This article advances our understanding of differences in hybrid stability by going beyond existing regime typologies that separate...

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

This article addresses how both external democratic and non-democratic actors impact the persistence of non-democratic regimes in...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Political trust matters for citizens’ policy preferences but existing research has not yet considered whether this effect depends on...

Immigration has been considered critical for the emergence of a new cleavage in the European Union that pits the winners of...

Key Messages In principle, both immigration critics and supporters of refugee protection in Germany might support more development...