Duff
Read moreDeclaration published by TEPSA in view of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, and its own 33rd anniversary
Revising the European Security Strategy: Arguments for Discussion
by Stefano Silvestri, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, May 2008
Read moreRecommendations to the Spanish Presidency, November 2009
On the occasion of its Pre-Presidency Conference on 24-25 November 2009 at the Spanish Senate, organized by TEPSA’s Spanish member […]
Read moreReflections on the Schuman Declaration by Jean Paul Jacqué, May 2012
9 May 1950 – 9 May 2010 On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Schuman Declaration Professor Jean […]
Read moreEuropean Parliament’s Briefing on consolidating the EU’s Crisis Management Structures: Civil-Military Coordination and the Future of the EU OHQ, May 2010
The performed move from ESDP to CSDP in the Lisbon Treaty is desirable for an increase of coherence in EU’s […]
Read moreRecommendations to the Belgian Presidency, May 2010
During the Belgian Pre-Presidency conference organised in cooperation with the EGE network on 20-21st May 2010, TEPSA Network presented the […]
Read moreRobert Schuman on Hungary and Europe
by Graham Avery, former Secretary General of TEPSA, visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University […]
Read moreLiber Amicorum Professor Jacqué
We congratulate warmly Professor Jean-Paul Jacqué who received the Liber Amicorum on Monday 14th June, “Chemins d’Europe – mélanges en […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The European External Action Service”, July 2010
By Jean Paul Jacqué With only two months delay from the original schedule, the European External Action Service (EEAS) has […]
Read moreEU-27 Watch No. 9 / EU-27Watch.org released
The latest edition of the EU-27 Watch is available free of charge at www.eu-27Watch.org. In this edition, experts on European […]
Read moreElectronic Collection “SPES Policy Papers“ launched
The electronic collection “SPES Policy Papers“ is dedicated to issues of current and future relevance to European foreign and security […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) – September 2010
by Laura Ventura The Treaty of the EU introduced a new dimension of participatory democracy for European citizens. With its […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The role of the European Council on the future of the CFSP”, September 2010
By Jean Paul Jacqué Since the beginning of his mandate, the President of the European Council had pointed out that […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Obstacles to overcome in EU’s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights – December 2010
by Agathe Fadier The Lisbon Treaty entailed important evolution in the field of Human Rights protection in the EU. In […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “Enhanced cooperation”, December 2010
By Jean Paul Jacqué Enhanced cooperation was introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997 and responded to the request […]
Read moreA series of short essays with fresh thinking on the European Union: What the European Union Did Next
“What the European Union Did Next” addresses the intrinsic quality of European cooperation and it finds reason to be cheerful. […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The state of play of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI): the birth of participatory democracy”, February 2011
By Jean Paul Jacqué Under the Belgian Presidency, the European Parliament and the Council reached agreement in first reading on […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: EU energy security – the Russia factor and future prospects for the Southern Corridor, May 2011
By Marco Siddi In the wake of both the uprisings that have destabilized Northern Africa and the nuclear disaster in […]
Read moreUI Occasional Paper No 7: The European Security Strategy: Reinvigorate, Revise or Reinvent?
The EU’s European Security Strategy (ESS) offered the first clear expression of the EU’s global security aims. Eight years later, […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The European Union and the constitutional identity of its member states”, June 2011
by Jean Paul Jacqué Debates on the relationship between EU law and national constitutional law have been around since the […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: The review of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Increasing the coherence and coordination of EU external action?, July 2011
By Simon Stroß, The recent events in the Arab world triggered a call for more democracy in the Southern Neighbourhood […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The current state of EU Affairs”, August 2011
by Jean Paul Jacqué Since this newsletter is published after the summer break, I seize the opportunity to wish you […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “Towards a two-speed Europe?”, December 2011
by Jean Paul Jacqué The last summits of the Eurogroup and the European Council of 9-10 December paved the way […]
Read moreTwo final commentaries on the reform of the EU courts
Last year, the Court of Justice has proposed to add twelve new judges (and cabinets) to the General Court, to […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Time for a new generation of Trade Agreements?, February 2012
by James Nyomakwa-Obimpeh For the past 9 years, the European Union (EU) has been negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on “The Architects in the Kingdom, governance of the euro zone”, February 2012
by Jean Paul Jacqué The Lisbon Treaty has attempted to establish mechanisms for the euro area governance, but the resistance […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Options for EU engagement in post-conflict Libya, March 2012
By Marlene Gottwald The EU’s response to the Libyan crisis has been weak and divided. The EU failed to speak […]
Read moreTEPSA Brief: Libya: A wakeup call for CSDP?, March 2012
By Nicole Koenig In the past couple of years, there has been recurrent talk of ‘CSDP fatigue’. In the wake […]
Read moreCall for Application EXACT Network Seminar on Academic Skills – TEPSA Training 2012
The Call for application of the EXACT Network Seminar on Academic Skills -TEPSA Training 2012 is now open. The EXACT […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial on the EU’s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights, ‘Still one more effort, comrades…’, April 2012
by Jean Paul Jacqué The endless saga of the EU’s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights seemed to […]
Read moreCrossfire in the Parliament: The Commission’s hearings
The new year in Brussels begins right away with a series of events, which many people have been waiting for […]
Read moreTEPSA Newsletter Editorial “Descartes revisited:The Reflections on the Method”, April 2011
by Jean Paul Jacqué Since the Treaty of Lisbon has entered into force, one witnesses the revival of the classical […]
Read moreStudy for the European Parliament: “The EU Foreign Policy towards the BRICS and other Emerging powers: objectives and strategies”
Five years after the launch of the ‘BRIC’ acronym, Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2006 started a process of […]
Read moreStudy for the European Parliament: “The Role of Private Security Companies (PSCs) in CSDP Missions and Operations”
While the hiring of Private Security Companies (PSCs) such as Blackwater by the United States (US) has been the most […]
Read moreStudy for the European Parliament: “The EU as a Global Actor : Its Evolving Role in Multilateral Organizations”
This study explores ways through which the EU could meet ifs full potential as a global actor and, specifically how […]
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