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Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI)

The Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) is a research institute at the University of Bonn.

10/07/2023

Are you interested in strategic research and security policy? Do you want to learn more about international security challenges and how to address them at the policy level? Do you wish to gain experience to work in the field of international relations?

This winter term (2023/24) Cassis will launch its new M.A. programme “Strategy and International Security” (MSIS) at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

The programme is designed for students with domestic and international backgrounds eager to better understand the world of today and the future of the international system.
In our comprehensive programme, we offer you:
- wide-ranged, interdisciplinary academic training in the fields of international law, diplomacy, military strategy and the methodology of security
- practice-oriented courses conducted by experienced professionals and the opportunity to carry out internships in close cooperation with governmental and non-governmental institutions
- international experience by completing courses at our partner universities

Apply until the 15th of August 2023!

Learn more about our M.A. programme “Strategy and International Security” and the application process on the following website: https://www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/de/lehre/master-of-arts-in-strategy-and-international-security

27/06/2023

Congratulations to our class of #2023!🎉

Last Friday, on the 23rd of June, we said goodbye to our 25th class of the Master of European Studies Governance and Regulation with our Final Ceremony. We applaud all our graduates and wish them all the best for their future! We proudly acknowledge their academic achievements and look forward to seeing how their professional careers unfold.

It was a special anniversary that our ZEI Directors, Prof. Christian Koenig and Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt, celebrated with our guests. Prof. Michael Hoch, Minister Nathanael Liminski, and Mayor Dr. Ursula Sautter also honoured our students with their attendance. We kindly thank our dedicated ZEI Alumni for taking the time to travel to us from all over the world! We would also like to thank the Bernd Lier Swing Ensemble, which provided us with musical accompaniment at our graduation ceremonies for over 23 years.

This event was bittersweet, as it was also the last year of our Master's programme. Together with the retirement of Prof. Kühnhardt next year, the Master of European Studies will also come to an end. That is not to say, however, that the network we built and nurtured throughout the years will be lost. We are glad to announce that the Master's programme will be continued in spirit by a new programme at under Prof. Ulrich Schlie. Our international Alumni network, which has grown over the years and consists of more than 600 graduates from 125 countries, will continue to exist.

We would like to thank all those involved for a fantastic evening and the worthy conclusion of our heartfelt project!

06/06/2023

The new of Observer is online! This issue deals with the European Commission’s third priority, "An economy that works for people”. More specifically, it analyses EU plans for encouraging economic development and the expansion of the social market economy amongst the backdrop of current challenges. Get it here:https://www.zei.uni-bonn.de/de/publikationen/medien/feo/zei-feo-vol11-no2_2023.pdf

A very special thank you to all our students and employees for their excellent contributions!

23/05/2023

How acute is the EU’s dependency on imports for critical raw materials (CRMs)? On the 16th of March 2023, the European Commission published a Proposal for establishing a framework on ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of CRMs. CRMs are necessary in sectors like renewable energy, digital industry, space and defence as well as health, therefore, making them essential for EU strategic targets.

16/05/2023

Of the 27 member states, 25 of them have opted to be a part of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). Set up in Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315, PESCO makes binding commitments for all participating countries in five different fields: (1) investment in defence equipment, (2) harmonising, pooling resources and reducing duplication, (3) availability and deployability, (4) overcoming capability shortcomings, and (5) the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the defence industry.

24/04/2023

The Customs Union (Articles 28-29 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European - TFEU) is an essential foundation of the and of its single market. All member states have agreed to standardise rules for their customs administrations. Additionally, there are no customs duties at the EU Customs Union's internal borders.

03/04/2023

The loss of biodiversity as a consequence of human activity needs to be addressed. On the 21st of February, the Commission published a Communication on an Action Plan for protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries.

21/03/2023

The sovereignty of each member state must be guarded even within the Union, meaning that a mechanism must be in place to ensure that the EU does not transgress its purpose. This sentiment exists in the principle of subsidiarity, which closely relates to the principle of proportionality. The latter requires that any action by the EU should not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Treaties.

14/03/2023

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) fight for market share with big conglomerates. To help SMEs remain competitive, the EU published a Proposal to make public capital markets in the Union more attractive for companies and to facilitate access to capital for SMEs.

09/03/2023

We would like to share with you another ZEI Discussion Paper, in the form of an interview, from Ralf Dahrendorf. This interview is part of the project "European Integration from Historical Experience", which aims to document all former commissioners from Germany. For deceased commissioners, the interviews are retrospectively reconstructed from their contemporary interviews, publications, writings and works. The Discussion Paper is available here:https://www.zei.uni-bonn.de/de/publikationen/medien/zei-dp/zei-dp-278-2023.pdf

07/03/2023

The Pope's ambivalent relationship with the European continent fluctuates between the global orientation of the Roman Catholic Church and reservations about Western modernity. In our new Discussion Paper, ZEI Director Ludger Kühnhardt reconstructs the perspectives of seven popes during seven decades of European unity and the ongoing disunity of the European continent. It is available here:https://www.zei.uni-bonn.de/de/publikationen/medien/zei-dp/zei-dp-277-2023.pdf

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