Intense discussions have taken place on extraterritorial processing of asylum claims in the European Union over recent years. Despite extensive political controversy and media interest generated by the debate, it has not yielded any 'extraterritorial solution' for Europe's asylum challenges. EU...

Does Jean-Claude Juncker’s Commission herald a new start for Justice and Home Affairs cooperation in the EU? This essay outlines the main structural and thematic changes introduced by the new Commission, in particular those with direct or indirect relevance to Justice and Home Affairs or to...

The appearance of the EU as a security actor has nowhere been more apparent than in the field of counter-terrorism measures after 11 September 2001. This article looks at the challenges which the EU is facing regarding its new role, taking as an example one of the corner stones of the...