2021 |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso; Magnette, Paul How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma? Online Open Democracy 2021. @online{Nicolaïdis2021b, title = {How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma?}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Paul Magnette}, url = {https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/how-do-we-fix-europes-presidency-dilemma/}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-07-01}, organization = {Open Democracy}, abstract = {A single president, elected by almost 500 million, would not be an appropriate solution for the EU}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } A single president, elected by almost 500 million, would not be an appropriate solution for the EU |
Bercero, Ignacio Garcia; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The power surplus: Brussels calling, legal empathy and the trade-regulation nexus Journal Article EUI, Technical Report, CEPS Policy Insights, PI 2021/05, STG Report, 2021. @article{Bercero2021, title = {The power surplus: Brussels calling, legal empathy and the trade-regulation nexus}, author = {Ignacio Garcia Bercero and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/70675}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-05-00}, journal = {EUI, Technical Report, CEPS Policy Insights, PI 2021/05, STG Report}, abstract = {The EU may not be a superpower but it holds a ‘power surplus’ when it comes to the trade-regulatory nexus. The strategic challenges posed by the deployment of this power surplus are the subject of this paper, which argues that in order to be a responsible regulatory power and positively influence the multilateral agenda, the EU needs to develop a coherent overall approach to the external dimension of its regulatory policies. In this spirit, and in most cases, the EU would be ill advised to project itself as a model or to seek to ‘weaponise’ its regulatory powers in pursuit of unrelated foreign policy goals. Instead, it should wield this power to enhance the regulatory compatibility between its own and others’ jurisdictions through cooperation rather than relying on the passive market-based influence of the so-called Brussels effect. This is simply a way to be faithful to its core defining philosophy of legal empathy. The CEPS Policy Insight by authors Ignacio Garcia Bercero and Kalypso Nicolaides offers a typology of different forms of external EU regulatory impact, a discussion of the risks of either underuse or overuse of the regulatory power surplus, and considers the ‘good global governance’ model implied by a principled geopolitical role. It moves on to discuss a unifying conceptual framework to encompass this approach, under the umbrella of ‘managed mutual recognition’ as the operationalisation of legal empathy. It concludes with six specific suggestions as to how the EU can best exercise its regulatory power through a closer integration of trade and regulatory policies.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The EU may not be a superpower but it holds a ‘power surplus’ when it comes to the trade-regulatory nexus. The strategic challenges posed by the deployment of this power surplus are the subject of this paper, which argues that in order to be a responsible regulatory power and positively influence the multilateral agenda, the EU needs to develop a coherent overall approach to the external dimension of its regulatory policies. In this spirit, and in most cases, the EU would be ill advised to project itself as a model or to seek to ‘weaponise’ its regulatory powers in pursuit of unrelated foreign policy goals. Instead, it should wield this power to enhance the regulatory compatibility between its own and others’ jurisdictions through cooperation rather than relying on the passive market-based influence of the so-called Brussels effect. This is simply a way to be faithful to its core defining philosophy of legal empathy. The CEPS Policy Insight by authors Ignacio Garcia Bercero and Kalypso Nicolaides offers a typology of different forms of external EU regulatory impact, a discussion of the risks of either underuse or overuse of the regulatory power surplus, and considers the ‘good global governance’ model implied by a principled geopolitical role. It moves on to discuss a unifying conceptual framework to encompass this approach, under the umbrella of ‘managed mutual recognition’ as the operationalisation of legal empathy. It concludes with six specific suggestions as to how the EU can best exercise its regulatory power through a closer integration of trade and regulatory policies. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso; Merdzanovic, Adis A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law Book ibidem Press, 2021, ISBN: 9783838215419. @book{Nicolaidïs2021, title = {A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Adis Merdzanovic}, editor = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Adis Merdzanovic}, url = {http://cup.columbia.edu/book/rule-of-law/9783838215419}, isbn = {9783838215419}, year = {2021}, date = {2021-04-00}, booktitle = {A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law – Why We Need to Fight for the Most Precious Human Invention of All Time}, pages = {180 pages}, publisher = {ibidem Press}, abstract = {In our daily lives, the rule of law matters more than anything and yet remains an invisible presence. We trust in the rule of law to protect us from governmental overreach, mafia godfathers, or the will of the majority. We take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognize its demise—until it is too late. For under attack it is, not only in the growing number of authoritarian countries around the world but in Europe, too. As a citizen’s guide, this book explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it. The starting point is to ask why EU efforts to promote the rule of law in candidate countries have succeeded or failed, and what this tells us about what is happening inside the EU. The authors move on to suggest ways of strengthening the rule of law in Europe and beyond. This book is a call to action in defense of the most precious human invention of all time.