The Ukraine crisis seems to support the claim that strong socio-economic ties with Russia eventually reduce the effectiveness of the...

Russia's impact on EU policy transfer to the post-Soviet space has not been as negative as often perceived. EU policies have traveled...

While the geopolitical rivalry between the European Union (EU) and Russia over their common neighborhood has increasingly attracted...

Survey data from 13 EU member states show that Europeans assess the impact of immigration on their country in a more positive light...

Esther Ademmer and Yaroslav Lissovolik examine the challenges for inclusive economic integration in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia....

The literature on European Union enlargement has identified misfit and membership conditionality as two factors that decisively shape...

This article revisits institutional constraints to political budget cycles (PBCs) in the enlarged European Union (EU). Based on a...

In academic and public debates, external actors have been considered to promote their rules most effectively in third countries in...

Secure and well-managed migration and mobility figure prominently in the European Union’s (EU) relations with its Eastern neighbors....

This article investigates whether different capitalist varieties in Central and Eastern Europe have different records of...

In its current approach to achieve an appropriate euro area fiscal stance, the EU Commission asks countries with fiscal space to...

This policy paper aims at offering suggestions on how to improve the effect of policy conditionality in European Neighbourhood...

The widespread view that the refugee crisis has sparked unprecedented levels of European Union politicisation has rarely been backed...

How can the responsibility for refugees be distributed more fairly – globally and within the EU? And how can we curb irregular...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 88: The Schengen Agreement celebrated its 30th birthday on June 14. On this occasion Esther Ademmer, Toman...

In the 2018 MEDAM Assessment Report, we propose a comprehensive strategy for EU asylum and immigration policies that is both...

This paper reconsiders the policy trilemma in an open economy by incorporating political economy concerns. We argue that the impact of...