European Union

Opinion – The Coming of Age of the European Union’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

Shreya Sinha • May 19 2021 • Articles

It is imperative for EU to not succumb into irrelevance by becoming a toothless tiger in order to eventually be a truly strategic global geopolitical actor.

Interview – Erik Jones

E-International Relations • May 6 2021 • Features

Erik Jones talks about the EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, multinational governance, economic disparities, and the future of European integration.

EU Policy on Internal Security and the Subsidiarity Principle

Hartmut Aden • Apr 5 2021 • Articles

The fate of security cooperation in the future depends upon the development of old and new trans-border threats that may trigger intensified cooperation, and on the wish to maintain sovereignty.

Subsidiarity Versus Solidarity? EU Asylum and Immigration Policy

Marco Balboni • Mar 29 2021 • Articles

An effort should be made to find a balance between measures which have to be adopted at a central or coordinated level and measures which need to remain in the hands of governments.

The Subsidiarity Principle in EU Environmental Law

Sian Affolter • Mar 26 2021 • Articles

The principle of subsidiarity in EU environmental law suggests a distinction between actions aiming for genuine environmental protection and actions aiming primarily at market integration.

The Subsidiarity Principle and European Refugee Law

Ralf Alleweldt • Mar 23 2021 • Articles

Subsidiarity may be a strong argument in the political debate on draft legislative proposals as it is unlikely that new asylum legislation will contain any disproportionate or unreasonable demands.

Subsidiarity: A Principle for Global Trade Governance?

Günter Walzenbach • Mar 20 2021 • Articles

If global governance is to be more than a proxy for a bargain between powerful states, the calibration associated with further codification seems inevitable.

Subsidiarity and European Governance: Export and Investment Promotion Agencies

Maximilian Bossdorf • Mar 19 2021 • Articles

The concept of subsidiarity works as a compass steering the fluid transfer of authority in promotion systems with strong vertical dynamics.

European Foreign Policy and the Realities of Subsidiarity

Jörg Michael Dostal • Mar 17 2021 • Articles

The cases of Libya, Iraq and Syria show the consequences of traditional power politics in Europe have closely aligned with US foreign policy and embedded in transatlantic networks.

Subsidiarity and Trafficking in Human Beings

Marco Borraccetti • Mar 14 2021 • Articles

A revised Anti-Trafficking Directive must come to terms with the demand and supply side of a criminal transaction by changing the wider environment that facilitates trafficking in human beings.

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