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2007
Bart Simpson in Bosnia - new TPQ - Rumeli Observer blog
8/2007 8 November 2007As tensions rise in the Balkans the exercise of European soft power remains central to the stability of the region.
The Black Mountain and post-modern nation-building – Kosovo's shadows
7/2007 8 September 2007Islamic Calvinist as president? - Regatta in the Balkans - jobs with ESI
6/2007 15 August 2007Will future historians point to the summer of 2007 as the moment when it first became clear that Turkey would join the European Union before either Serbia or Bosnia-Herzegovina?
Vigorous debate in Turkey - the 2nd women's revolution
5/2007 29 June 2007We introduce some of the key women personalities in a surprising story that challenges myths about Turkey.
New ESI report: Feminism, Islam and the Future of Turkish Democracy
4/2007 6 June 2007The publication of our most recent report – Sex and Power in Turkey – Feminism, Islam and the Maturing of Turkish Democracy – takes place at a time of vigorous debate about Islam, secularism and democracy.
Turkish generals – Bosnian police – Caucasian think tanks
3/2007 17 May 2007Today a group of European friends of Turkey published an open letter about recent events in the country.
A new map of the Balkans
2/2007 26 February 2007ESI analysts have embarked on a journey from Rome to Istanbul across all of South East Europe.
New ESI report - How the UN violated human rights in Bosnia ...
1/2007 12 February 2007The entrenchment of the Balkan protectorates revives a question that ESI has posed in the past: to whom are international missions accountable, given their extraordinary powers? What happens when they make mistakes and violate the rights of citizens in the territories they govern?
2006
New ESI report - Cutting Kosovo's Lifeline
6/2006 19 September 2006Current policy debates in Kosovo which focus almost exclusively on status fail to take into account another change that is already affecting Kosovo society profoundly: the end of the era of mass migration
From Salzburg to Rome - EU policy in the Balkans
5/2006 10 May 2006It is appropriate for the European Commission and for member states to insist on strict compliance with conditionality on EU integration, including concerning cooperation with the ICTY.
New ESI report - Beyond Enlargement Fatigue
3/2006 24 April 2006ESI is carrying out a series of studies on current debates on enlargement. The series begins with the Netherlands, and examines how Dutch attitudes on Turkey have developed since 1999.
ESI on Salzburg - Pristina - dangerous games
2/2006 13 March 2006The 11 March 2006 meeting of EU Foreign Ministers with their colleagues from the Western Balkans in Salzburg was an opportunity to reassure the region that its European prospects are not slipping into the distant future. This opportunity was missed.
ESI debates - Turkish Islam - Bosnia - Armenia and Cyprus
1/2006 4 February 2006No ESI report triggered a more vigorous national debate than our recent study of social change in Central Anatolia, Islamic Calvinists. In recent weeks Turkish commentators in all large national papers used this report to take a new look at the relationship between the Turkish state, Islam in Turkey and economic development.
2005
Moment of Truth for EU Balkan Policy
5/2005 14 December 2005ESI is calling on EU member states not to forget their commitments to the countries of the Balkans, and their vital interest in lasting stability in the region on the eve of Kosovo status negotiations.
New ESI report: Islamic Calvinists. Change and Conservatism in Central Anatolia
4/2005 19 September 2005Our new report takes a closer look at current social and economic realities in Central Anatolia by exploring the recent economic revolution that has turned a number of former trading towns into manufacturing centres.
New report - Breaking out of the Balkan Ghetto
3/2005 1 June 2005This paper analyses the implications of the present Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) draft regulation. It proposes that all potential candidates should be given the chance to progress towards EU membership on an equal footing with previous candidates.
New TPQ - Fresh thoughts on the Balkans
2/2005 12 April 2005ESI analysts continue to meet with foreign ministries in EU member states and with politicians in the region to present the case for a change in the IPA regulation and for an accelerated process of EU member state building in the region.
Member state building and the Helsinki moment
1/2005 13 January 2005In addition to our work on EU policy and state building, we are continuing our field research in the Southern Balkans and in Central Anatolia, as well as our capacity building with young think-tanks in the region.
2004
New ESI report - The authoritarian temptation
6/2004 10 December 2004This report is a description of the roots of the passivity of the Bosnian state. Its central premise is simple: to move towards Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to overcome its authoritarian temptation and embrace a genuinely democratic political process.
ESI in Turkey - ESI on Kosovo
5/2004 4 September 2004Meeting in Istanbul this summer we have launched our latest new project: ESI Turkey. In what will be ESI's largest commitment, we will explore the process of transformation occurring in Turkey.