Economic determinants of economic integration agreements (EIAs) have received ample attention in the economic literature. Political motivations for such agreements have been mostly studied as functions of domestic politics or in the context of conflict. In this paper I suggest a different...

Es werden die Integrationsmöglichkeiten der baltischen Staaten im Europa der 90er Jahre untersucht. Um Kriterien für einen möglichen Weg in die Europäische Union zu erarbeiten, wird die Süderweiterung der Gemeinschaft in den 80er Jahren um Griechenland, Portugal und Spanien eingehend...

Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our analysis based on the different strategies of Russia...