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A Europe that Acts: Effective Decision-making on Enlargement in a New Geopolitical Era

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EU enlargement is back on the political agenda – yet unanimity can block progress at many stages. This policy paper examines four models for qualified majority voting that could make the accession process more efficient and credible.

Policy Paper: Defending liberal democracy

rethink Hungary

Democracy and the rule of law have been eroding in Hungary since 2010. In view of Hungary's tendencies towards autocratization, the policy paper contains recommendations on how the German government should respond bilaterally, multilaterally, and at the EU level.

Policy Paper: How can the EU better protect the rule of law?

EU Rechstaatlichkeit

The conflict over the rule of law has not only revealed cracks in the European foundation. It also shows how determined the "rule breakers" were to avoid the consequences of their actions, even sabotaging the EU's decision-making processes.

Policy Paper: The illiberal challenge of the EU – Value divergence in Central and Eastern Europe?

Value Divergence Central and Eastern Europe

Some governments in Central and Eastern Europe are more illiberal than their populations. They support most of the EU’s liberal values. We analyse and explain the origins and conditions of illiberalism in the region.

Differentiated integration as a conscious political decision

Should differentiated integration be more than a collateral damage of blocked negotiations on EU integration? The EU-IDEA "Policy Paper on Political Opinion" presents an in-depth analysis and recommendations on differentiation as a conscious policy choice.

Policy Paper – Recommendations for the Conference on the Future of Europe

Strengthening Democratic Legitimacy

How is it still possible to make the Conference on the Future of Europe a successful experiment transnational deliberative democracy?

Policy Paper – YCA

Central Asia is gaining increasing global importance. However, power is in the hands of a few in the countries of the region. A key factor for social change is strengthening youth policy.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 12: Prosperity and Resilience as the New Panacea? The New Central Asia Strategy in View of the Security - Development Nexus

Since the independence of the five Central Asian republics in the 1990s, the European Union has been enhancing its ties with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 10: The roots of political instability in Afghanistan and the implications of (mis)governance

The paper looks at two forms of governance in the recent history of Afghanistan: the elected Afghan government and the Taliban, analysing both in terms of their contribution to the current and continued misgovernance of the country.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 7: A brief overview of the development of the EU-Azerbaijan Relations

Daniel Weißenrieder elaborates 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 Karabakh conflict.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 7: Brussels and the Land of Fire: A brief overview of the development of the EU-Azerbaijan Relations

Daniel Weißenrieder elaborates 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 Karabakh conflict.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 6: Mirziyoyev's Uzbekistan: Towards Openness and Real Democracy

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.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 5: Trade Unions as an actor of regional citizenship & European social integration of the South Caucasus

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.

EUCACIS Online Paper No. 1: From the Soviet System to Bologna: A Critical Analysis of Doctoral Education Reforms in Kazakhstan

Sholpan Tazabek delivers a critical policy analysis of doctoral education reforms that have been made since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991.