This article reviews the literature on Europeanization beyond the group of EU member and
(potential) candidate countries. It uses the analysis of Europeanization in applicant states as …

The introduction develops this special issue's main research question: under which
conditions are challenges to norms likely to decrease their robustness? The issue presents …

The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of
neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated …

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's
foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and …

ABSTRACT The External Incentives Model (EIM) was designed to explain the
Europeanization of the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) through the EU's …

The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But
how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that …

Background The term international institution has been used over the course of the last few
decades to refer to a broad range of phenomena. In the early postwar years, these words …

How effective and relevant is European Union political conditionality for the promotion of
democracy in third countries? This article reports the results of a panel study of 36 countries …

This article analyses the European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy in the context
of the European Union as an actor employing normative power in international politics. The …

Reactions to the promotion of human rights norms in post-conflict countries often clash with
central assumptions of established theoretical approaches to norm diffusion. Socialization …