ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. The real choice: European or national rearmament, supranational or intergovernmental European defence?
- (Editorial)
- ... global, solutions, two proposals usually are put forward. On the one hand a federalist one, aiming at creating a truly supranational policy to deal with the issue. On the other hand an intergovernmental ...
- Created on 09 May 2025
- 2. Common Constitutional Patterns of Capital Cities in Europe
- (Essay)
- ... from dominant "city-states" like Berlin and Vienna to decentralized capitals such as Bern and The Hague – while emphasizing shared challenges in governance, financial autonomy, and intergovernmental cooperation. ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 3. Fiscal Decentralization in Federal Systems: A Comparative Story of a Principle and its Paradigms
- (Essay)
- ... institutional framework and the dynamics of intergovernmental relations within federal systems. It appreciates both the self-rule and shared-rule dimensions, with the latter serving as an architectural ...
- Created on 25 July 2024
- 4. Loyalty references in the Statutes of Autonomy in Spain: legal or symbolic value?
- (Essay)
- Gonzalo Gabriel Carranza The federal loyalty in Spain is an unwritten constitutional principle that binds the State and the Autonomous Communities in their intergovernmental relations, as well ...
- Created on 30 April 2024
- 5. EU law and inter se agreements in defence matters: Mapping the interplay
- (Essay)
- ... Based on a comparison with other policy areas, the paper argues that the incorporation of EUROCORPS and other intergovernmental defence cooperation initiatives within the EU legal order would not require ...
- Created on 30 May 2023
- 6. Earmarking grants in a federal polity
- (Essay)
- The ongoing transition from layered-cake federalism to marble-cake federalism led to an increasing role of intergovernmental grants in many countries. The field of higher-education is an example. Central ...
- Created on 21 November 2022
- 7. European Republicanism and the Return of Geopolitics in European Integration Theory
- (Essay)
- The Russian assault on Ukraine has been described as a turning point for Europe, putting geopolitics back on the top agenda. The war coincidences with a new German government, which might, after 16 ...
- Created on 28 July 2022
- 8. Federalism in the 2015 and 2018 Peace Agreements in South Sudan – But What Kind of Federalism?
- (Essay)
- ... and extremely shaky peace agreements, which were signed in 2015 and 2018 under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). In the process of peace negotiation, the establishment ...
- Created on 20 June 2022
- 9. Intellectual Prejudice and Institutional Shortcomings. The Risks for the Next Generation EU
- (Essay)
- Despite the fact that during the pandemic emergency the European Union managed to provide an ambitious and courageous response, in contrast to previous decisions, the intergovernmental method undermines ...
- Created on 04 April 2022