Pakistan’s Competing Interests
This paper addresses the goals of Pakistan’s foreign policy with regard to the US and India and argues that Pakistan is caught between incompatible goals. […]
See MoreIt´s the Stupid Economy
Der Countdown läuft – nur noch wenige Wochen trennen die beiden US-Präsidentschaftskandidaten vom Wahltag. Während die Medien theatralisch das Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen zwischen Amtsinhaber Barack Obama und […]
See MoreIs the EU asylum policy caught in a “Joint-Decision Trap”?
Why does it seem so hard for the European Union to agree on a common asylum system? This essay looks for an answer in the […]
See MoreDemocratization in Burma? – Challenges and Perspectives
What changes happen in Burma? Are these changes a democratization process? Burma’s transformation has been currently discussed by several articles, journalists and professionals. This abstract […]
See MoreBritain in anticipation of the 2012 Olympic Games – An interview with Ambassador Simon Gerard McDonald
After the first of two major sports events of this summer came to an end last night, a great amount of international attention will now […]
See MoreAre we experiencing a Latin American Spring?
“Alerta, alerta, alerta que camina la lucha estudiantil por America Latina!!” “Attention, attention, the student struggle is walking through Latin America!!” – it has been […]
See MoreThe Political Economy of Georgia’s Transformation: Before and After the Rose Revolution
Nearly ten years after Mikhail Saakashvili took office and shortly before the Parliamentary elections in October 2012 it is time for an intermediate analysis of […]
See MoreThe Myth of the Rising Powers
Over the past five months, CISS’s “Shifting Powers” series inquired about the implications of the apparent changes in the global political landscape. As we are […]
See MoreThe Euro-Crisis: A Chance in Disguise
This paper argues that the current crisis we are witnessing in Europe was inevitable and should be seen as a chance in disguise. It is […]
See MoreHow to rescue the euro: Ten commandments
No simple solution to the euro crisis exists. This column argues the heart of the Eurozone’s woe is a balance-of-payments crisis whose solution requires real […]
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