The European Union and 2nd pillar integration : the common foreign and security policy / Meltem Muftuler-Bac -- The European security and defence policy : capabilities and institutions / Gulnur Aybet -- The EU as an international actor : "civilian", "normative" or "military" power? / Yannis A....

This paper examines the degree of trade integration and business cycle synchronisation between eight Balkan countries and the Euro area over the period 2000:1-2011:4. The main findings are that Slovenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia exhibit a high level of openness relative to...

On 29 March 2004, Romania submitted the instruments of ratification at the State Department of the United States of America, the main state of the Treaty of the North Atlantic Alliance. The present year we have celebrated the 15th anniversary since Romania became a member of NATO, but it has...

There is a complex challenge of economic recovery and reconstruction given long-term economic deterioration and war-related destruction in the Balkans. The Balkan Stability Pact stands for a networked approach of international organizations to deal with these problems. The analysis critically...

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the relationship between migration and support for EU accession...