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2014
Kafka's world and the trial of Mehmet O. – Turkey's Erasmus generation
9/2014 24 July 2014Any person caught up in a political trial in Turkey enters the world of Kafka's famous novel. This is what happened to Mehmet Orgen, a captain in the Turkish navy.
New ESI Macedonia Report – Waiting for Godot and enlargement – Stone bridge dialogue
8/2014 18 July 2014In the past five years opposition to enlargement has deepened in every single EU member state. Can it still be a win-win policy?
Patriarchy in Kosovo – Political Prisoners in Berlin – Godot in Skopje
7/2014 6 June 2014A wave of arrests has exposed the weakness and capture of international institutions such as the Council of Europe. It is also challenging the international human rights movement.
Romanian success or failure? – Why Macedonia is not Finland
6/2014 27 May 2014With its focus on manufacturing and exports, Timisoara weathered the economic crisis much better than less industrial areas of South East Europe. Instead of collapsing, its industrial sector restructured.
Oslo abuse debate – Mr Jagland goes to Baku – June 2 Berlin event – a tradition of dissent
5/2014 19 May 2014We do want to encourage leaders in democratic Europe to defend the core values which the current regime in Baku rejects
The return of the caveman – 10 years enlargement – new ESI fellows scheme
4/2014 30 April 2014The world remains a geopolitical jungle. It is worth, however, remembering today how easily the great European enlargement could not have happened.
Hunger strike, European values and an Open Letter
3/2014 23 April 2014Ilham Aliyev is winning. His concerted campaign to undermine European democratic standards and the institutions that uphold them is working.
Why they look West – Ukraine, poverty and the EU
2/2014 21 March 2014No one can legitimately ask Ukrainians, Moldovans, and Georgians to give up their European perspective just to please the Kremlin
After Maidan – a new generation of progress reports – new visa paper
1/2014 27 February 2014The ultimate goal remains to complete the transformation of the European bloodlands of the 20th century into an integrated democratic continent for the 21st
2013
New ESI discussion paper: Moldova after Vilnius – the surprising front-runner
9/2013 3 December 2013There is no room for complacency in either Chisinau or in EU capitals. Moldova's "success" remains fragile. It has not yet translated into concrete improvements felt by its citizens.
New ESI report: Disgraced – Azerbaijan and the end of election monitoring as we know it
8/2013 8 November 2013Is election observation all a matter of personal opinion? Can parliamentarians sniff election fraud, simply because they are parliamentarians? This argument is absurd.
The power of two courts – the Strasbourg court and Bosnia – the ECJ and Turkey
7/2013 8 October 2013Non-implementation of the Sejdic-Finci decision does not justify blocking Bosnia and Herzegovina's application for EU membership
Happy Anniversary? EU-Turkey relations at age 50
6/2013 12 September 2013The 50th anniversary of the Ankara Agreement is an appropriate occasion for both the EU and Turkey to get serious about the European idea of free movement and to make it a reality for Turkey's young generation
New ESI report: Cutting the Visa Knot – How Turks can travel freely to Europe
5/2013 21 May 2013Visa liberalisation has been a crucial element in the EU's relations with Romania, Serbia and Albania. Yet until recently it had not even appeared on the agenda of talks between Brussels and Ankara.
Albanian elections, the case for red lines - ESI in Budapest - ESI junior fellows
4/2013 8 May 2013The key message from all international observers, and in particular from the European Union, must be that all Albanian institutions must rigorously respect the laws they themselves have adapted
Victor Hugo in Baku - Visa free travel and human rights
3/2013 26 February 2013When will Azerbaijani citizens be able to look back at political arrests and authoritarian rule in Baku with the same sense of amazement that Victor Hugo predicted for the future?
Open letter to LIBE committee concerning Balkan asylum issues
2/2013 21 February 2013If the countries that have undergone a formal visa liberalisation process are declared safe countries of origin, EU member states can provide for an accelerated examination procedure when dealing with claims from their citizens
Saving visa-free travel - ESI documentaries online - ESI in London, Budapest, and Kyiv
1/2013 8 January 2013Instead of going back on visa liberalization, we propose that all EU members have short procedures for dealing with applicants from European countries that meet a series of human rights conditions and are therefore "safe countries of origin"
2012
Ilham the Magician and the Council of Europe
7/2012 2 October 2012To show what is at stake we have produced a political fable. It illustrates Azerbaijan's latest attempt to undermine the credibility of the Council of Europe.
Smiles and conditions - Montenegro opens EU door - PACE and Azerbaijan
6/2012 6 July 2012The green light for talks with Montenegro is a badly needed signal that progress is rewarded and that the EU perspective is real