This report addresses the legal aspects of how the EU’s Cohesion Policy has changed over the past decade, exploring the legal argumentation behind its transformation. Cohesion Policy used to be understood as a policy with distinct features and clear limits, characterised by its focus on...

The application of securitization theory to cybersecurity is useful since it subjects the emotive rhetoric of threat construction to critical scrutiny. Floyd’s just securitization theory (JST) constitutes a mixture of securitization theory and just war theory. Unlike traditional securitization...

Der Autor stellt vor dem Hintergrund der ökonomischen Theorie des Föderalismus die Frage, ob dezentrale Kompetenzen beim Infektionsschutz auf Länderebene weniger effizient sind als zentrale Kompetenzen auf der Bundesebene. Er stellt fest, dass die Präferenzen zwischen den Bundesländern mit...

The European Union is at a crossroads. At issue will be each of the three decisions which define a federal constitution: the number of participating governments, the assignment of policy responsibilities to the new EMU, and the representation of local interests in, and the decision-making rules...