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } In our daily lives, the rule of law matters more than anything and yet remains an invisible presence. We trust in the rule of law to protect us from governmental overreach, mafia godfathers, or the will of the majority. We take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognize its demise—until it is too late. For under attack it is, not only in the growing number of authoritarian countries around the world but in Europe, too. As a citizen’s guide, this book explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it. The starting point is to ask why EU efforts to promote the rule of law in candidate countries have succeeded or failed, and what this tells us about what is happening inside the EU. The authors move on to suggest ways of strengthening the rule of law in Europe and beyond. This book is a call to action in defense of the most precious human invention of all time. |
2020 |
Azmanova, Albena; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The rule of law: a simple phrase with exacting demands Online Social Europe 2020. @online{Azmanova2020, title = {The rule of law: a simple phrase with exacting demands}, author = {Albena Azmanova and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-rule-of-law-a-simple-phrase-with-exacting-demands}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-11-00}, organization = {Social Europe}, abstract = {If the finger is to be pointed—rightly—at Hungary and Poland, then the EU must insist on compliance by all with universal norms.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } If the finger is to be pointed—rightly—at Hungary and Poland, then the EU must insist on compliance by all with universal norms. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso From Oedipus to coronavirus: Homo Sapiens and the making of scapegoats Online Open Democracy 2020, visited: 07.09.2020. @online{Nicolaidïs2020, title = {From Oedipus to coronavirus: Homo Sapiens and the making of scapegoats}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/oedipus-coronavirus-homo-sapiens-and-making-scapegoats/?source=wa}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-09-07}, urldate = {2020-09-07}, organization = {Open Democracy}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Kant’s Mantle: Cosmopolitanism, Federalism and Constitutionalism as European Ideologies Journal Article Journal of European Public Policy, 27 (9), pp. 1307-1328, 2020. @article{Nicolaidïs2020d, title = {Kant’s Mantle: Cosmopolitanism, Federalism and Constitutionalism as European Ideologies}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kant-s-mantle-cosmopolitanism-federalism-and-constitutionalism-as-European-ideologies.pdf}, doi = {10.1080/13501763.2020.1786596}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-08-00}, journal = {Journal of European Public Policy}, volume = {27}, number = {9}, pages = {1307-1328}, abstract = {This article explores the ways cosmopolitanism, federalism and constitutionalism have evolved in Europe from core philosophical concepts to political programmes, and ultimately ‘ideological benchmarks’ with highly contested meanings. I identify three alternative intellectual strategies for their appropriation, and through them the appropriation of ‘Kant’s mantle’, which both reflect and affect the EU public sphere. In the process, I ask how they can serve as resources conceptually to ground a third way for Europe. First, essentialist strategies appeal to affinities with the essence of these traditions, an essence anterior to or distinct from the particular variant of the ‘state writ large’ with which they might be identified in the public and scholarly imagination. Second, composite strategies employ various modifiers to deflect criticism. Thirdly, pollination strategies retain the flavor and questions raised by the three isms without necessarily coopting their labels.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This article explores the ways cosmopolitanism, federalism and constitutionalism have evolved in Europe from core philosophical concepts to political programmes, and ultimately ‘ideological benchmarks’ with highly contested meanings. I identify three alternative intellectual strategies for their appropriation, and through them the appropriation of ‘Kant’s mantle’, which both reflect and affect the EU public sphere. In the process, I ask how they can serve as resources conceptually to ground a third way for Europe. First, essentialist strategies appeal to affinities with the essence of these traditions, an essence anterior to or distinct from the particular variant of the ‘state writ large’ with which they might be identified in the public and scholarly imagination. Second, composite strategies employ various modifiers to deflect criticism. Thirdly, pollination strategies retain the flavor and questions raised by the three isms without necessarily coopting their labels. |
