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Recent Publications

Books

  • Z Lachowski, M Sjögren et al., Tools for Building Confidence on the Korean Peninsula: A report by SIPRI and the CSS–ETH Zurich, Stockholm, 2007
  • Z Lachowski. Foreign Military Bases in Eurasia, SIPRI: Stockholm, 2007
  • R Aliboni, M Salman Tayie, R Rummel, G Herolf and Y Qatarneh, Ownership and Co-Ownership in Conflict Prevention in the Framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, EuroMeSCo, 2006.
  • AJK Bailes, G Herolf and B Sundelius (eds), The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy, published for SIPRI, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Book chapters, articles and briefs

2010
  • Z Lachowski, “The Obama effect on non-proliferation and disarmament issues” (in Polish), Strategic Yearbook 2009/10, Warsaw, 2010.
  • G Herolf, “Establishing the Knowledge Base of a Smart Power: A Blue Print for an EU Institute of Peace”, Standard Briefing, Directorate-General for External Policies,  Policy Department, European Parliament, EXPO/B/AFET/FWC//2009-01/ LOT6/06, PE 433.825, April 2010.
  • Z Lachowski, “Conventional arms control”, SIPRI Yearbook 2010, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2010
  • G Herolf, "Schweden und die Ratspräsidentschaft – ehrlicher Makler mit eigenen Interessen”, Integration, Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), Berlin, no. 2/2010
  • G Herolf, "ENP and External/Internal Security: A Growing and Complex Sphere of Cooperation", in U. Diedrichs, A. Faber, F. Tekin and G. Umbach (eds) Europe Reloaded: Differentiation or Fusion, Book project in cooperation with the Institute of European Politics (IEP, Berlin) in honour of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wessels, NOMOS, forthcoming.
  • C Ekberg, G Herolf och L Vindevåg, “Svenska myndigheter och Security Sector Reform (SSR)” [Swedish Authorities and Security Sector Reform], Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar och Tidskrift, [The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Proceedings and Journal] Nr 1 2010.
  • AJK Bailes, Z Lachowski, “Collective security and the politico-military role of the OSCE”, Human Rights and Security, 2010 no. 1 
  • "Sweden" in EU-27 Watch, No. 9, edited by the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP),www.eu-27Watch.org, July 2010.

 

2009
  • Z. Lachowski, S. Post, “Conventional arms control”, SIPRI Yearbook 2009, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2009
  • G Herolf, “Swedish Perceptions” in S Aksit, Ö Senyuva and C Üstün (eds), Turkey Watch – EU Member States’ Perceptions on Turkey’s Accession to the EU, Strengthening and Integrating Academic Networks (SINAN) , Center for European Studies (CES) at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, available at http://sinan.ces.metu.edu.tr/dosya/turkey_watch_en.pdf, 2009. Printed version forthcoming.
  • G Herolf, "Sweden" in EU-27 Watch, No. 8, EU-CONSENT, T. Leppik-Bork (coordination and editing), Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), www. iep-berlin.de and www.eu-consent.net, March 2009.
  • G Herolf, "Coming Tests for Transatlantic Security Relations", SIPRI Update, February 2009.
  • Z Lachowski, “The CFE Treaty one year after its suspension: A forlorn treaty?”, SIPRI Policy Brief, Jan. 2009 
  • Z Lachowski, “Confidence-building measures” in: Max-Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 2009
  • Z Lachowski, “Regional risks and instabilities and conventional arms control: general experiences and patterns”, a presentation at the seminar Conventional Arms Control and Disarmament in the Current Strategic Environment, 8th Berlin Seminar on Conventional Arms Control, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS)—RACVIAC-Centre for Security Cooperation, Bestovje, Croatia, 2009 
  • Z Lachowski, “Regional instabilities and conventional arms control” in: Zellner, W., Schmidt, H.-J. and G. Neuneck (eds), Die Zukunft konventioneller Rüstungskontrolle in Europa/The Future of Conventional Arms Control in Europe, Nomos: Baden-Baden, 2009

 

