Wissenschaftliche LiteraturForeign policy

Tahar Benmaghnia

EU External Action and the CFSP – Well-Equipped for the Fast-Pacing Geo-Economic World?

Schriften zum Internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht

Across all continents, the EU operates in a wide range of fields. As a unique player on the global stage, the EU, as a supranational organisation, acts in many respects on a par with other states. Particularly in the area of international trade, the EU has developed a strong and recognisable profile. Within the…

Theo Westphal

Chinese Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping

The South China Sea Disputes

POLITICA – Schriftenreihe zur politischen Wissenschaft

Der Verfasser untersucht unter Bezugnahme auf rollentheoretische Überlegungen, inwiefern die Außenpolitik des seit 2012 regierenden chinesischen Staatspräsidenten und Parteiführers, Xi Jinping, im Vergleich zu den ihm vorausgehenden Führungsgenerationen von Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin und Hu Jintao (1978–2012)…

Ioana Andreea Tiriteu

The EU Member States` Iraq Policy of 2002-3 at the United Nations Security Council

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

To what extent was the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy affected by the member states’ approaches to the Iraq disarmament at the United Nations Security Council, and how have the EU states’ positions on the matter impacted on the authority enjoyed by the UNSC? This research topic opens the door to…

Kizito Logan Elad

European Union Democracy Promotion in North Africa from 1990 to 2010

Case Study on Morocco and Tunisia

Demokratie und Demokratisierungsprozesse

Bisherige Studien zur Demokratieförderung analysierten „erfolgreiche“ Beispiele. Das ist teilweise eine Reflektion der politischen Ökonomie von Demokratieförderung, in der sie Beispielen im Inland erzeugter demokratischer Durchbrüche folgt. Dennoch kann eine wissenschaftliche Analyse externer Einflüsse auf interne…

Johannes L. Ziegler

The Strategy of Preemption in U.S. Foreign Policy

When and why the U.S. Military Targets a Nation‘s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program

Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), international terrorism, and their nexus are widely regarded as the gravest threats to peace and stability in the 21st century. To counter these threats, the Bush Administration formulated the National Security Strategy 2002, announcing that the U.S. „will, if…

Nicasia Picciano

The European Union State-Building in Kosovo

Challenges and Lessons Learned: An Assessment of EULEX

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

This is the first research ever on an encompassing overview of EU conflict management in Kosovo. It analyses the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) commitment in the judicial field in the youngest Balkan ‘State‘, since its inception up today, by comparing its deeds and missed actions with those of its…