Given the partial success of the Lisbon Strategy, it has become of paramount importance to perform a thorough critical analysis of the nature of the objectives set by the newly-concocted Europe 2020 Agenda. Hence, amid the difficult times the European Union is facing, the fulfilment of this...

Globalization, increased complexity of customer needs, increased impact of information technology and the economy based on intellectual capital are phenomena that present new challenges for both large companies and SME’s. To survive in the globalized economy, companies must improve their...

The term BRICS is no longer just a catchphrase coined around trade and international relations, it is a reality and it exists as a transcontinental foreign-policy actor and the European Union cannot longer ignore its influence on the global scale. This paper aims to analyze the opportunities and...

As a large-scale political and economic project, the EU aims to provide a stable framework for development and growth within it and to develop good relations with its immediate vicinity. Thus, in 2003, the EU proclaims the European Neighbourhood Policy, which draws attention to the fact that its...

The introduction of the euro currency alongside with the foundation of the European Central Bank and the single monetary policy represent the expression of the European economic and monetary integration process. This paper aims to analyse the theoretical basis of the European single currency as...

When the EU launched the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in May 2009, it did so with much rhetoric about projecting its soft power into Eastern Europe. Yet today, the EU's soft power project seems to have stalled, with developments in the region being less than favourable. By being another...

In the absence of a strong common foreign and military policy, the European Union has decided to promote itself through means and international actions capable of highlighting its values and development model. One of the means employed by the EU and the member countries is the development...

Combating corruption in international business transactions has recently gained traction as nations have expanded the reach of their anti-bribery laws to include corrupt acts by their nationals outside their boundaries. Corruption is increasingly seen an international ill that weakens...

Trade policy is one of the basic components of the state’s economic policy and one of the main instruments to achieve economic growth. The Republic of Moldova trade policy is a liberalized one, thus determining the increase of competition on the domestic market that in turn would lead to the...

The intention in developing the study of migration policies in Romania and the perspective from which the theoretical and empirical analysis will be made answers to the problem of external migration policies inefficiency in Romanian society. Based on previous analyses, the external migration...