2008
  • G Herolf, "National Perceptions on EU Membership – Sweden” in C Franck (ed.) Nine among Twenty-Seven, European Policy of Medium-Size EU Member States, Comparison and Assessment, Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Organisation internationale de la francophonie,  Favorita papers 02/2008
  • G Herolf, "Sweden" in EU-27 Watch, No.7, EU-CONSENT, B Lippert and T Leppik-Bork (coordnation and editing), Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP),www.iep-berlin.de and www.eu-consent.net, September 2008
  • J-Y Haine, G Herolf and Z Lachowski, "Euro-Atlantic security institutions and relationships" in SIPRI Yearbook 2008, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2008
  • Z Lachowski, “Conventional arms control”, SIPRI Yearbook 2008, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2008
  • G Gya and G Herolf (eds) "EU Surveying the EU - The Future of Europe", Summary of EU-27 Watch, EU-CONSENT Issue 6, 2008, European Security Review , ISIS-Europe No.38, 2008
  • R Bengtsson and G Herolf, "Sweden" in EU-27 Watch, No.6, EU-CONSENT, B Lippert and T Leppik-Bork (coordination and editing), Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP),www.iep-berlin.de and www.eu-consent.net. March 2008
  • G Herolf, "National and Supranational Actors in European Foreign Policy" in K Y Nikolov (ed.), Adapting to Integration in an Enlarged European Union, Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA), ISBN 954-9543-08-X, 2008
  • Z Lachowski, “The Dayton Peace Accords—an example for arms control as a successful crisis management instrument”, Arms Control in Crisis Situations, Berlin Seminars on Conventional Arms Control, I/2008, RACVIAC, Centre for Security Cooperation, Zagreb, 2008 
  • Z Lachowski, ‘Possibilities for transition from the Dayton Pace Accord to the CFE Treaty’, The Potential of the CFE Treaty to Stabilise the Security Relations of States Parties in a Regional Context: The South Eastern European Region, Berlin Seminars on Conventional Arms Control, II/2008, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik, Berlin, 2008 
  • AJK Bailes, J-H Haine and Z Lachowski, “Reflections on the OSCE-EU relationship” in: OSCE Yearbook 2007, Nomos, Baden Baden, 2008
  • Z Lachowski, “History and achievements of confidence and security building in Europe and elsewhere”, The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, vol. 13, no. 2, Dec. 2008.

 

2007
  • P Dunay and Z Lachowski, “Euro-Atlantic security and institutions”, SIPRI Yearbook 2007, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2007
  • G Herolf, "Values, Interests and Geopolitical Realities: What Matters in Euro-Atlantic Security Policy?" in J Hedenskog and V Lavrenyuk (eds), Comparing the Baltic and Black Sea Regions: Regional Security, Energy Security and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Proceedings of a conference in Kyiv 24 April 2007, FOI and CIRS, Base Data Report, June 2007
  • G Herolf, "Overcoming National Impediments to ESDP", in K Brummer (ed.), The North and the ESDP, The Baltic States, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, BertelsmannStiftung, 2007
  • G Herolf, "European Partners' Perspective on the German Presidency 2007 " Sweden", M Overhaus, H W Maull and S Haranisch (eds), Foreign Policy in Dialogue, A quarterly publication on German and European Foreign Policy, University of Trier, February 2007.
  • G Herolf, "A New Policy for Sweden?" Europe's World, spring 2007.
  • AJK Bailes, P Dunay et al., The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SIPRI Policy Paper, No. 17, May 2007.
  • Z Lachowski, “Polish diplomacy and the CSCE process during the cold war period”, The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, 4 (2007)
  • Z Lachowski and M Sjögren, “Conventional arms control”, SIPRI Yearbook 2007, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2007

 

2006
  • G Herolf and E Lunell, "Iran och EUs kärntrio " för vem agerar den?" [Iran and the EU Core Group " For Whom Does It Act?], Internationella Studier, no. 4, 2006
  • G Herolf, "The EU as a Global Actor" in B Huldt, M Kerttunen, J Mörtberg and Y Ericsson, Y. (eds) European Security and Defence Policy, Strategic Yearbook 2006, Swedish National Defence College, 2006.
  • P Dunay and Z Lachowski ,”Euro-Atlantic security and institutions”, SIPRI Yearbook 2006, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Z Lachowski, “Conventional arms control”, SIPRI Yearbook 2006, Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, Oxford University Press, 2006
  • M Chillaud, Territorial Disarmament in Northern Europe: The Epilogue of a Success Story? SIPRI Policy Paper 13, August 2006.

 

For full bibliography see individual biographies

 

EU-27 Watch, No. 9 is released!

The EU-27 Watch, No. 9 gives an overview on current national debates on European policy in the 27 EU member states and the four candidate countries. Topics discussed are implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, the financial crisis and economic policy, and climate and energy policy. See also www.eu-27Watch.org.

New MERCURY publications
In January 2011, MERCURY issued a revised version of E-paper no. 1, “Conceptualising Multilateralism: Can We All Just Get Along?" Authors are Caroline Bouchard and John Peterson. To read the paper, please click here.

 

In December 2010, MERCURY issued E-paper no. 8, “The EU-China Partnership on Climate Change: Bilateralism Begetting Multilateralism in Promoting a Climate Change Regime?" Author is Giulia Romano. To read the paper, please click here.

 

In December 2010, MERCURY issued E-paper no. 7, “Cooperation in the North – Multilateralism or Mess?” Author is Gunilla Herolf. To read the paper, please click here.

 

In December 2010, MERCURY has issued its second Policy Brief. The two-page Policy Brief summarises main findings regarding the conceptual and institutional basis of EU multilateralism. To read more, please click here.

 

MERCURY Newsletter June Edition

MERCURY Newsletter June edition is out! Click here to read it.

Commission President Barroso meets MERCURY

On 19 June 2010 Commission President Barroso participated in a seminar at EUI in Florence on "What Should the EU Agenda for Global Governance Be?". MERCURY was represented by Prof. Christopher Hill and Prof. Wolfgang Wessels. For more information, please see here.