European Union

Interview – William Maley

E-International Relations • Aug 23 2018 • Features

Prof. William Maley discusses responses to the refugee crisis, the effect of the state system on the crisis, Afghanistan’s future and his advice to young scholars.

European Union Migration Law and Policy

Benjamin Hulme and Dora Kostakopoulou • Aug 22 2018 • Articles

Future developments in the asylum policy will rely on the EU being able to reconcile the often opposing interests at play in such a politically-sensitive area.

Legal Responses to the EU Migrant Crisis: Too Little, Too Late?

Jenny Poon • Aug 19 2018 • Articles

To properly safeguard the rights of asylum claimants and refugees, regional courts should play a larger role in the adjudication of asylum decisions.

Review: The Political Economy of European Security

Antonio Calcara • Aug 15 2018 • Features

A timely and very innovative analysis of the relationships between interest groups and EU institutions in the fields of justice, home affairs and defence.

Interview – João Aguiar Machado

E-International Relations • Jul 5 2018 • Features

João Aguiar Machado discusses the European Union’s Common Fishing Policy and his thoughts on environmental sustainability, particularly in the Black Sea Region.

European Defence at a Crossroads

Robert Clark • Jun 29 2018 • Articles

The recent emergence of the EU as a regional defence actor is gradually eroding the notion of the traditional Anglo-American driven European defence leadership of NATO.

Towards a New Cold War?

Taras Kuzio and Paul D’Anieri • Jun 23 2018 • Articles

Russia’s position requires that the West acquiesce to a Russian ‘sphere of influence’. In the EU, sensitivities about a ‘new Yalta’ will make that hard to accept.

Eurocentrism and the Construction of the ‘Non-West’

Zeynep Gülşah Çapan • Jun 19 2018 • Articles

The rearticulations of spatio-temporal hierarchies that temporarily situate Europe ahead of everyone enables the reproduction of Eurocentrism as a system of knowledge.

The Causes and Consequences of Russia’s Actions towards Ukraine

Taras Kuzio and Paul D’Anieri • Jun 16 2018 • Articles

Scholars writing about the Russia-Ukraine conflict face a choice in perspectives that is likely to lead them to being criticised no matter what they do.

Brexit and the Fight against Terrorism in the United Kingdom

Olayinka Ajala • May 31 2018 • Articles

The exit of the UK from the EU will strengthen the resolve of the country to combat terrorism not only within its borders but within the European community as a whole.

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