Wilfried Martens Centre For European Studies: 34 books
Refuelling Europe
A Roadmap for completing the Single Energy Market
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The Ukraine crisis has reignited debate in Europe surrounding the EU’s lack of a fully functioning single energy market. It has brought home to all member states the general need for a more coordinated energy policy, even though they may differ on aspects of what needs to be done. This...
EU Economic Governance
The French and German Views
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
One could view the current crisis as an opportunity to make up for past mistakes or past reluctance to do what was necessary. This was the approach adopted by the European institutions when they came up with their proposals on economic governance. This paper aims to provide an insight into the thinking...
by Svante Cornell
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Georgia is unquestionably the most open polity of the South Caucasus, and its political development will be a bell-wether for the prospects of democratic development across Eurasia. This research paper analyses the achievements and shortcomings of the Rose Revolution era as well as the prospects for...
Green Energy - Green Business
New Financial and Policy Instruments for Sustainable Growth in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
The European Union, as an early proponent of the shift to alternative forms of energy, has taken impressive efforts in promoting green business and environmental reform. Where does the EU stand today in its transition towards a sustainable economic model built on green business? What challenges do...
Trust(ing) in Europe?
How increased social capital can contribute to economic development
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
This report surveys recent works in political economy showing that trust—and civic capital more generally—matter for various aspects of economic well-being and presents new evidence from European countries showing that trust has deteriorated considerably in those European countries that have been...
All Tomorrow's Parties
The Changing Face of European Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Political parties are continually under pressure, due to changes in societies, technologies and politics as a whole. But at the moment, Europe is on the threshold of a new environment that is changing the face of political parties themselves. The picture has elements both optimistic (concerning the...
by Salome Samadashvili
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) Initiative is the bridge which connects Europe to the countries in its eastern neighbourhood. Those countries were left out of the cycle of peaceful development, which the European project brought to the continent following the Second World War. It aspires to transform...
Transatlantic Free Trade
An Agenda for Jobs, Growth and Global Trade Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
This paper presents the case for deepened trade and investment policy cooperation between the European Union and the United States. A trade deal between the two economic powers has become an increasingly popular notion, particularly given increased competition from China. Old arguments against a transatlantic...
Rethinking the Bomb
Europe and Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The question of what Europe’s nuclear strategy should be is rarely discussed. While Europe continues to play a crucial role on issues relating to non-proliferation, particularly in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme, nuclear strategy is generally considered to be within remit of Russia,...
Political Islam in Europe and the Mediterranean
Three contributions
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Political Islam is becoming increasingly important to European politicians and policymakers. This research paper gathers together three edited papers from the event ‘The Atlantic Seminar: Understanding Political Islam’, organised by the CES and the Political Academy of the Austrian People’s...
After Their Establishment
Right-wing Populist Parties in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Right-wing populist parties have developed into a stable institution and a long-term feature of European politics. Again and again they prove themselves capable of gaining electoral success at national level. Yet right-wing populist parties rarely succeed in coming into government, and even if they...
by Kostas Ifantis
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Europe’s need for a more effective and coordinated maritime border control policy has been widely recognised. Migratory pressures on southern European borders pose an enormous to EU policymakers. National and EU law enforcement and counterterrorism agencies need cooperate more closely in order to...
Muzzling the Bear
Strategic Defence for Russia's Undeclared Information War on Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Russia has once again positioned itself as an adversary of the West and issued a new challenge to European security at its borders. It is also ideologically challenging the Western model of political and economic liberalism. How the EU responds to this challenge might define Europe for the foreseeable...
Dawn of the Drones
Europe's Security Response to the Cyber Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
In the twenty-first century, Europe faces disruptive technological developments that have an immediate impact on its societies. The historyof mankind has seen several of these disruptions, such as the inventions of gunpowder, aircraft, tanks, weapons of mass destruction and missiles. ...