Views from the South – The European Neighbourhood Policy in Lebanon Published: 2 September 2016 The European Neighbourhood Policy is assessed by its annual Progress Reports. This article aims to complete its findings by interviews with researchers and practitioners from the ground. Dr. Bente Scheller, Noor Baalbaki , Alisha Molter
Ukraine’s Unrequited Passion for Europe Published: 14 July 2016 The history of EU-Ukraine relations tells of missed opportunities and of unfilled expectations and risks to put the EU's credibility at stake. Jan Piekło
Why the Brexit referendum gives Trump fresh hope Published: 13 July 2016 Hillary Clinton should be warned by the British referendum: Similar to the Brexit movement, Trump’s campaign benefits from anti-immigrant sentiment and anger over the “political elites” and “mainstream media”. Dominik Tolksdorf
NATO Summit in Warsaw – the Polish perspective Published: 6 July 2016 What are strategic expectations of Member States to be addressed during the forthcoming Summit in Warsaw? Which major challenges will it face? What marks the Polish position vis-a-vis NATO and EU issues? Analysis by former Polish diplomat Piotr Łukasiewicz. Piotr Łukasiewicz
Overcoming European Extremes – Towards One European Neighbourhood Published: 22 June 2016 Commentary By 2016 the eastern neighbourhood of the European Union (EU) has turned into a region of intercultural conflicts, interstate wars and authoritarian experiments betraying the bright hopes for continental cooperation, freedom and peace of the early 1990s. Mikhail (Mykhailo) Minakov
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 5 + 1 Steps Away From Visa-Free Travel for Turkish Nationals Published: 14 June 2016 Analysis Aspired facilitation of the issuance of visas for Turkish nationals to the European Union has a long history. With the latest version of the refugee deal the date for visa liberalisation seemed closer than ever expected. Ilke Toygür, Melih Özsöz
The European Union and Nuclear Disarmament – a Sensitive Question Published: 25 May 2016 Currently the debate on nuclear weapons in the European Union is not making any progress, this could be due to the failure of the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2015. Nevertheless, a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Europe should still be envisaged. Julia Berghofer
ENP and the Southern Mediterranean: Youth as the Key Element for Stability in North Africa Published: 17 May 2016 Over the last few years since the Arab revolts, we have learnt that the EU should not sacrifice its values in exchange for stability, especially bearing in mind that those values will produce stability in the long run. Héctor Sánchez Margalef
One Year After Minsk II – Reviewing Options of Countering Russian Disinformation Efforts Published: 18 April 2016 The migrant crisis and the subsequent political turmoil have banished from our minds a conflict that has been fairly present in Europe for the past two years: the war in Eastern Ukraine. Mirko Moser-Abt
A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict Published: 14 April 2016 There can be no normalisation of the relations with Russia as long as Moscow leads a war in the eastern Ukraine. This articles examines a new attempt to resolve the Ukraine conflict. Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck