Wider Europe Links
This section of links is designed as a guide to the diverse and ever-increasing set of resources to be found on the worldwide web pertaining to the Wider Europe. These include: academic bodies, directories and maps, electronic journals and periodicals, international media outlets, international institutions, Non Governmental Organizations, think tanks and statistical information.
Directories
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UK-based gateway to resources on the EU
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Electronic Journals and Periodicals
European Integration On-line Papers
a very good academic web-site, which publishes many excellent new articles electronically, and thus more rapidly than print-based journals
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monthly newsletter on academic and social science resources on the web, published by Heriot Watt University Edinburgh
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Government and Politics
L 'Observatoire Social Européen
Brussels-based research centre with a strong social policy interest, but also of general use
International Institutions
News & Media
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The BBC’s website ‘Inside Europe’ is also a good source of information on the European Union
Central Europe News Online - EIN News
EIN news monitoring service - Central European Service
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Official EU public opinion monitoring site
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comprehensive list of online newspapers, arranged by region
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One of the most impressive discussion sites on the net and one with a strong European focus
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Current affairs and arts magazine specialising in historical and political writing
Non Governmental Organizations
Statistical Information
Think Tanks
Centre for European Policy Studies
Brussels-based independent think-tank
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A prominent London-based think tank
Centrum Stosunkow Miedzynarodowych (Centre for International Relations, Warsaw)
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A project based at the University of Birmingham to investigate whether and how the EU, through integration and association, can help to transform the nature of borders from lines of conflict to lines of cooperation.
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Paris-based think-tank, focused on serving \'the generations born since the Treaty of Rome
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
The European Union’s in-house Paris-based think tank charged with producing policy papers and advice on EU Security and Defence Policy
The European Council on Foreign Relations
A new think tank dedicated to strategic analysis of the challenges facing Europe in the twenty first century
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UK-based organization which lobbies for a federal EU
The Institute of European and International Affairs
Dublin-based organisation with educational and political aims
Universities
A number of universities have web-sites that often include recent reports or research papers on current EU matters. Of these, the best include:
Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies
Florence Italy based centre at at the European University Institute (EUI), promoting work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
UCL SSEES Library is one of the leading teaching and research collections in the UK for the study of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.
Events at the CSWE
- Eurasia Conference
- Round Table on 1989: the 'Year of Revolutions'
- Research Seminar 2: 5 November 2008
- Research Seminar 3: 19 November 2008
- Research Seminar 4: 3 December 2008
News from the CSWE
- The EU and its Neighbours
- NORFACE TNP Call for proposals now Open
- Eurasia Conference
- Research Award for Dr. Patty Gray
- Research Award for Dr. Patty Gray

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