, because of their interdependence, national measures have become instruments of a general race to externalise. The result has … turned out to be negative and corresponds to a 'race-to-the-bottom'. This negative result can be observed at two levels …

The eastern enlargement of the EU provides an excellent vantage point to examine the interplay of EU identity and … on enlargement as the result of EU norms and identity. They therefore neglect that the EU's enlargement policy practice … itself is a case of EU identity formation that has a causal impact on European foreign policy. This paper argues that the EU …

The empirical literature has established a strong link between the fact of being a Muslim-dominated country and … indicators of political performance and democracy. This suggests the possible existence of a relation between religion, Islam in … sort of argument and show that there is a systematic misconception about the true nature of the relationship between Islam …