• Working paper by Daniel Keohane, 06 May 2005

    Ever since terrorist bombs killed nearly 200 people in Madrid in March 2004, EU politicians have argued for greater European co-operation in fighting terrorism.

  • Briefing note by Adam Townsend, 05 June 2003

    Not all is doom and gloom in the tattered transatlantic relationship. EU member-states and the US are co-operating effectively over terrorism. But the US needs to work more with the EU as a whole, rather thansimply through individual European governments.

  • Working paper by Adam Townsend, 02 May 2003

    The European Union needs to build an effective security framework to stop criminals and terrorists from roaming freely across its internal borders.

  • Policy brief by Heather Grabbe, 04 October 2002

    Justice and home affairs (JHA) has become the EU’s most active policy area, but one of its least known or understood. It now accounts for about 40 per cent of the EU’s new legislation.

  • Bulletin article by Ben Hall, 01 October 2001

    Television images of migrants walking unabashed into the Channel Tunnel are a stark reminder of the fact that Britain is no longer an island.

  • Report by Ben Hall, Ashish Bhatt , 01 October 1999

    Most observers of the European Union see the single currency as the principal driving force of European integration in the coming decade.

  • Bulletin article by Ben Hall, 02 August 1999

    Crime is becoming increasingly international, and it is a big business. A recent United Nations report estimates that the global turnover of criminal organisations amounts to some £1,000 billion a year, considerably larger than the gross domestic product of Britain.