Even though the efforts to foster global economic governance have been a longstanding issue of global economic policies, their effectiveness has been questioned by the current crisis. The crisis has revealed many systemic issues that would require global solutions on the one hand, but on the...

Príspevok sa zaoberá integračným procesom západného Balkánu do Európskej únie. Prvá časť je venovaná integračnému procesu a výhodám, ktoré ďalšie rozširovanie prináša tak Európskej únii ako aj novým členským krajinám. Ďalej článok opisuje súčasné postavenie...

Aktuálnosť výskumu problematiky postavenia malých štátov v Európskej únii a malých ostrovných rozvojových štátov (tzv. krajín SIDS) vychádza z jej akútnosti. Príspevok si o.i. kladie za cieľ prispieť do diskusie o možnostiach znížiť vysokú mieru zraniteľnosti malých...

In this article, the author first sums up basic premises that the energy policy of the Russian Federation builds upon; then, using Russian politicians´ and experts´ statements, he shows how this policy is perceived in Russia these days. After that, he sums up briefly the extent and importance...

The European Commission is going to discuss a revision of Directive 2003/96/ EC, restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity. The first proposals include a new energy taxation system, where the current energy tax is divided into two components - an...

The text deals with the position of small countries, defined as countries with populations under 16 million, in today's globalized world. Their advantages and disadvantages, but especially the opportunities that globalization offers these countries, are discussed. Small countries can overcome...

Článek se zabývá fenoménem tzv. nového regionalismu jako jednoho z významných procesů v současné světové ekonomice. Pojem nový regionalismus označuje novou fázi regionalismu od poloviny 80. let, která je charakteristická jak kvantitativními, tak především kvalitativními...

As a consequence of the new regionalism a marked increase in the number of regional groupings can be observed which makes the preferential relations between states even more complicated and complex. One of such complex relationships, which did not come to being during the third wave of...

Future of the European Union and its future directions should be the most important subject of the European Studies, which combine studies of Economy, Political Science, International Relations and other disciplines to study the European Integration Process in its complexity. This applies...

The paper deals with questions connected with the present situation on the world oil market. First, we shortly focus on the context and the historical development of the prices of oil and the reactions of the market subjects. We discuss general factors on the oil market. And then we apply these...