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The European Union and the Catholic Church
The European Union and the Catholic Church by Tomáš Doležal and Petr Kratochvíl is the first comprehensive monograph to explore the political relations between the Catholic Church and the European Union. Building on the insights of political theology, it connects the analysis of the political interactions of these two institutions with their broader normative outlooks and the analysis of their ideational orders. This study contains both a concise overview of the historical evolution of the relationship and analysis of the politico-theological strategies the two institutions employ in their interactions, which range from mutual legitimisation to direct normative conflict. This book will be of significant interest to those who wish to familiarise themselves with the Catholic approach to the integration process and to those who are interested in the interactions of the European Union with religious organisations in general, and the Catholic Church in particular.

New Perspectives on Pluridisciplinarity in Central and Eastern Europe
We would like to kindly invite you to a pre-conference panel by New Perspectives organized in the framework of the 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015 on Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination.

Development Cooperation of the 'New' EU Member States
Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň co-edited a collection that provides a comprehensive analysis of the international development policies of the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2004 and 2007. 

Civil-Military Cooperation in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones: Needed Marriage Also for Small States?
Rok Zupančič, Associate Research Fellow of the IIR, is the author of the article "Civil-Military Cooperation in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones: Needed Marriage Also for Small States? The Case Study of Slovenian Armed Forces in Kosovo and Afghanistan" published in The Journal of Slavic Military Studies (Volume 28, Issue 3, 2015).

A looming crisis of the INF Treaty
At the time, when the world is remembering the enormous tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Yury Fedorov in his new policy paper analyses what consequences might the looming crisis of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty have. "Who is violating the INF Treaty? Is it Russia, the USA or both of the countries? What could be the strategic consequences of the deployment of new Russian intermediate-range missiles aimed at European targets? Can NATO neutralize a looming Russian threat?"

‘Nothing is imposed in this policy!’: From the European Neighbourhood to Greece
A recent contibution to the blog of the journal New Perspectives by Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň and Petr Kratochvíl.

New Perspectives Interviews with Claudia Aradau
The editor-in-chief of our newly-started New Perspectives journal Benjamin Tallis interviews Dr. Claudia Aradau, a Reader in International Politics in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and the Editor of Security Dialogue. The interview is divided into three thematic parts.

The Greek Referendum on the Euro: Options and Implications
Policy brief on the Greek referendum by Emmanuel Sigalas who will be our new colleague from August.

What is the Turkish Stream and Why Does it Matter?
Turkish Stream, as a labyrinth of energy pipelines heading west, joined the ranks of key priorities over the past months.