The campaign for the restitution of Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust has led to more than 40 European commissions set up to ascertain how the property was dealt with after the war ended. This book examines the major cases concerning restitution, covering issues such as Nazi gold.
Arguments, Excursions and Disquisitions on the Theme of Europe
Featuring the theme of Europe, this book of essays reports on fifteen years of "experimental living" in Berlin and Strasburg, amongst other places. This book provides a portrait of the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt, a send-off for Bernard Pivot's classic literary chat-show "Bouillon de Culture", and more.
Employed by the European Community in Yugoslavia the author was tasked to report on the breaking of the arms embargo. Danger lurked as he conducted a beach and airport reconnaissance and interviewed war criminals. Closing in on the embargo busting he was ordered to falsify his daily reports in order to hide the evidence. He refused and resigned.
Federiga Bindi provides, for the first time, an in-depth analysis of Italy's role within the European Union (EU) in this inaugural volume of a book series published jointly by the Brookings Institution Press and the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (Italian National School of Public Administration, or SSPA).
In a relatively short time, the EU has become one of the important actors on the world stage. This book explores the goals and effectiveness of the EU's external actions after adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. It brings together scholars and policymakers who provide a view of the EU's foreign policy merits and challenges.
In a relatively short time, the European Union has become one of the world's most powerful and important bodies. Its critical role in international affairs extends to several different areas: economics; culture; the environment; and, of course, international security and foreign affairs.
Throughout the postwar era a special relationship between France and Germany has often been the catalyst for European integration. The two countries have achieved jointly the leadership that neither could sustain alone.
Deals with the development of social policy in the EU. The authors examine the substance of particular policies, such as industrial relations, immigration, agriculture, and gender equality. They emphasize the distinctive nature and dynamics of integrating policy in a "multi-tiered" system - one in which individual member states share policymaking ......
