Daniel Weißenrieder elaborates in his paper the history of the 25-year relationship of the EU with Azerbaijan which is characterized by common interests, but also by contentious issues such as corruption, the human rights situation, authoritarian trends and the Nagorno …
In the new issue of integration, Simon Bulmer examines Germany’s potential to assume a hegemonic role within the European Union. Daniel Göler analyses the German strategic culture and its compatibility with the current reform debate about the Common Security and …
In his paper, Jasur Salomov analyses the transformation process of Uzbek politics by referring to political, social and economic development within the two-year activities of the government during September 2016 until June 2018. He addresses President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s attempts in …
On 26 September 2017, the French President Emmanuel Macron pushed forward and revitalised the debate regarding reforms and the future of the European Union giving an ambitious speech at the Sorbonne-University in Paris. Taking place only shortly after the German …
Ashot Aleksanyan examines the transformation of trade unions in the South Caucasus in the context of the transition of the region’s countries to market economies and the upheavals of the entire system of economic and social relations this transition entails. …
Gulzana Kurmanalieva analyses the situation of scarcity of pastures and water in the trans-boundary region of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan which leads to interethnic tensions and a non-sustainable use of resources. The paper argues that the lack of institutional arrangements leads …
The current world and regional political situation does not only pose a challenge for inner EU integration processes but also attracts attention for the external dimension of integration and the design of political cooperation in the neighboring spaces of the …
Since 2011 Tunisia underwent a democratic transition, yet still finds itself in the middle of a consolidation process. Political challenges are still too numerous to allow for permanent acceptance of the democratic order. This introductory article should, next to supplying …