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Book Review: The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security edited by Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True

Book Review: The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security edited by Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True

In The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security, editors Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True bring together 93 contributors to capture the ever-growing volume of scholarship that has developed since the passing of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in October 2000. Columba Achilleos-Sarll recommends this as an extensive, timely contribution to the study of the WPS agenda, which maps […]

January 12th, 2020|Book Reviews, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured|0 Comments|

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A mixed record: Assessing Ukraine’s domestic reforms under Volodymyr Zelenskiy

A mixed record: Assessing Ukraine’s domestic reforms under Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The so called ‘Normandy Four’, incorporating the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, met on 9 December in Paris to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ryhor Nizhnikau and Arkady Moshes write that alongside the conflict resolution process, it is also vital to assess how Ukraine’s domestic situation has developed since the election of Volodymyr Zelenskiy as President […]

December 12th, 2019|Arkady Moshes, current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Ryhor Nizhnikau|0 Comments|

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Lessons from East Germany: How authoritarian states can use international travellers to promote their interests

Lessons from East Germany: How authoritarian states can use international travellers to promote their interests

Authoritarian regimes typically place restrictions on the ability of citizens to travel abroad. Astrid Hedin maps the bureaucratic procedures of the former East Germany, showing how travel controls were organised to screen travellers, shape political narratives, and harvest information on western counterparts. These travel controls remain part of the institutional heritage and bureaucratic traditions of authoritarian post-communist states today.

Recently, […]

December 9th, 2019|Astrid Hedin, current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Uncategorized|0 Comments|

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Macron closed the door on Albania, but Tirana’s youth has opened a window to Europe

Macron closed the door on Albania, but Tirana’s youth has opened a window to Europe

The city of Tirana has been awarded the title of European Youth Capital for 2022. Epidamn Zeqo, Director of Strategic Planning and Implementation of Priorities for the Municipality of Tirana, explains what the award means for the city and for Albania as a whole. He writes that despite disappointment at the EU’s decision to block the start of membership […]

December 4th, 2019|current-affairs, Epidamn Zeqo, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, LSE Comment|1 Comment|

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Serbia’s deal with the Eurasian Economic Union: A triumph of foreign policy over economics

Serbia’s deal with the Eurasian Economic Union: A triumph of foreign policy over economics

Serbia recently signed a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Vuk Vuksanovic writes that although the deal was praised by some politicians for opening up new economic opportunities, the economic impact is likely to be minimal for both Serbia and the EAEU. He argues the real aim of the agreement from Serbia’s perspective was to use […]

November 28th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, LSE Comment, Vuk Vuksanovic|0 Comments|

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Book Review: Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World by Krishan Kumar

Book Review: Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World by Krishan Kumar

In Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World, Krishan Kumar analyses five key historical empires – the Ottoman, the Habsburg, the Russian/Soviet, the British and the French – making the case for how the ideas and ideologies of each shaped their mode of imperial rule and enduring influence. Due to a lack of clarity in the book’s central thesis and its […]

November 10th, 2019|Book Reviews, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured|0 Comments|

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Not in my sandwich: How GMOs, hormones and values combined to make CETA and TTIP so heavily politicised

Not in my sandwich: How GMOs, hormones and values combined to make CETA and TTIP so heavily politicised

The EU’s free trade agreement with Canada (CETA) and the ultimately unsuccessful negotiations over a trade agreement with the United States (TTIP) proved extremely controversial. But why were these two initiatives, as opposed to those the EU has agreed with other countries, so heavily politicised? Francesco Duina argues the explanation lies in the values and identities which were at […]

October 31st, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EUP series, featured, Francesco Duina|0 Comments|

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The US-China trade war: Risks and opportunities for the EU and the United Kingdom

The US-China trade war: Risks and opportunities for the EU and the United Kingdom

The trade war between the United States and China has already had an impact on European economies. And as Robert Basedow explains, with the conflict centred on global economic and political leadership, it is unlikely to be resolved in the foreseeable future. This will create important challenges and opportunities for both the EU and the UK in the coming […]

October 17th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, LSE Comment, Robert Basedow|0 Comments|

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Lessons from pre-Brexit Britain: What makes for effective norm advocacy in the EU’s international cooperation policies?

Lessons from pre-Brexit Britain: What makes for effective norm advocacy in the EU’s international cooperation policies?

The next decade will see renewed efforts from the EU to address a number of pressing global trends by strengthening international partnerships. Yet the EU will also be faced with the challenge of building cooperation within Europe in the aftermath of Brexit. Sebastian Steingass examines British participation in EU norm advocacy in international development cooperation prior to the Brexit […]

October 4th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Sebastian Steingass|0 Comments|

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Book Review: Eric Drummond and his Legacies: The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance by David Macfadyen et al

Book Review: Eric Drummond and his Legacies: The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance by David Macfadyen et al

In Eric Drummond and his Legacies: The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance, David Macfadyen et al show how the emergence of an international bureaucracy of civil servants and their role in the development of the League of Nations rested on Eric Drummond and the early internationalists around him. This book provides a much-needed historical and biographical perspective on the […]

September 15th, 2019|Book Reviews, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Jan Lüdert|0 Comments|

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What next for Brazil-EU relations?

