In 2010, EU adopted a new growth strategy which includes three growth priorities and five headline targets to be reached by 2020. The aim of this paper is to investigate the current performance of the EU member and candidate states in achieving these growth priorities and the overall strategy...

This book examines the ways by which the European Union impacts economic and political processes in its member and candidate countries. Positive Turkish and negative Greek experiences suggest that the EU functions as a powerful catalyst of political and economic change, if towards various ends.

Energy sector is encountering serious problems which can be solved by technological innovations and increasing R&D expenditures. On the other hand, energy market reforms notably the establishment of competitive electricity and natural gas markets have resulted in a decrease of government energy...

Nuclear energy, which was once considered as the fuel of future and was abandoned after Chernobyl accident, has emerged recently in developed and developing countries as an option to combat climate change, to secure supply and to achieve sustainable development. Turkey, a developing country...

2The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent Energy Market Regulatory Authority.Current problems in the electricity sector require deployment of new technologies which are the outcome of research and development (R&D) mostly. On the other hand, figures show...