The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. The European Union has published a notice informing people and companies targeted by the EU’s sanctions relating to Belarus. The individuals and companies concerned are those named in the Annex …
Excluding the growing camp of Eurosceptics
Oliver Treib is Professor of Comparative Public Policy Analysis and Research Methods at the University of Münster. The 2014 European Parliament elections saw an unprecedented level of support for Eurosceptic parties. Oliver Treib writes that the Eurosceptic vote cannot be dismissed as …
Policy bubbles: What factors drive their birth, maturity and death?
Moshe Maor is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His full academic profile can be found here. A policy bubble is a policy overreaction that is reinforced by positive feedback over a relatively long period of time. Policy bubbles impose social costs without producing offsetting benefits. Moshe Maor explores …
Democratic legitimacy & decisions at the EU
Sonia Alonso is a Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and editor of the Spanish political blog Agenda Pública. Juan Rodríguez Teruel is Lecturer in Political Science in the University of Valencia. His research focuses on political elites, …
The UK government must urgently overhaul its EU engagement strategy
Anthony Salamone is an incoming PhD candidate in British and EU politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include European integration, UK devolution and comparative politics. He is the author of Britain’s Europe, a weekly blog on British-EU politics …
Details of EU’s ‘TIER 3′ Russia sanctions published
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. Yesterday we reported on the people and companies added to the EU’s targeted sanctions against Russia which impose travel bans and asset freezes, and the new restrictions relating to Crimea and …
Barroso in Brazil: A Never Ending Match?
Cinthia R Campos – PHD Candidate in Political Science at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil). Recently visiting resercher at Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL), at ULB. The World Cup is over, but the ball is still rolling between …
EU’s further sanctions over situation in Ukraine
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. On 30 July 2014, the EU implemented further trade and investment restrictions against Crimea and Sevastopol and sanctioned an additional eight individuals and three entities. As we previously reported, …
EU agrees a package of additional sanctions against Russia
The European Sanctions blog by Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers & Michael O’Kane, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. Further details have been published about the EU’s new package of sanctions against Russia (as we reported yesterday). The EU has said that these restrictions will now be formally adopted by …
EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council
In a moment where a lot of attention is being paid to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), it is also important to bear in mind that the European Union (EU) was also negotiating, for 10 years, a Free …