External publications
A Pact: What Else?
The entry into force of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum on 12 June could have been seen as a major turning point in the development of a common […]
Internal EU policies
Publications
Commentaries
Switzerland at 10 Million: What the Numbers Reveal about Demographic Change
On the 14th of June, the Swiss population voted on whether to cap their population to 10 million by 2050 – the latest referendum in the Alpine country of 9.1 […]
The Future of EU Enlargement Policy: Four Scenarios for Enlargement in Wartime Europe
This report was jointly developed by the Egmont Institute – Royal Institute for International Relations and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Europe through a range of interviews with experts and civil society […]
Reviving Democracies by Reconnecting with Reality, Meaning and Plurality
Why Arendt suggests that democratic renewal requires first and foremost a shift in practice In this paper, I argue that the contemporary crisis of democracy is not primarily a crisis […]
Temporary Protection at a Crossroads: Direct Effect, Social Assistance, and Post-TPD Legal Pathways
The activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) in March 2022 marked a defining moment for the European Union’s crisis governance. For the first time, the EU deployed a supranational […]
Commentaries
EU’s Engagement in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings
The most disturbing aspect of recent global reorientations of Official Development Aid (ODA), certainly relies on the global disengagement from Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings (FCAS). These contexts often do […]