Why Did the Irish Reject Lisbon? An Analysis of Referendum Results (ARI)
This ARI looks at the referendum results and examines the different factors that help explain why the Irish electorate voted against the Lisbon Treaty on 12 June 2008.
Future of Europe
Caution: The Irish Might Guillotine Lisbon (ARI)
Irish voters are going to the polls on 12 June in the only referendum in Europe on the Lisbon Treaty.
Towards Mediterranean Migration Management 2008? Developing Discourse and Practices (ARI)
Ongoing EU negotiations with the African Union have identified a number of clear, achievable steps, which might bring more positive ideals of Mediterranean migration management a little closer.
The new Eastern border of Schengen area and the irregular immigration into and from Poland (ARI)
Poland has been forced to design a stricter migratory regime firstly for EU accession and secondly, for entering Schengen espace. Since December 2007 Polish eastern frontier (stretching across 1,200 kilometres from the Baltic to the Carpathians) has become one of the few points in Europe at which it is possible to control human spatial mobility on the east-west axis.
Integration Contracts for Immigrants: Common Trends and Differences in the European Experience (ARI)
‘Integration contracts’ for immigrants have become widespread in Europe during the last 10 years but their results remain unclear.
The European Defence Agency in the Wake of the Treaty of Lisbon (ARI)
The EU Treaty approved in Lisbon incorporates the European Defence Agency among the European institutions aimed at supporting the new Common Security and Defence Policy.
Controlling Migration in Greece: Policies, Problems and Opportunities (ARI)
The main irregular migration route from Asia to Europe passes through Turkey into Greece, which also receives irregular migrants from former Communist countries.
The Moral Grounds for the EU’s Obligation to End the Occupation of Northern Cyprus (ARI)
Turkey's occupation of 37% of Cyprus is a protracted legal and political anomaly that the EU is morally obliged to address immediately.
Gordon Brown and Hard-Headed Internationalism (ARI)
Gordon Brown is about to complete his first semester as British Prime Minister and it is now possible to assess some of the changes which he has made to foreign policy. This new vision, which combines multilateralism with interventionism, he describes as 'hard headed internationalism'.
Europol and the European Criminal Intelligence Model: A Non-state Response to Organised Crime (ARI)
European governments are making a serious, long-term investment in cross-border law enforcement co-operation against organised crime.
The Tactics and Strategic Goals of Russia’s Stand on the Independence of Kosovo (ARI)
This ARI reviews the evolution of Russia’s stance on Kosovo from the disintegration of the former Republic of Yugoslavia to the NATO bombing of Serbia and the implications of a Kosovar independent State according to the Ahtisaari Plan.
Towards a new European treaty: How to Recover the Essence of the Constitutional Treaty, Without Really Seeming to (ARI)
Germany’s EU presidency ended with a precise mandate to negotiate a new treaty in line with the classical method of reform for constitutional treaties.
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