European Journal of Political Research, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 433-454, May 2024.Abstract When member states of the European Union face serious international threats, does this serve as a catalyst or obstacle for European integration in the security and defence domain? To gain purchase on this question, this paper examines public opinion from a common instrument fielded in 24 EU member states (and the United Kingdom) with a total ...
MATTHIAS MADER +5 more
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The Berlin puzzle: Why European solidarity prevailed in the adoption of the Corona recovery fund
European Journal of Political Research, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 644-663, May 2024.Abstract In light of the German government's long‐held preference against EU‐wide fiscal burden‐sharing, a hallmark of the Euro crisis, its support for an EU‐wide debt‐instrument during the COVID‐19 pandemic constitutes a dramatic policy U‐turn. To make sense of the ‘Berlin puzzle’, we develop a theoretical mechanism that explores why an initially ...
LARA WAAS, BERTHOLD RITTBERGER
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Theories of European Integration Systematic Reflections [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2019 European integration is a process that involves and combines transferable competences, from the national to the supranational level, in order to create a form of cooperation, both political and economic, that will lead to a united Europe, respectively to
Irina Geanina Harja
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Strategic autonomy of the European Union: on the way to «European Sovereignty» in defense?
Проблеми Законності, 2020 2019 marked 20 years since EU Member States decided to create a joint EU approach to security and defense. The paper raises the question on finding new approaches to provide security and defense in Europe in the current context, as well as the formation ...
Іван Васильович Яковюк +2 more
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OPEN METHOD OF COORDINATION AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION OPPORTUNITIES [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2014 The theoretical 3-level model used to analyse the Open Method of Coordination belongs to a “rational” view of the international cooperation. Although considered to be a far too simplistic framework to be able to accurately describe a highly complex ...
STEGĂROIU CARINA-ELENA +1 more
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Decolonizing Theories of Regional Integration. Interview with Dr. Ernest Toochi Aniche, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria [PDF]
Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наукInterview with Dr. Ernest Toochi Aniche, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria Ernest Toochi Aniche, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer and the Acting Head of the Department of Political Science, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Aniche Ernest Toochi
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The Causes and Process of Israel–Arab Integration and Its Security Implications for Iran [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i SiyāsatIntroduction In recent decades, there has been an increasing integration between Israel and Arab states. This process stands in sharp contrast to the less successful and often unstable efforts at integration elsewhere in the Middle East.
Ardeshir Nourian, Amir Ghiyasi
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Interlinking neofunctionalism and intergovernmentalism: Sidelining governments and manipulating policy preferences as "passerelles" [PDF]
The EU's founding fathers had the protection of the EU's constituent units as a key concern and set up serious hurdles to policy innovation in the absence of unanimous governmental agreement.
Gerda Falkner
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THE EU COMPETITION POLICY – A BRIEF HISTORY IN BETWEEN NEO-FUNCTIONALISM, INTERGOVERNAMENTALISM AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2019 The competition policy represents one of the most important pillars of cooperation between EU Member States, it influenced the design of the European Single Market and it facilitates integration.
PETRARIU Ioan-Radu
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The rationale of Brexit and the theories of European integration
Oeconomia Copernicana, 2019 Research background: Recent developments have raised doubts on future sustainability of the EU as successful political and economic organization. Many phenomena — from euro and sovereign debt crisis to the emergence of right-wing, populist and anti ...
Sławomir Czech +1 more
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