At the core of the following thesis lies the idea that the recent European Union (EU) enlargement cannot be explained fully unless greater attention is paid to the institutional context in which decision making on the ...

The European Parliament (EP) has been on the move during the last ten to fteen years: literally, in that thanks to certain national governments it continues the bizarre monthly shuttle between Strasbourg and Brussels, but ...

Europe has possessed an elected, representative institution for almost thirty years. There are several reasons why this can be considered important. For some, the existence of the European Parliament (EP) has been a powerful ...

Abstract The world is growing increasingly complex and is characterised by ever increasing interdependence. This is the argument Grevi holds to assess the evolving structure of the international system in order to ...

Despite considerable advances in methods to examine leaders' personal characteristics using at–a–distance assessment, few studies have applied such techniques outside of the national level. This study reveals that such ...