The objective of this dissertation was to research the challenges of accession that Croatia faced in order to become part of the European Union. In order to better understand why these challenges occurred during Croatia's negotiations, an overview of the Copenhagen Criteria will be provided. Furthermore, …

In this dissertation the changes that are made by the Lisbon Treaty in the field of foreign policy are examined. The conflict in Libya in 2011 is used as a case study. The objective of this dissertation is to examine if the actions and decisions that were made by the European Union and its Member States …

The Arctic Ocean stands at the threshold of significant changes. Climate change and the melting of ice have a potential impact on vulnerable ecosystems, the livelihoods of local inhabitants and indigenous communities, and the potential exploitation of natural resources. (Ilulissat Declaration, 2008, …

Burgers en politici hebben behoefte aan verantwoording over ingezette middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp en de bereikte doelen. De resultatenrapportage van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken biedt in theorie een mooi overzicht dat ten dele inzicht verschaft. Het rapport schetst echter een te mooi beeld. …

The aim of the report was to find out the state of affairs on the EU policy against racism and xenophobia with regard to the Roma. The reason for this research was the incident that happened to the Roma in France from July to August in 2010. In order to get more insight in the subject it was decided …

Development cooperation has a long history, but in the last decade a considerable change has become visible: many organisations are shifting from traditional service delivery to the poor to a new approach that includes more people in life changing processes and makes them a part of that change themselves. …

In this paper I describe the ways in which the communication discipline can make a hidden crisis transparent. For this purpose I examine the concept of crisis entrepreneurship from a communication point of view. Using discourse analysis, I analyse the discursive practices of crisis entrepreneurs in the …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …

Communication on Europe was never a priority in the Netherlands, until it became clear in 2005 that the Dutch people did not support the European Constitution. When on 12 June 2007 the Irish people voted against the Lisbon Treaty, the renewed constitutional treaty, one could speak of a consistency in …