Mintz, Rabbi Adam; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Towards the Eruvian Age: Public Space in a Pandemic Online OpenDemocracy 2020. @online{Mintz2020, title = {Towards the Eruvian Age: Public Space in a Pandemic}, author = {Rabbi Adam Mintz and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/coronavirus-towards-eruvian-age/}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-05-00}, organization = {OpenDemocracy}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Brexit negotiations: linkages need to be handled with care Online UK in a Changing Europe 2020. @online{Nicolaidïs2020g, title = {Brexit negotiations: linkages need to be handled with care}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://ukandeu.ac.uk/negotiations-linkages-need-to-be-handled-with-care/}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-03-00}, organization = {UK in a Changing Europe}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso In praise of ambivalence - another Brexit story Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 42 (4), pp. 465-488, 2020. @article{Nicolaidïs2020b, title = {In praise of ambivalence - another Brexit story}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nicolaidis-In-praise-of-ambivalence-another-Brexit-story.pdf}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2020.1766456}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, journal = {Journal of European Integration}, volume = {42}, number = {4}, pages = {465-488}, abstract = {The paper offers a defence of ambivalence as a response to the political polarisation of our era using multiple languages to present its case from psychology to sociology, political science, philosophy and critical theory. It suggests that the Brexit story can be told in a different key, whereby the politics that have led to entrenching ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ identities overlay a harder to assess ambivalence about the EU both in the UK and in the EU, a dynamic referred to as the ‘Machiavelli Trap.’ Accordingly, we ought to ground the future relationship in the recognition of the ‘Brexit paradox’ (you can leave and therefore you shouldn't), and its implications for the core principles that have shaped the Brexit debate and negotiations. In the end, the paper offers a plea for a politics that allows citizens to tune into their constructive ambivalence about the fundamental tension between control and cooperation which pervades both Brexit, EU and global politics at large.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The paper offers a defence of ambivalence as a response to the political polarisation of our era using multiple languages to present its case from psychology to sociology, political science, philosophy and critical theory. It suggests that the Brexit story can be told in a different key, whereby the politics that have led to entrenching ‘leave’ and ‘remain’ identities overlay a harder to assess ambivalence about the EU both in the UK and in the EU, a dynamic referred to as the ‘Machiavelli Trap.’ Accordingly, we ought to ground the future relationship in the recognition of the ‘Brexit paradox’ (you can leave and therefore you shouldn't), and its implications for the core principles that have shaped the Brexit debate and negotiations. In the end, the paper offers a plea for a politics that allows citizens to tune into their constructive ambivalence about the fundamental tension between control and cooperation which pervades both Brexit, EU and global politics at large. |
Nicolaïdis, Kalypso Bringing Europe Back In: Global IR, Area Studies and the Decentring Agenda (as part of: Does International Relations Need Area Studies?) Journal Article St Antony's International Review (STAIR), 16 (1), pp. 197-206, 2020. @article{Nicolaidïs2020c, title = {Bringing Europe Back In: Global IR, Area Studies and the Decentring Agenda (as part of: Does International Relations Need Area Studies?)}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaïdis}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/S3_Nicolaidis_GSarticle.pdf}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, journal = {St Antony's International Review (STAIR)}, volume = {16}, number = {1}, pages = {197-206}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso; Onar, Nora Fisher The decentering agenda: A post-colonial approach to EU external action Book Chapter Gstöhl, Sieglinde; Schunz, Simon (Ed.): Studying the European Union’s External Action: Concepts, Approaches, Theories, Chapter 15, Macmillian Academic, 2020. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2020e, title = {The decentering agenda: A post-colonial approach to EU external action}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Nora Fisher Onar}, editor = {Sieglinde Gstöhl and Simon Schunz}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chapter-15-Fisher-Onar-and-Nicolaidis-final-10.8.pdf}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, booktitle = {Studying the European Union’s External Action: Concepts, Approaches, Theories}, publisher = {Macmillian Academic}, chapter = {15}, abstract = {Mainstream studies of European Union (EU) external action are typically Eurocentric, neglecting the perspectives of many to whom such action is directed. This chapter explores the challenges of ‘decentring’ EU external action by importing insights from post-colonial studies into what we call ‘Global EU External Action Studies’. We suggest that when it comes to the EU, the ‘post’ in post-colonialism can refer to two distinct meanings. Analytically, ‘post’-colonial practices refer to the reproduction of hierarchical logics. Normatively, ‘post’-colonialism refers to the desirable transcendence of these logics. We propose a three-step approach to decentring as strategy towards a post-colonial Europe in the second sense: ‘provincializing’ the EU’s experience, ‘engaging’ others’ views, and ‘reconstructing’ EU external action. We then turn to sites where the EU’s external relations have been characteristically Eurocentric, namely Turkey and the Middle East and North Africa. We conclude by identifying possible pathways to reconstructing relations in a ‘multilogical’ fashion.