Publications

The Centre for European Studies publishes papers by staff, visitors, conference and seminar presenters and Visiting Fellows. These publications are available to the public free of charge. Their aim is to promote a better understanding of Europe and the European Union in Australia.

To view the other publications of individual members of the Centre for European Studies please view their respective profile pages at People.

Briefing Paper series

The ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Papers are an interdisciplinary series that aims to provide a concise overview of the latest research that promotes greater understanding of issues relating to Europe, the European Union and the Europe-Australia relationship... Find out more

Working Paper series

As part of its commitment to publish innovative and topical Europe-related research being undertaken by scholars and PhD students affiliated at ANU, the Centre initiated a Working Paper Series in May 2010. Given the work-in-progress nature of the Working Paper Series, authors welcome helpful comments on their work with the object of subsequent publication in a refereed journal or book.

Archived papers on DEMETRIUS

Looking for archived ANUCES or the previous National Europe Centre papers? The ANU online e-print website "Demetrius" has copies of most of our papers. Use the "Search DSpace" box in the top left hand corner of their webpage to search for your favourite authors and papers. Some previous publications are also available from the archived NEC site

France in the South Pacific: Countdown for New Caledonia − Review of Implementation of the Noumea Accord

Briefing papers

Denise Fisher | May, 2012 | Volume 3 Number 4

This paper is a companion to an earlier ANUCES Briefing Paper, which noted the importance for regional stability of resolving New Caledonian decolonisation issues within the UN decolonisation framework, both for long-term acceptance of the French...

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The Regulation of Electronic Communications in the European Union: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges

Briefing papers

Marialuisa Costa | April, 2012 | Volume 3 Number 2

Over the past two decades the regulation of electronic communications in the European Union has undergone significant development. These changes have been motivated by a combination of technological innovations and the adoption of new regulatory...

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Towards the 9th ASEM Summit in Laos in 2012: Asia-Europe Relations in the 21st Century

Briefing papers

Thomas Roe | April, 2012 | Volume 3 Number 3

This paper discusses the origins, purpose and functioning of the Asia-Europe Meetings (ASEM) that have been convened since 1996 between Asian and European countries. It places ASEM in an emerging multi-polar world and elaborates ASEM’s growth...

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France in the South Pacific: Countdown for New Caledonia − Options for the Future

Briefing papers

Denise Fisher | March, 2012 | Volume 3 Number 1

France was able to turn regional opinion in the South Pacific from hostility in the 1980s to cautious acceptance through two major policy decisions relating to its sovereign Pacific entities in the 1990s: ceasing its nuclear testing in French...

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European Sustainable Construction Regulation: Homogeneity and Attention

Briefing papers

Jeroen van der Heijden and Ellen van Bueren | November, 2011 | Volume 2 Number 4

Understanding the negative impact of the construction industry and the built environment on the ecological environment, the European Commission (EC) aims to harmonise and improve sustainable construction regulatory frameworks in Member States of the...

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How Likely Is It That The European Union Will Disintegrate? A Critical Analysis of Competing Theoretical Perspectives

Briefing papers

Douglas Webber | October, 2011 | Volume 2 Number 3

This article turns existing theories of European integration on their head, exploring the conditions under which they would predict the European Union to disintegrate and assessing to what extent these conditions currently exist. It then provides a...

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Hungary’s 2011 Constitution: Key Features and Political Background

Briefing papers

Krisztina Osvát and Szabolcs Osvát | June, 2011 | Volume 2 Number 2

This paper provides a brief analysis of Hungary’s new 2011 Constitution. It highlights the most important and most widely debated provisions and focuses particularly on the Constitution’s novelties, such as economic constitutionality and...

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Balancing exclusion, prosecution and non-refoulement: the application of article 1F of the Refugees Convention in The Netherlands

Briefing papers

Deciana Speckmann | January, 2011 | Volume 2 Number 1

As the “legal capital of the world” and host of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Dutch government has consistently advocated that crimes under international law should not go unpunished. Hence, it is not surprising that...

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European Human Rights 1919-1950: From Negative to Positive Example? The Prioritisation of ‘First Generation’ Rights?

Working paper series

Dr Bruce Kent | December, 2010 | Volume 1 Number 3

The United Nations General Assembly’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights (1950) were contrasting responses to the ‘paradigm shift’ in social and political...

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EU Analogical Identity - Or the Ties that Link (Without Binding)

Briefing papers

Pablo Jiménez | September, 2010 | Volume 1 Number 2

From the political point of view, European Union (EU) integration implies some kind of unity in the community constituted by EU citizens. Unity is difficult to attain if the diversity of citizens (and their nations) is to be respected. A thick bond...

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