"Based on the example of the posting of workers in the construction industry, this paper examines what impact the opening up of the European Single Market for services has had on an industry that was protected in the past against international competition. It is shown how different institutional...

"This article explores the process of labour market integration in the border region of Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic. The underlying understanding of integration is combining institutional factors and the behaviour of market players. The sources of this conceptual framework stem from...

The traditional notion of security in international relations can be seen as something focusing on a state's concerns with safeguarding territory. The post-cold war era, characterised by issues such as economic dependency, intra-wars, globalisation and environmental degradation, resulted in new...

Die vorliegende Publikation untersucht die bestehende Zusammenarbeit des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen mit China bzw. den chinesischen Partnerprovinzen und gibt darauf basierend Handlungsempfehlungen zur Verbesserung bestehender Kontakte in den Bereichen Hochschule und Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft,...