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } Mainstream studies of European Union (EU) external action are typically Eurocentric, neglecting the perspectives of many to whom such action is directed. This chapter explores the challenges of ‘decentring’ EU external action by importing insights from post-colonial studies into what we call ‘Global EU External Action Studies’. We suggest that when it comes to the EU, the ‘post’ in post-colonialism can refer to two distinct meanings. Analytically, ‘post’-colonial practices refer to the reproduction of hierarchical logics. Normatively, ‘post’-colonialism refers to the desirable transcendence of these logics. We propose a three-step approach to decentring as strategy towards a post-colonial Europe in the second sense: ‘provincializing’ the EU’s experience, ‘engaging’ others’ views, and ‘reconstructing’ EU external action. We then turn to sites where the EU’s external relations have been characteristically Eurocentric, namely Turkey and the Middle East and North Africa. We conclude by identifying possible pathways to reconstructing relations in a ‘multilogical’ fashion. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Reimagined Democracy in Times of Pandemic Book Chapter Maduro, Miguel; Kahn, Paul (Ed.): Democracy in Times of Pandemic , Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2020, ISBN: 1108845363. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2020f, title = {Reimagined Democracy in Times of Pandemic}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Miguel Maduro and Paul Kahn}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Reimagined-Democacy-in-Times-of-Pandemic-by-Nicolaidis.pdf}, isbn = {1108845363}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, booktitle = {Democracy in Times of Pandemic }, publisher = {Cambridge, Harvard University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Lacey, Joseph; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Democracy and disintegration: Does the state of democracy in the EU put the integrity of the Union at risk? Book Chapter Coman, Ramona; Crespy, Amandine; Schmidt, Vivien (Ed.): Textbook: Politics and Governance in the Post-Crisis, Cambridge University Press, 2020. @inbook{Lacey2020, title = {Democracy and disintegration: Does the state of democracy in the EU put the integrity of the Union at risk?}, author = {Joseph Lacey and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Ramona Coman and Amandine Crespy and Vivien Schmidt}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chapter-19-PROOFS-EU-handbook-Lacey-and-Nicolaidis-2020.pdf}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, booktitle = {Textbook: Politics and Governance in the Post-Crisis}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso L’ambition premiere de l’UE devrait etre de devenir la gardienne du long terme Online France Culture 2020. @online{Nicolaidïs2020h, title = {L’ambition premiere de l’UE devrait etre de devenir la gardienne du long terme}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.franceculture.fr/politique/kalypso-nicolaidis-lambition-premiere-de-lue-devait-etre-de-devenir-la-gardienne-du-long-terme}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, organization = {France Culture}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Colonisation: l’amnésie européenne? Online Arte’s Vox pop 2020. @online{Nicolaidïs2020i, title = {Colonisation: l’amnésie européenne?}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/091151-029-A/vox-pop/}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-00-00}, organization = {Arte’s Vox pop}, abstract = {Si les principaux acteurs de la colonisation furent le Royaume-Uni, la France, les Pays-Bas, l’Espagne, le Portugal, l’Italie et la Belgique, l’ensemble de l’Europe en a profité sur le plan économique et financier. Face aux nombreuses exactions commises et à une décolonisation souvent sanglante, qu’en est-il du travail de mémoire et de la reconnaissance des oppressions ? Ne serait-il pas temps de s’excuser et d’indemniser, comme le réclament de plus en plus de victimes, d’historiens et de politiques ? Vox pop a mené l’enquête en Belgique, où les métis nés dans les anciennes colonies demandent réparation à l’État : ils ont été à l’époque arrachés à leur mère et victimes de ségrégation. Puis, Nora Hamadi s’entretient avec Kalypso Nicolaïdis, professeure en relations internationales à l’université d’Oxford et responsable du groupe de travail sur le colonialisme, et Bruno Sena Martins, anthropologue et professeur à l’université de Coimbra, au Portugal. Enfin, place aux correspondants de l’émission : Abdelkader Benali explique qu’aux Pays-Bas de nombreux citoyens ont encore la nostalgie de "l’empire perdu". Johannes Kulms, lui, ouvre une fenêtre sur l’Allemagne, où l’on veut cesser d’honorer d’anciens colonisateurs.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } Si les principaux acteurs de la colonisation furent le Royaume-Uni, la France, les Pays-Bas, l’Espagne, le Portugal, l’Italie et la Belgique, l’ensemble de l’Europe en a profité sur le plan économique et financier. Face aux nombreuses exactions commises et à une décolonisation souvent sanglante, qu’en est-il du travail de mémoire et de la reconnaissance des oppressions ? Ne serait-il pas temps de s’excuser et d’indemniser, comme le réclament de plus en plus de victimes, d’historiens et de politiques ? Vox pop a mené l’enquête en Belgique, où les métis nés dans les anciennes colonies demandent réparation à l’État : ils ont été à l’époque arrachés à leur mère et victimes de ségrégation. Puis, Nora Hamadi s’entretient avec Kalypso Nicolaïdis, professeure en relations internationales à l’université d’Oxford et responsable du groupe de travail sur le colonialisme, et Bruno Sena Martins, anthropologue et professeur à l’université de Coimbra, au Portugal. Enfin, place aux correspondants de l’émission : Abdelkader Benali explique qu’aux Pays-Bas de nombreux citoyens ont encore la nostalgie de "l’empire perdu". Johannes Kulms, lui, ouvre une fenêtre sur l’Allemagne, où l’on veut cesser d’honorer d’anciens colonisateurs. |