What next for Brazil-EU relations?

It has been a mixed summer for relations between Brazil and Europe. In June, the EU and the South American economic bloc Mercosur reached agreement on a free trade deal, but a diplomatic rift has since emerged between Brazil and France over the environment. Miriam Gomes Saraiva writes that implementing the EU-Mercosur agreement now rests on successfully balancing Brazil’s […]

September 4th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Miriam Gomes Saraiva|1 Comment|

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Italy and Malta are not the villains of Europe’s migration crisis

Italy and Malta are not the villains of Europe’s migration crisis

Since 2018, Italy and Malta have restricted access to their ports for NGO migrant rescue vessels. Nadia Petroni writes that while both countries have faced criticism for this policy, it should be noted that since the 1990s, most EU member states have erected barriers along their borders to prevent irregular migration. There is therefore a degree of hypocrisy in […]

August 28th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Nadia Petroni|0 Comments|

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How informal groupings of like-minded states are coming to dominate EU foreign policy governance

How informal groupings of like-minded states are coming to dominate EU foreign policy governance

When the Lisbon Treaty came into force in 2009, many observers anticipated the newly established High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, together with the European External Action Service, might facilitate greater unity and coherence in EU foreign policy. Drawing on evidence from the EU’s role in the Middle East Peace Process, Federica Bicchi and Lisbeth Aggestam illustrate […]

August 7th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Federica Bicchi, Lisbeth Aggestam, LSE Comment|0 Comments|

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Book Review: Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese and their Frontier Zones by Jorge Flores

Book Review: Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese and their Frontier Zones by Jorge Flores

In Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese and their Frontier Zones, Jorge Flores explores the ways in which the Portuguese Estado da India—situated on the coastal peripheries of the Mughal empire—dealt with their Timurid neighbours from c. 1570 to c. 1640. Unwanted Neighbours is a book that is extremely rich in thematic concerns, empirical details and includes a varied cast of characters. It also […]

August 4th, 2019|Book Reviews, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured|0 Comments|

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Why EU states are converging on restrictive migration policies, despite their different political traditions

Why EU states are converging on restrictive migration policies, despite their different political traditions

Differing political cultures and migration traditions among EU member states have given rise to a variety of national policy approaches toward irregular migration. Nadia Petroni explains that while in principle this diversity hinders agreement on common asylum and migration policies, EU member states are now increasingly converging toward more restrictive migration policies.

National policy approaches are deeply rooted in historical […]

July 17th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, LSE Comment, Nadia Petroni|0 Comments|

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Understanding the role of agriculture in global climate policies

Understanding the role of agriculture in global climate policies

A significant percentage of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, but many national climate policies still overlook the agricultural sector. Drawing on a new study, Nicole M. Schmidt shows that while mentions of agriculture in national climate policies are growing, particularly in the EU and Africa, there remains a highly fragmented picture globally, with over half the policy documents […]

July 15th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, JEPP, Nicole M. Schmidt|0 Comments|

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Changing vulnerabilities on Samos: Why young men are not always the least vulnerable refugees

Changing vulnerabilities on Samos: Why young men are not always the least vulnerable refugees

Men between the ages of 18 and 39 are often assumed to be the most likely to survive troubling conditions in refugee reception centres. Drawing on recent research on the Greek island of Samos, Gemma Bird highlights that this is not always the case. Vulnerabilities are not fixed, and in environments such as the one on Samos, the basic […]

July 12th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Gemma Bird|0 Comments|

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Tiptoeing around the two elephants in the room? Assessing the EU’s new Central Asia Strategy

Tiptoeing around the two elephants in the room? Assessing the EU’s new Central Asia Strategy

A new EU Central Asia Strategy was adopted by the European Council on 17 June. Thomas Kruessmann assesses the content of the new strategy, writing that the EU’s efforts to pursue ‘non-exclusive partnerships’ with Central Asian countries are likely to be heavily restricted by China and Russia’s influence in the region.

The new EU Central Asia Strategy (The EU and […]

June 26th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Thomas Kruessmann|0 Comments|

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Book Review: For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq by Ayça Çubukçu

Book Review: For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq by Ayça Çubukçu

In For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq, Ayça Çubukçu illustrates how different and sometimes colliding understandings of justice, human rights, legitimacy and international law co-existed in response to the Iraq occupation through the case of the World Tribunal on Iraq, which sought to document and provide grounds for adjudicating war crimes committed by the US, the UK and their allied […]

June 23rd, 2019|Book Reviews, Ebru Demir, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured|0 Comments|

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Time for an update: How to revisit the EU’s framework for international mediation engagements

Time for an update: How to revisit the EU’s framework for international mediation engagements

In 2009 the EU adopted the Concept on Strengthening EU Mediation and Dialogue Capacities, its first-ever strategic document focusing specifically on mediation. Ten years later, the EU’s concept and practices of mediation need an update, write Julian Bergmann, Toni Haastrup, Arne Niemann and Richard Whitman.

The first two years of implementation of the EU Global Strategy focused on advancing the […]

June 10th, 2019|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Richard Whitman, Toni Haastrup|0 Comments|

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