Kenya’s elections: the peace lobotomy ?
This Africa Policy Brief will look at the Kenyan elections of March 4th 2013 and examine what lessons can be learned from them. The argument that will be developed throughout […]
Publications
The Start-up Fund – An elegant treaty mechanism for sustaining defence capabilities
When the European Council meets in December, it will face a range of decisions which will lay the foundations for Europe’s defence posture and role in the wider world for […]
Mali: filling the void
Mali, from model of democracy to a deep political, institutional crisis and war in the course of a few months. This policy brief offers an analysis of the Malian conflict […]
The European citizens’ initiative: next big thing or new false good idea ?
One of the key innovative elements of the Lisbon Treaty was the creation of a European Citizens’ Initiative. Egmont Paper 59 evokes the main legal elements of the European Citizens’ […]
Recalibrating CSDP-NATO relations: the real pivot
In an age of major power shifts, which we know from history always to be particularly dangerous, different scenarios are possible; the only promising one is that of more and […]
Dealing with land issues and conflict in eastern Congo: towards an integrated and participatory approach
This briefing is a revised version of the note ‘Land Issues and Conflict in Eastern DRC’, prepared for the DRC Affinity Group and published by the Social Science Research Council. […]