This study pays critical attention to two specific issue areas, which the financing instruments ought to be concerned with: First, the EU has developed tools and instruments to react to and prevent 'protracted crises'. The results of this study show that the current set of instruments forms a...

This study pays critical attention to two specific issue areas, which the financing instruments ought to be concerned with: First, the EU has developed tools and instruments to react to and prevent 'protracted crises'. The results of this study show that the current set of instruments forms a...

This study provides an overview of China's current approach to foreign policy and external relations. It focuses more particularly on the role and actions of China in global governance, its territorial claims and relations with countries in Asia, and its emergence as an important actor in...

This study provides an overview of China's current approach to foreign policy and external relations. It focuses more particularly on the role and actions of China in global governance, its territorial claims and relations with countries in Asia, and its emergence as an important actor in...

In January 2016, the European Commission First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, asked the Committee of the Regions (CoR) to submit an outlook opinion on The REFIT Programme: the local and regional perspective. As a consequence, the CoR invited a project team of researchers at KU Leuven - the...

This paper examines the interactions between China and the European Union within the World Trade Organization. In contexts where bilateral negotiations do not prove successful in tackling trade concerns, the WTO has become an important venue for the EU and China to discuss their trade disputes....

This contribution looks into the relationship between national parliaments and the EU’s trade policy since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. The October 2016 saga of a sub-State parliament in the Belgian region of Wallonia rejecting to authorize the signature of the Comprehensive...

By looking at the current social, economic and political trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and at recent developments in the EU's relation with the region, this study explores windows of opportunity for advancing the EU-Latin American strategic partnership. It is argued that, although...

By looking at the current social, economic and political trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and at recent developments in the EU's relation with the region, this study explores windows of opportunity for advancing the EU-Latin American strategic partnership. It is argued that, although...