The attacks in Mombasa of November 2002 have drawn attention to a region of the world that had been considered a minor stage in the fight against terrorism following September 11, namely sub-Saharan Africa. The alliance against terrorism previously limited its efforts in this area to preventing...

The recent relief action carried out by the organization Cap Anamur in the Mediterranean Sea has met considerable response in the German media. It did not only result in a debate on the treatment of refugees from Africa and on the EU asylum policy but also on the situation of the refugees'...

The enlargement policy of the European Union (EU) has reached an impasse both politically and conceptually. The accession of Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania is now considered a warning against the overhasty admission of new members. Accession negotiations with Croatia and Turkey have been dragging...

Times are changing. While the EU's neighbours in the South are on the move, the East is stagnating or rolling back. The EU is reconsidering its strategy and policy towards its neighbours and is trying to make a second attempt to marry democratisation and stability in the South and East. The...

While academia and think tanks are busy discussing the aims and possible outlines of a "global EU strategy", it is suggested here to focus on what is often called the EU's "own geography", where the EU is expected to - or determined to - take on "responsibilities". While talk about areas or...

Moscow's hegemonic stance on the post-Soviet space and its provocations in Ukraine force the European Union to find strategic clarity in its eastern neighbourhood. Often in the midst of discontinuous internal reform processes, the countries to the Union's east find themselves hanging between a...