2019 |
Meunier, Sophie; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The Geopoliticization of European Trade and Investment Policy Journal Article JCMS, 57 , pp. 103-113, 2019. @article{Meunier2019, title = {The Geopoliticization of European Trade and Investment Policy}, author = {Sophie Meunier and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jcms.12932.pdf}, doi = {10.1111/jcms.12932}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-10-00}, journal = {JCMS}, volume = {57}, pages = {103-113}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso A European pivot from space to time Online Social Europe 2019. @online{Nicolaidïs2019, title = {A European pivot from space to time}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.socialeurope.eu/a-european-pivot-from-space-to-time/}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-09-11}, organization = {Social Europe}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Verfassungsblog 2019. @online{Nicolaidïs2019b, title = {Schroedinger’s Backstop: Managed Mutual Recognition and the Compatibility Model: a Commentary on the Weiler, Sarmiento and Faull Proposal}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://verfassungsblog.de/schroedingers-backstop/}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-09-04}, organization = {Verfassungsblog}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Verfassungsblog 2019. @online{Nicolaidïs2019e, title = {Schroedinger’s Backstop - Managed Mutual Recognition and the Compatibility Model: a Commentary on the Weiler, Sarmiento and Fall Proposal}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://verfassungsblog.de/schroedingers-backstop/}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-09-00}, organization = {Verfassungsblog}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit Book Unbound Publishers, London, 2019, ISBN: 1783528095. @book{Nicolaidïs2019g, title = {Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://unbound.com/books/exodus-reckoning-sacrifice/}, isbn = {1783528095}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-06-27}, booktitle = {Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit}, pages = {488}, publisher = {Unbound Publishers}, address = {London}, abstract = {In this saga through Brexit mythology, Kalypso Nicolaidis asks what 'means' means in “Brexit means Brexit.” She offers a plea for acknowledging each other’s stories, with their many variants, ambiguities and contradictions. And in this spirit of recognition, calls for a mutually respectful, do-no-harm Brexit - the smarter, kinder and gentler Brexit possible in our hard-edged epoch of resentment and frustration.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } In this saga through Brexit mythology, Kalypso Nicolaidis asks what 'means' means in “Brexit means Brexit.” She offers a plea for acknowledging each other’s stories, with their many variants, ambiguities and contradictions. And in this spirit of recognition, calls for a mutually respectful, do-no-harm Brexit - the smarter, kinder and gentler Brexit possible in our hard-edged epoch of resentment and frustration. |
Lenz, Tobias; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso EU-topia? A critique of the European Union as a model Journal Article Culture, Practice & Europeanization, 4 (2), pp. 78-101, 2019. @article{Nicolaidïs2019d, title = {EU-topia? A critique of the European Union as a model}, author = {Tobias Lenz and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lenz_Nicolaidis-EUasamodel.pdf}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-00-00}, journal = {Culture, Practice & Europeanization}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, pages = {78-101}, abstract = {The paper critically appraises the idea, both descriptively and normatively, that the Euro- pean Union (EU) system can and should serve as a model for governance beyond its own borders. Engaging the postcolonial literature, it proposes a critical analysis of the idea, dis- course and practice of Europe-as-a-model. We argue for a problematization of the label “model” without denying the value added by EU governance for the rest of the world. We start by developing an analytical heuristic that builds on three semantic meanings of the term model and outline the challenges of interpretation and translation that are associ- ated with each. We then discuss these challenges along the Hegelian three-step of the model idea (thesis), its postcolonial antithesis and our constructive critique that seeks to steer a middle ground. We advocate greater reflexivity on the part of Europeans, that is, to systematically question assumptions behind their discourse and practice. If the cosmo- politan promise is to be retrieved from the radical critique of Eurocentricism, Europeans need to infuse the EU’s message and practice with an ethos of mutual recognition as a crucial feature of a post-colonial agenda for the EU’s role in the world.