New Frontiers in EU Trade Policy: Moving Beyond Conventional Trade Agreements
ABSTRACT As the rules‐based international trading system faces stagnation and increasing unilateralism, the European Union's trade policy must evolve beyond conventional free trade agreements (FTAs). This article examines recent trends in EU trade agreements, highlighting not only their expanded scope to include areas such as digital trade ...
Niall Moran
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Thai Expectations of the EU's Evolving Security Role: Opportunities and Limitations
ABSTRACT This article analyses Thailand's perceptions of the European Union (EU) as an actor in the Indo‐Pacific, based on interviews with 13 government officials and foreign policy influencers conducted under the EU in the Indo‐Pacific (EUIP) Jean Monnet Network. It examines how Thai elites interpret the EU's priorities, geopolitical relevance and the
Natthanan Kunnamas, Heidi Maurer
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Transatlantic Integration and Developed Countries Competitiveness Problems
Factors and possible consequences of transatlantic integration are elaborated in the article. An overview of the history of transatlantic cooperation is provided. The author highlights the paramount goal of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (
Alexey. A. Sidorov
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Geographical indications, food safety, and sustainability: conflicts and synergies
This paper examines the legal and policy relationships amongst international standards for GIs, food safety requirements, and voluntary claims related to a food’s attributes.
David Wirth
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The EU–India Partnership in the Indo‐Pacific: Scope and Prospects
ABSTRACT This article examines Indian perceptions of the EU's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as an important economic and normative partner, many Indian respondents were critical regarding how the EU's approach aligns with India's strategic priorities.
Sheetal Sharma, Tobias Theiler
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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The Epistemic Harms of Botched Apologies for Past Wrongs
ABSTRACT Apologies often create expectations of meaningful change and repair. Yet when institutions or states deliver apologies for past wrongs that lack substantive reparative action, they risk deepening, rather than redressing, the harms they acknowledge.
Abraham Tobi
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THE TPP AND TTIP TRADE AGREEMENTS: THE INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION PROCESS [PDF]
Free trade is one of the ultimate purposes of the free trade agreements currently negotiated over the world. Two of these trials are represented by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Ioana GUTU
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Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power
ABSTRACT The European Union's (EU) transformation from a peace project to an assertive geopolitical actor reflects enduring tensions in integration theory dating back to the inter‐war period. This paper develops a comparative framework distinguishing territorial integration logic, which emphasises bounded political communities and collective defence ...
Kamil Zwolski
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External Actors, Pressures and Influences: European Integration and the Outside World
Abstract The European Union (EU) increasingly faces external pressures, ranging from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine to an economically and politically assertive China to deep changes in the transatlantic relationship with the United States.
Christian Freudlsperger, Lucas Schramm
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