The paper explores the economic implications of the possible Turkish accession to the European Union. It focuses on three main changes associated with Turkish membership: (i) accession to the internal European Market; (ii) institutional reforms in Turkey triggered by EU membership; and (iii)...

At the December 2003 European Council, EU Heads of State and Government adopted a European Security Strategy, with a view to assisting necessary prioritisation and further elaboration of EU foreign policy activities. The Strategy document identifies the key security challenges facing Europe in...

Das "Deutsche Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit" der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) ist eine unabhängige wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, die auf der Grundlage eigener, praxisbezogener Forschung den Deutschen Bundestag und die Bundesregierung in allen Fragen der Außen-...

The programme, ‘Solidarity between Civilisations’ was thought of as the EU’s response to the most difficult challenge to the XXIst century, terrorism (actually I used the expression pseudo-Islamic terrorism, just to underline the fact that those who kill in name of God are no part of any...