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The paper critically appraises the idea, both descriptively and normatively, that the Euro- pean Union (EU) system can and should serve as a model for governance beyond its own borders. Engaging the postcolonial literature, it proposes a critical analysis of the idea, dis- course and practice of Europe-as-a-model. We argue for a problematization of the label “model” without denying the value added by EU governance for the rest of the world. We start by developing an analytical heuristic that builds on three semantic meanings of the term model and outline the challenges of interpretation and translation that are associ- ated with each. We then discuss these challenges along the Hegelian three-step of the model idea (thesis), its postcolonial antithesis and our constructive critique that seeks to steer a middle ground. We advocate greater reflexivity on the part of Europeans, that is, to systematically question assumptions behind their discourse and practice. If the cosmo- politan promise is to be retrieved from the radical critique of Eurocentricism, Europeans need to infuse the EU’s message and practice with an ethos of mutual recognition as a crucial feature of a post-colonial agenda for the EU’s role in the world. |
van Zeben, Josephine; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Polycentric Subsidiarity Book Chapter van Zeben, Josephine; Bobić, Ana (Ed.): Polycentricity in the European Union, Cambridge University Press, 2019. @inbook{vanZeben2019, title = {Polycentric Subsidiarity}, author = {Josephine van Zeben and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Josephine van Zeben and Ana Bobić}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nicolaidis-and-Van-Zeben-Polycentric-Subsidiarity.pdf}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-00-00}, booktitle = {Polycentricity in the European Union}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso For a Demoicratization of Eurozone Governance Book Chapter Hennette, Stephanie (Ed.): How to Democratize Europe, pp. 100-108, Harvard University Press, 2019. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2019f, title = {For a Demoicratization of Eurozone Governance}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Stephanie Hennette}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/How-to-demoicratise-Eurozone-page-proofs-2019.pdf}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674239616-012}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-00-00}, booktitle = {How to Democratize Europe}, pages = {100-108}, publisher = {Harvard University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Sustainable Integration: The silver lining of a democratically challenged EU Online Bertelsmann Stiftung 2019. @online{Nicolaidïs2019h, title = {Sustainable Integration: The silver lining of a democratically challenged EU}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/Essay_Nicolaidis.pdf}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-00-00}, organization = {Bertelsmann Stiftung}, abstract = {The EU should act as the guardian of sustainable integration. Sustainable integration in this sense comprises but is broader than the sustainability agenda of the UN, and includes all policies, laws, and actions.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } The EU should act as the guardian of sustainable integration. Sustainable integration in this sense comprises but is broader than the sustainability agenda of the UN, and includes all policies, laws, and actions. |
2018 |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Braving the Waves? Europe’s Constitutional Settlement at 20 Journal Article JCMS, Special Issue Article , 2018. @article{Nicolaidïs2018b, title = {Braving the Waves? Europe’s Constitutional Settlement at 20}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12791}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-09-21}, journal = {JCMS}, volume = {Special Issue Article}, publisher = {JCMS}, abstract = {This article reflects on the diagnosis proposed in 1998 by Moravcsik and Nicolaidis that the EU had reached an incipient constitutional settlement and makes two connected arguments. First, analytically, that contrary to the prevailing view, the EU's constitutional settlement is holding, although it has come under assault from federalists and sovereignists alike. The bicycle theory nevertheless continues to hold sway perhaps because paradigm shifts always exhibit significant lags. Second, normatively, to defend ‘the equilibrium’ does not amount to a defense of the status quo. On the contrary, and especially in the context of the eurozone crisis, we must reflect on the social foundations of the European project, of which intermittent democratic discontent is only one expression. The argument unfolds through four European cities, each regarding a different moment in the Constitutional saga of the last two decades, to conclude on the relationship between LI and demoicratic theory, as well as the promise of sustainable integration.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This article reflects on the diagnosis proposed in 1998 by Moravcsik and Nicolaidis that the EU had reached an incipient constitutional settlement and makes two connected arguments. First, analytically, that contrary to the prevailing view, the EU's constitutional settlement is holding, although it has come under assault from federalists and sovereignists alike. The bicycle theory nevertheless continues to hold sway perhaps because paradigm shifts always exhibit significant lags. Second, normatively, to defend ‘the equilibrium’ does not amount to a defense of the status quo. On the contrary, and especially in the context of the eurozone crisis, we must reflect on the social foundations of the European project, of which intermittent democratic discontent is only one expression. The argument unfolds through four European cities, each regarding a different moment in the Constitutional saga of the last two decades, to conclude on the relationship between LI and demoicratic theory, as well as the promise of sustainable integration. