European foreign policy unit engaged in debate on Brexit

The current debates in the UK about the future of its relationship with the European Union are heating up, with pressure groups being formed to press the case for a yes or a no vote in the referendum on British membership in the EU, due in 2016 or 2017. The European Foreign Policy Unit is contributing to the debate by providing expertise on the EU’s foreign policy system, the position of the UK within that system, and the costs and benefits of cooperation on foreign policy issues within the EU

NEW BOOK: Cutting the Gordian Knot of Economic Reform

A new book Cutting the Gordian Knot of Economic Reform by Leonardo Baccini (of LSE International Relations Department) and Johannes Urpelainen (of Columbia University) is due to be published by Oxford University Press on 23 October 2014

ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

The economic crisis that the global economy is facing nowadays has started with the financial crisis of the U.S financial system. We are talking about an unprecedented speculative boom at global level which has overcome the previous booms created by the deconomic crisis, exchange rate, metal reserves

THE HIGH -IMPACT OF FRANCHISING ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS IN SOME OF THE EU MEMBERS

International companies prefer the franchise as it is very difficult to manage a business from distance and create a network of locations at low costs. Once the franchise is offered, the company gets away with the concern that contracting a location, withfranchising, economic affairs, international brands, economic globalization,

IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION ON THE WORLD ECONOMY

One of the issues of maximum interes to our century is the analysis of implications of globalization on the world economy and this proves to be even more important now in the middle of financial crisis. Forecasts from the World Bank are very optimistic oglobalization, crisis, developed countries, developing countries

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: FROM SUCCES TO FAILURE

Over the past few years, the strategic alliances had been increasingly common. The term “strategic alliance” can mean many different things, but the commonly used meaning entails a joint corporative effort by two or more companies working towards agreed ustrategic alliances, benefits, risk of failure

RELATIONSHIP AND CAUSALITY BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE AND CERTAIN DISEASES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

The objective of this paper is to further research the already established relationship between economic growth and health by using the results of some previous works and applying them on the recent data, in order to find out if the economic growth rate iHealth Policy, European Union, Economic Development, Human Resources, GDP, Economic Growth, diseases

THE EUROPEAN BUSINESS CYCLE

The construction of European Monetary Union has raised several questions about the existence of a common business cycle, a European one. The lack of cyclical synchronization would complicate the monetary and fiscal policies in the Union, being a negativeEuropean business cycle, correlation, synchronization of business cycles

FINANCIAL GLOBALISATION

The paper presents transformations that have occurred in the process of financial globalization on various countries and the role that credit plays in monetary policy.financial globalization, credit, monetary

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLES OF INSTITUTIONS

The internationally accepted definition of sustainable development is referring at the obtaining the satisfaction the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is a means tglobalization, crisis, development, institutions.