The European Union (EU) has a splendid record concerning enlargement. Judging by the number of EU member countries, enlargement has been the most successful EU policy ever. The economic side of its eastern enlargement is a hybrid bag of effects for the EU's eastern countries. Membership in the...

Economic transition is a process of change from a centrally planned economic system to a market-based economy. The process started with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. There were no theoretical foundations and experiences for the process of economic transition. The neoliberal Washington...

Whether international economic integration arrangements result in more liberal trade at the multilateral level cannot be proven with ease. Integration may start this process, but it may also reverse it. New mega-integration deals: the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Regional Comprehensive Economic...

The continuous enlargement of the European Union (EU) has been one of its greatest achievements and judging by the increasing number of EU member countries, one of its most successful policies. This primer considers the economic side of enlargement for the ‘new' EU members, and provides data...

The principal goal of integration in Europe in the post-Second World War period has always been the safeguarding of peace through economic integration. The European Union (EU) has overseen splendid economic achievements. A sign of that great success has been the EU's continuous enlargement....

The principal goal of integration in Europe has always been the safeguarding of peace through economic integration. The European Union (EU) has overseen splendid economic achievements. A sign of that great success has been the EU's continuous enlargement. The eurozone is the crown jewel in the...

This article is about the potentially losing battle to save the eurozone in the long term. The eurozone, the greatest achievement of the European Union, is losing its glamour and is in danger of losing its appeal as the promise of perpetual prosperity for every participant faded away. The...

The supply chain economy provides grounds for a non-linear economic leapfrog start in development. Rather than specializing in the whole production procedure, the new model enables specialization in production segments. All process links are related and must be of an identical high standard. The...

The Government of Serbia repeatedly declares its priority of joining of the European Union (EU), advancing a silly and politically suicidal declaration that there is no plan B for Serbia. But enlargement is not part of the EU’s real agenda, in spite of its meaningless and politically empty...