Big Questions, Significant Results, and EU Integration

The usual understanding is that one can either study the abstract or the specific, but not both at the same time. I argue that the topic of differentiated integration in the European Union offers an opportunity to do just that.

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The South China Sea Dispute: A Glimpse into our Future?

This post unravels some of the main aspects of the South China Sea dispute, which has recently gained some spotlight in media and politics. Thereby, it offers a glimpse into one of the most important future conflicts.

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European Security Cooperation: A Response to Unipolarity – or Anticipation of Multipolarity?

I already brought forward a neorealist approach to the emergence of the European Union which has been well received. Subsequently, I decided to write about European security cooperation, as well. We’d like to shed light on two competing neorealist views on the issue. This discussion shows that structural realism is far from unable to explain European […]

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The Beginnings of the EU: The Structural Realist Perspective

The European integration is commonly understood as being driven by either functional necessities, a sense of community, or economic gains. A modern reading of neorealism reveals a new interpretation of the European Union’s emergence and early development. It depicts that power developments in fact let European countries little choice than to integrate and that the […]

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