ESI – European Stability Initiative
ESI – European Stability Initiative

THE STABILITY PACT and Lessons from a Decade of Regional Initiatives

Interim Evaluation of Reconstruction and Return Task Force (RRTF). MINORITY RETURN PROGRAMMES in 1999

MONTENEGRO: A Balancing Act

Reshaping international priorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part One: BOSNIAN POWER STRUCTURES

MONTENEGRO: Issues and Questions Background Briefing 1999-05

Discussion paper for the ESI-SIIA Stockholm Seminar on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Reshaping international priorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part Two: INTERNATIONAL POWER IN BOSNIA

TAKING ON THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS. Integration of network industries as a tool of peace building

TURNING POINT: The Brussels PIC Declaration and a state-building agenda for Bosnia and Herzegovina

AUTONOMY, DEPENDENCY, SECURITY: The Montenegrin Dilemma

STABILITY, Institutions and European Integration

SOVEREIGNTY, Europe and the Future of Serbia and Montenegro. A Proposal for International Mediation

Reshaping international priorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Part Three: The end of the nationalist regimes and the FUTURE OF THE BOSNIAN STATE

DEMOCRACY, SECURITY AND THE FUTURE OF THE STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE. A Framework for Debate

RHETORIC and REFORM. A Case Study of Institution Building in Montenegro 1998 – 2001

IN SEARCH OF POLITICS: The Evolving International Role in Bosnia and Herzegovina

POLITICS, INTERESTS AND THE FUTURE OF YUGOSLAVIA: an Agenda for Dialogue

Governance and development. A real life story of private sector growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. LESSONS FROM BOSNIA FOR KOSOVO. Part I

The OTHER MACEDONIAN CONFLICT. ESI Discussion Paper

De-INDUSTRIALISATION and its CONSEQUENCES. A Kosovo Story. (Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit of the EU Pillar of UNMIK European Stability Initiative)

IMPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM? The Case for Ownership. A Discussion Paper

THE OTTOMAN DILEMMA. Power and Property Relations under the United Nations Mission in Kosovo

AHMETI’s VILLAGE. The Political Economy of Interethnic Relations in Macedonia

WESTERN B ALKANS 2004. Assistance, cohesion and the new boundaries of Europe. A call for policy reform

THE ROAD TO THESSALONIKI: Cohesion and the Western Balkans

Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina. TRAVAILS OF THE EUROPEAN RAJ

After the Bonn Powers. OPEN LETTER TO LORD ASHDOWN

MAKING FEDERALISM WORK – A Radical Proposal for Practical Reform

WAITING FOR A MIRACLE? The politics of constitutional change in Bosnia and Herzegovina

PEOPLE OR TERRITORY? A proposal for Mitrovica

THE LAUSANNE PRINCIPLE. Multiethnicity, Territory and the Future of Kosovo’s Serbs

Wilton Park Conference, 10 June 2004 - RECOMMENDATIONS

TOWARDS A KOSOVO DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The state of the Kosovo economy and possible ways forward

GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Post-Industrial Society and the Authoritarian Temptation

THE HELSINKI MOMENT. European Member-State Building in the Balkans

BREAKING OUT OF THE BALKAN GHETTO: Why IPA should be changed

THE DEVELOPMENT TRAP at the heart of the Balkans. A socio-economic portrait of Gjilan, Kumanovo and Presevo

ISLAMIC CALVINISTS. Change and Conservatism in Central Anatolia

MOMENT OF TRUTH. Macedonia, the EU budget and the destabilisation of the Balkans

MITROVICA: KOSOVO’S LITMUS TEST

UTOPIAN VISIONS. Governance failures in Kosovo’s capital

CUTTING THE LIFELINE. Migration, Families and the Future of Kosovo

AUSTRIA’S OCTOBER ELECTIONS. Implications for the Turkey Debate

THE GERMAN TURKEY DEBATE UNDER THE GRAND COALITION. State of the Debate – October 2006

THE COST OF NON-EUROPE. Textile towns and the future of Serbia

ON MOUNT OLYMPUS. How the UN violated human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and why nothing has been done to correct it

LEGAL DYNAMITE. How a Bosnian court may bring closer the end of the Bosnian protectorate

THE WORST IN CLASS. How the international protectorate hurts the European future of Bosnia and Herzegovina

TURKEY’S DARK SIDE. Party closures, conspiracies and the future of democracy

TOWARDS A KOSOVO DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The state of the Kosovo economy and possible ways forward

BOSNIAN VISA BREAKTHROUGH. Detailed Scorecard of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s results in meeting the EU Schengen White List Conditions

ISOLATING KOSOVO? Kosovo vs Afghanistan 5:22

SEX AND POWER IN TURKEY. Feminism, Islam and the Maturing of Turkish Democracy

CAVIAR DIPLOMACY. How Azerbaijan silenced the Council of Europe - Part 1

A PORTRAIT OF DECEPTION. Monitoring Azerbaijan or Why Pedro Agramunt should resign

RED LINES FOR ALBANIA. The EU and the June Parliamentary Elections

On the Eve of Judgement Day: The ECJ AND THE DEMIRKAN DECISION on 24 September

LOST IN THE BOSNIAN LABYRINTH. Why the Sejdic-Finci case should not block an EU application

HOUDINI IN BOSNIA. How to unlock the EU accession process

THE SURPRISING FRONT-RUNNER. Moldova before and after the Vilnius Summit

TRUST AND TRAVEL. How EU member states can ease the visa burden for Turks

THE DIFFERENCE LEADERSHIP MAKES. Lessons from Croatia’s EU accession process

TIMISOARA 2.0

KOSOVO – Of Patriarchs and Rebels

KAFKA’S WORLD and the Trial of Mehmet O.