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Brexit and the compatibility paradigm Online The UK in a Changing Europe Research Paper 2018. @online{Nicolaidïs2018, title = {Brexit and the compatibility paradigm}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Brexit-and-the-compatibility-paradigm.pdf}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-03-15}, journal = {Brexit and the compatibility paradigm,” The UK in a Changing Europe Research Paper, 15 March 2018}, organization = {The UK in a Changing Europe Research Paper}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The EU’s Constitutional Moment: A View from the Ground Up Book Chapter Barber, Nick; Cahill, Maria; Ekins, Richard (Ed.): The Rise and Fall of the European Constitution, Hart Publishing, 2018. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2018c, title = {The EU’s Constitutional Moment: A View from the Ground Up}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Nick Barber and Maria Cahill and Richard Ekins}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nicolaidis-The-EUs-Constitutional-Moment-2018.pdf}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-00-00}, booktitle = {The Rise and Fall of the European Constitution}, publisher = {Hart Publishing}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
2017 |
Latifi, Veton; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Resolving the Macedonian Name Dispute: Prospect for Transformative Mutual Recognition Online ECFR 2017. @online{Latifi2017, title = {Resolving the Macedonian Name Dispute: Prospect for Transformative Mutual Recognition}, author = {Veton Latifi and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://ecfr.eu/article/commentary_resolving_the_macedonian_name_dispute_prospect_for_transformativ/}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-12-12}, organization = {ECFR}, abstract = {This article argues that the current window of opportunity must be seized and provides a roadmap to resolving the Macedonian Name Dispute. It argues that the dispute needs to be addressed under the principles of freedom, responsibility and mutual recognition. In this spirit, the two sides need to distinguish between issues where they can agree to disagree and those where they need to agree; they need to agree to the goal for their negotiations; and they need to agree on a breakthrough and a roadmap. They also need to agree on a story, that Macedonia is a region shared between several states which must all abstain from “identity monopoly.” On this ground, a new permanent name can be agreed to and its adoption for international, not domestic purposes, can be linked to NATO membership and EU negotiations. Name options are mapped out through three levels of specificity, where the authors indicate what they believe to be the pros and cons of each option.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } This article argues that the current window of opportunity must be seized and provides a roadmap to resolving the Macedonian Name Dispute. It argues that the dispute needs to be addressed under the principles of freedom, responsibility and mutual recognition. In this spirit, the two sides need to distinguish between issues where they can agree to disagree and those where they need to agree; they need to agree to the goal for their negotiations; and they need to agree on a breakthrough and a roadmap. They also need to agree on a story, that Macedonia is a region shared between several states which must all abstain from “identity monopoly.” On this ground, a new permanent name can be agreed to and its adoption for international, not domestic purposes, can be linked to NATO membership and EU negotiations. Name options are mapped out through three levels of specificity, where the authors indicate what they believe to be the pros and cons of each option. |
Enoch, Charles; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The art of triangulation: Will Greece’s debt crisis finally come to an end? Online Programme on the Political Economy of Financial Market and SEESOX, University of Oxford 2017. @online{Enoch2017b, title = {The art of triangulation: Will Greece’s debt crisis finally come to an end?}, author = {Charles Enoch and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Nicolaidis_the_art_of_triangulation.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-11-00}, organization = {Programme on the Political Economy of Financial Market and SEESOX, University of Oxford}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Brexit as myth: Exodus, Reckoning, or Sacrifice? Online Standpoint 2017. @online{Nicolaidïs2017e, title = {Brexit as myth: Exodus, Reckoning, or Sacrifice?}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://standpointmag.co.uk/features-july-august-2017-kalypso-nicolaidis-three-meanings-of-brexit-exodus-reckoning-sacrifice/}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-06-27}, issuetitle = {July/August}, journal = {Standpoint}, organization = {Standpoint}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Bellamy, Richard; Lacey, Joseph; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso European boundaries in question? Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 39 (5), pp. 483-498, 2017, ISSN: 1477-2280. @article{Bellamy2017, title = {European boundaries in question?