This article reviews and analyzes recent research on regional integration. The review is
structured along a political economy framework and proceeds in three steps. After analyzing …

International interdependence is at the core of the international relations discipline, which is
premised upon the fact that states interact with one another and examines the nature …

The Central and East European (CEE) countries that had applied for membership in the
European Union were confronted with far-reaching requirements in order to bring domestic …

Conflicts are part of everyday professional life. As long as there is scarcity, there will be
conflicts, whether for financial success, the value in the company, the attention of the …

How do political parties in Central and Eastern Europe position themselves on European
integration? We show that the strongest predictor of a party's stance is ideology. The …

How do domestic politics influence the formation of international institutions, and how do
international institutions shape domestic politics? These questions cannot be answered in …

Democratization in the developing world is, according to Samuel Huntington,“an important—
perhaps the most important—global political development of the late twentieth century.” …

Convergence in institutions and in per capita income across the European Union (EU)
Member States are key goals of the European integrations process. Especially in the course …

The authors discuss how scholars can bring theories of spatial policy dependence and
empirical model specifications closer in line so that the empirical analysis actually tests the …

Political science research on policy convergence has largely remained inconclusive. While
many studies found support for the convergence hypothesis, an almost equally large …