TRANSITION AND HAPPINESS – a Bulgarian paradox?

BOOKS AND TEACHERS. The Great Debate on Education Kosovo needs in 2015

THE GOOD NEWS FROM GREECE. Can Thessaloniki point the way?

BOSNIA AS WUNDERKIND OF DOING BUSINESS. Outline of 14 steps to take

MEASURING CORRUPTION. The case for deep analysis and a simple proposal

Why people don’t need to DROWN IN THE AEGEAN. A policy proposal

THE MERKEL PLAN. Restoring control; retaining compassion. A proposal for the Syrian refugee crisis

PANGLOSS IN BRUSSELS. How (not) to implement the Aegean Agreement

NAVIGATING THE AEGEAN. What the EU ought to know, and say, about refugees and the Greek islands. A policy proposal

PANGLOSS BRÜKSEL’DE. Ege Anlaşması nasıl doğru (ya da yanlış) hayata geçirilebilir?

THE CHAPTER ILLUSION. For honesty and clarity in EU-Turkey relations

“AMSTERDAM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN”. How a Dutch-style asylum system can help resolve the Mediterranean refugee crisis

“AMSTERDAM NEL MEDITERRANEO”. Come il sistema d’asilo olandese può contribuire a risolvere la crisi migratoria nel Mediterraneo

DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE. Why Bosnian democracy will not end this October

THE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM FOR JUDGES IN POLAND. The case for infringement proceedings

THE EU-TURKEY STATEMENT three years on

HOW ARE THEY DOING? European Commission assessments of North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania (April 2019)

HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE EU-TURKEY STATEMENT. Phase II - Key facts and key steps

THE AEGEAN TRAGEDY. Key facts and key steps

THE OTTOMAN DILEMMA. Power and Property Relations under the United Nations Mission in Kosovo

TREPČA, 1965-2000

BEYOND ENLARGEMENT FATIGUE? Part 1: The Dutch debate on Turkish accession

A BOSNIAN FORTRESS. Return, Energy and the Future of Republika Srpska

A REFERENDUM ON THE UNKNOWN TURK? Anatomy of an Austrian debate

NOAH’S DOVE RETURNS. Armenia, Turkey and the Debate on Genocide

THE GREAT DEBATE. Germany, Turkey and the Turks. Part I: Intellectuals

A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. Why Turkey’s EU Accession Process Will Continue

ISOLATION CONFIRMED. How the EU is undermining its interests in Kosovo

MURDER IN ANATOLIA. Christian Missionaries and Turkish Ultranationalism

GENERATION FACEBOOK IN BAKU. Adnan, Emin and the Future of Dissent in Azerbaijan

SAVING VISA-FREE TRAVEL. Visa, asylum and the EU roadmap policy

CUTTING THE VISA KNOT. How Turks can travel freely to Europe

TURKISH TOURISTS AND EUROPEAN JUSTICE. The Demirkan ruling and how Turkey can obtain visa-free travel

DISGRACED. Azerbaijan and the End of Election Monitoring as we know it

VLADIMIR AND ESTRAGON IN SKOPJE. A fictional Conversation on Trust and Standards and a Plea on how to break a Vicious Circle

PROTESTS and ILLUSIONS. How Bosnia and Herzegovina lost a decade

WHY KOSOVO NEEDS MIGRATION. From research to policy

TEACHING WAR. How Croatian schoolbooks changed and why it matters. – Textbook series – part one

MONTENEGRO: DEUTSCHLANDS BALKANSTIPENDIEN – Asyl und der Rožaje-Exodus

MONTENEGRO: GERMANY’S BALKAN STIPENds – Asylum and the Rožaje exodus

ESCAPING THE FIRST CIRCLE OF HELL or The secret behind Bosnian reforms

BIJEG IZ PRVOG KRUGA PAKLA ili tajna iza reformi u Bosni i Hercegovini

EGE’DE SEYRÜSEFER. AB’nin Mülteciler ve Yunan Adaları Hakkında. Bilmesi ve Söylemesi Gerekenler. Bir Siyaset Önerisi

IM EUROPÄISCHEN SUMPF. (KAVIARDIPLOMATIE II) Staatsanwälte, Korruption und der Europarat

THE EUROPEAN SWAMP. (CAVIAR DIPLOMACY Part 2) Prosecutors, corruption and the Council of Europe

EL PANTANO EUROPEO. (DIPLOMACIA DEL CAVIAR Parte 2) Fiscales, corrupción y el Consejo de Europa

AVRUPA BATAKLIĞI. (HAVYAR DİPLOMASİSİ 2. BÖLÜM) Savcılar, Yolsuzluk ve Avrupa Konseyi

“HANG THEM IN TAKSIM” Europe, Turkey and the Future of the Death Penalty

A ROME PLAN FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATION CRISIS. The case for take-back realism

WINE, DOG FOOD AND BOSNIAN CLICHÉS. False ideas and why they matter

VINO, PSEĆA HRANA I KLIŠEJI O BIH. Pogrešne ideje i zašto su važne

WHERE THE LAW ENDS. The collapse of the rule of law in Poland – and what to do

UNDER SIEGE. Why Polish courts matter for Europe

THE HYPNOTIST. Aleksandar Vucic, John Bolton and the return of the past

POLAND’S DEEPENING CRISIS. When the rule of law dies in Europe

HAMSTER IN THE WHEEL. Credibility and EU Balkan policy

THE WIZARD, THE VIRUS AND A POT OF GOLD. Viktor Orban and the future of European solidarity