In its series of Policy Papers, CIFE focuses on research projects, which comply with its academic heritage, tradition, competence and interest: European integration is still a challenge for further research, as well with regard to its internal structures as a political system sui generis as to its policies; federalism is still a key to seize specific features of the EU system, and needs to be reshaped in order to apply to innovative systemic evolutions.

Europe in the framework of international relations is a second focus CIFE concentrates on, as well as the role of Franco-German relationship for European integration, internally and with regard to Europeanisation and globalisation. A third focus is laid on societal developments, concerning social, demographic, environmental aspects, prospects of sustainable development or underlying doctrines, philosophies and mentalities.

These papers are available for open Access on our Website. CIFE publishes an annual collection of the papers once a year. The latest collection was published in May 2026: "Europe Forging Resilience".

Issue No. 80 | 8 January 2019 | Susann Heinecke

Russia and the EU - the helix of alienation

Against the backdrop of the current crisis of EU-Russia relations, the paper depicts the differences that have appeared in the past years, and the distinct perceptions that determine them. As main sources of conflict, the paper specifies the diverging value systems and the competing regional integration projects of the EU and Russia. The paper concludes that the EU must look for ways to stop the helix of conflict and alienation which implies the launch of a serious and equal dialogue with Russia.

Issue No. 79 | 17 December 2018 | Hartmut Marhold

Europe-Asia Connectivity - A Dramatic Shift in Global Relations

Issue No. 78 | 10 December 2018 | Yvan Gastaut

La question des frontières en Europe - Frontières en Europe, frontières de l'Europe

Issue No. 77 | 22 October 2018 | Matteo Bonomi

The Western Balkans and the European Union. Moving? In the right direction?

Annexes to the Policy Paper can be downloaded here.

Issue No. 76 | 28 September 2018 | Jean-Claude Vérez

Revenu universel: un projet réaliste?

Issue No. 75 | 17 September 2018 | Jean-Marie Rousseau

Too much trash and overflowing dustbins!

Issue No. 74 | 3 September 2018 | Laurent Baechler

La crise de la zone euro est-elle derrière nous?

Issue No. 73 | 6 July 2018 | Susann Heinecke

France - Central Asia - Time for a new vision?

Issue No. 72 | 4 July 2018 | Pinar Selek

Frontières franco-italiennes: Criminalisation des femmes en mobilité

Issue No. 71 | 18 May 2018 | Jean-Marie Rousseau

Could a Greener Economy Lead to a Polluted Planet?

Issue No. 70 | 27 April 2018 | Marta-Claudia Cliza and Laura-Cristiana Spataru-Negura

Règlement Général de l'Union européenne sur la Protection des Données: tout le monde est-il prêt?

Issue No. 69 | 6 April 2018 | Miron Wolnicki and Ryszard Piasecki

The post-neoliberal US economy: the new active role of the state is necessary

Issue No. 68 | 27 March 2018 | Jean-Claude Vérez

Le libéralisme économique en question

Issue No. 67 | 1 March 2018 | Kyriakos Revelas

Permanent Structured Cooperation: not a panacea but an important step for consolidating EU security and defence cooperation

Issue No. 66 | 14 February 2018 | Magda Stumvoll and Tobias Flessenkemper

**China's Balkans Silk Road: Does it pave or block the way of Western Balkans to the European Union?**

Issue No. 65 | 2 February 2018 | András Inotai

How to make the democratic system resilient in the new global environment of the 21st century?

Issue No. 64 | 10 January 2018 | Kenan Aslanli

Civil society and the petroleum sector: "Public brainpower" in the case of Azerbaijan

Issue No. 63 | 3 December 2017 | Hartmut Marhold

Germany's New Instability

Issue No. 62 | 6 November 2017 | Gabriel N. Toggenburg

EU values: a fragile and outdated foundation for EU-ropean unity?

Issue No. 61 | 13 October 2017 | Sebastian Franzkowiak

A stronger Europe in an illiberal world?

Issue No. 60 | 30 September 2017 | Laurent Baechler

Trumponomics

Issue No. 59 | 15 September 2017 | George Tzogopoulos

The EU, China and the Trump effect

Issue No. 58 | 3 July 2017 | Ebru Turhan

Thinking out of the Accession Box: The Potential and Limitations of Internal and External Differentiated Integration Between Turkey and the EU

Issue No. 57 | 15 June 2017 | Steve Lee

A Purpose for Further European Unity?

Issue No. 56 | 26 May 2017 | Hartmut Marhold

Après l'élection de Macron: la responsabilité de l'Allemagne pour l'Europe

Issue No. 55 | 15 May 2017 | Jean-Claude Vérez

Enjeux et défis du TAFTA

Issue No. 54 | 2 May 2017 | Lucas Skupin

The influence of social media on democratic participation and decision-making

Issue No. 53 | 18 April 2017 | Matthias Waechter

Nothing new in French politics? Why Emmanuel Macron is the most Gaullist of all candidates for the French presidential elections of 2017

Issue No. 52 | 26 March 2017 | Miron Wolnicki and Ryszard Piasecki

The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence

Issue No. 51 | 17 March 2017 | Junjie Ma

The Saint in the Office: How to Help the Government to be Right

Issue No. 50 | 3 March 2017 | Hartmut Marhold

Differentiated Integration, Reconsidered

Issue No. 49 | 20 February 2017 | Anna Dimitrova

The Risks of Trumpism

Issue No. 48 | 9 February 2017 | George Tzogopoulos

Sino-American relations under Trump

Issue No. 47 | 20 January 2017 | Matthias Waechter

Beyond populism: Why the European Union needs to engage into identity politics

Issue No. 46 | 14 November 2016 | Sebastian Franzkowiak

Only the dead have seen the end of the war - How to make sense of Turkey’s involvement in Syria

Issue No. 45 | 2 November 2016 | George Tzogopoulos

Transatlantic relations and the US Presidential election

Issue No. 44 | 19 October 2016 | Hartmut Marhold

From Brexit to Bratislava. Another EU Reform Debate Emerging

Issue No. 43 | 28 September 2016 | Visnja Samardzija and Ivana Skazlic

Implementation of the European Semester in new EU member states

Issue No. 42 | 1 August 2016 | Sebastian Zeitzmann

Why I don't think Brexit is going to happen (or, at least not the way the British thought it would)

Issue No. 41 | 15 July 2016 | Helgard Fröhlich

Britain has voted! The European Union at the Crossroads: Reform or Further Disintegration?

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