Balancing unity and diversity: Strategies for effective differentiation in the European Union
Abstract The European Union (EU) faces the challenge of maintaining unity among its diverse Member States while accommodating varying levels of integration. Differentiation, a strategy that allows for flexible integration processes, is key to preserving EU cohesion.
Teuta Vodo
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The European external action service: an opportunity to reconcile development and security policies or a new battleground for inter-institutional turf wars? [PDF]
“There cannot be sustainable development without peace and security, and without development and poverty eradication there will be no sustainable peace”.
Merket, Hans
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Upper bounds on the size of 4- and 6-cycle-free subgraphs of the hypercube [PDF]
In this paper we modify slightly Razborov's flag algebra machinery to be suitable for the hypercube. We use this modified method to show that the maximum number of edges of a 4-cycle-free subgraph of the n-dimensional hypercube is at most 0.6068 times ...
Alon +25 more
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European Defence and NATO: From Competition to Co‐operation to Replacement?
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue S1, Page 156-168, November 2025.
Jolyon Howorth
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From strategic autonomy to strategic partnership: EU–India relations in health diplomacy
Abstract The study examines the potential of the European Union (EU)–India cooperation in health diplomacy and the exchange of lessons learned by both actors. Particularly, the growing discourse on achieving strategic autonomy in health has not been adequately analysed in the existing literature, which is surprising given that both actors share this ...
Sanjay Pattanshetty +4 more
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The European Union represents a unique form of cooperation, and become a major player, given the fact that its foreign policy has an impact on the international architecture.
Mihaela-Alexandra Vezuina
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The (Reform) Treaty of Lisbon: What’s in it? How Significant. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 9 No. 1, January 2009 [PDF]
[From the Introduction]. The European Union is currently based on the treaty framework which emerged as the Treaty of Nice entered into force in 2003 (European Union, 2003).
Laursen, Finn.
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Abstract This article provides a novel conceptualization of bricolage as a strategy for incremental supranational self‐empowerment. It argues that the cumulative effects of different bricolage tools employed by the Commission have been central for progressively strengthening its role in EU security and defence, which culminated in the establishment of ...
Patrick Müller +2 more
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The European Union as a Diplomatic Actor in Turbulent Times
This article contributes to an analysis attempting to identify the capacity and resources of the European Union as an actor in international relations hitherto defined as a “soft” power, a normative actor relying mainly on diplomacy in conflict resolution,
Beata Piskorska
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Building Strategic Autonomy in the European Union
European Strategic Autonomy is a key concept designed to strengthen the European Union’s (EU) international actorness and influence its policymaking practices. It offers a framework for guiding the EU’s initiatives in areas deemed strategically significant
Michał Rekowski
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