The physical and economic destruction caused by the conflict has significantly affected state institutions and its capacity to deliver services, compared to the years prior to 2011. Currently, the Syrian government lacks the ability to improve the socio-economic situation for large sectors of th...
The European Green Deal envisages an important role for gas in the energy transition. To follow this pathway, the gas value chain should be more oriented towards sustainability. Methane emission reduction should also be strongly pursued by gas network companies. A regulation to limit methane emi...
Managing migration across the EU’s external border requires a comprehensive policy response. For policies to be effective, member states need to work together and share responsibility in several policy areas, including asylum and return, refugee resettlement, border management, policies on legal...
US-Iran military tension and Europe’s uneasy job running the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism displays a complicated path to resolve Iran crisis. How can the E3/EU contain the crisis below a manageable threshold? What could be done if the dispute resolution mechanism fails to produce positive ...
The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) is a research tool designed to identify potential risks to media pluralism in the Member States and Candidate Countries of the European Union, and considering both online and offline news environments. This narrative report has been produced within the framework...
In July 2018, the Government of Syria regained control over Daraa governorate through Russian-brokered negotiations that led rebels to their capitulation. Since then, violence has been flaring up and the state is facing challenges in resuming service provision. While this is generally true, at t...
This thesis contains four papers. While the first three take a micro labor perspective, the fourth takes an international macro perspective. The common theme in the first three papers is the acquisition and destruction of human capital. The fourth was inspired by a seminar given by Jacques Melit...
This thesis puts in a new light the old problem of institutional design for ethnically divided societies. The lens through which I examine this question is mass education, a key mechanism of cultural reproduction and ethno-national homogenization. In doing so I integrate the insights of various ...