}, author = {Richard Bellamy and Joseph Lacey and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/European-boundaries-in-question.pdf}, doi = {10.1080/07036337.2017.1333118}, issn = {1477-2280}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-05-00}, journal = {Journal of European Integration}, volume = {39}, number = {5}, pages = {483-498}, abstract = {This introduction provides a descriptive typology and normative analysis of the ways boundaries are being questioned in Europe. We distinguish between boundary-making (defining or redefining the territorial borders of a polity), boundary-crossing (determining the rules of access to territorial borders) and boundary-unbundling (allowing boundary-making and boundary-crossing to vary between policies and polities), noting each of these categories possesses internal and external dimensions. Cosmopolitans and statists offer contrasting normative evaluations of these processes, favouring weakening and maintaining or strengthening state boundaries respectively. We endorse a demoicratic approach lying between these two as better reflecting how individuals relate to each other and to the EU, a view shared by some but not all contributors to this volume. We conclude by situating the contributions within our topological framework, highlighting how they illustrate the contemporary questioning of European boundaries.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This introduction provides a descriptive typology and normative analysis of the ways boundaries are being questioned in Europe. We distinguish between boundary-making (defining or redefining the territorial borders of a polity), boundary-crossing (determining the rules of access to territorial borders) and boundary-unbundling (allowing boundary-making and boundary-crossing to vary between policies and polities), noting each of these categories possesses internal and external dimensions. Cosmopolitans and statists offer contrasting normative evaluations of these processes, favouring weakening and maintaining or strengthening state boundaries respectively. We endorse a demoicratic approach lying between these two as better reflecting how individuals relate to each other and to the EU, a view shared by some but not all contributors to this volume. We conclude by situating the contributions within our topological framework, highlighting how they illustrate the contemporary questioning of European boundaries. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Brexit Arithmetics Book Chapter Armour, John; Eidenmüller, Horst (Ed.): Negotiating Brexit , C.H. Beck/Hart Publishing, Munich/Oxford, 2017. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2017, title = {Brexit Arithmetics}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {John Armour and Horst Eidenmüller}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Brexit-Arithmetics-Armour-OUP.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, volume = {Negotiating Brexit}, publisher = {C.H. Beck/Hart Publishing}, address = {Munich/Oxford}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Mutual Recognition: Promise and Denial, from Sapiens to Brexit Journal Article Current Legal Problems, 70 (1), pp. 1-40, 2017. @article{Nicolaidïs2017b, title = {Mutual Recognition: Promise and Denial, from Sapiens to Brexit}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mutual-Recognition-Promise-and-Denial-from-Sapiens-to-Brexit-Nicolaidis.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, journal = {Current Legal Problems}, volume = {70}, number = {1}, pages = {1-40}, abstract = {This contribution argues that the European crisis in general and Brexit in particular, can be seen to reflect the partial loss of the ethos of a principle that has been at the heart of the EU, namely mutual recognition. While familiar to legal scholars as a norm governing the integration of markets and the management of conflicts of law, the essay seeks to show how this principle bears on our current European predicament as a philoso- phical concept and a form of governance between states before dwelling on the intricacies of mutual recognition in the EU single market. Because recog- nition is sought, obtained or denied in all social spheres, every discipline has its own complex variation on this simple theme requiring to connect legal theory with anthropology, philosophy, history, sociology and international relations. The essay spans all these fields through eight takes (mutual Recognition shunned, invented, enshrined, constitutionalised, managed, ‘on trial’, lost, and for grabs) which can also be interpreted as different time horizons (from Sapiens to Brexit through Westphalia). Each take provides a variation on what is referred to as “mutual recognition paradox”, eg how to increase mutual engagement and mutual deference at the very same time.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This contribution argues that the European crisis in general and Brexit in particular, can be seen to reflect the partial loss of the ethos of a principle that has been at the heart of the EU, namely mutual recognition. While familiar to legal scholars as a norm governing the integration of markets and the management of conflicts of law, the essay seeks to show how this principle bears on our current European predicament as a philoso- phical concept and a form of governance between states before dwelling on the intricacies of mutual recognition in the EU single market. Because recog- nition is sought, obtained or denied in all social spheres, every discipline has its own complex variation on this simple theme requiring to connect legal theory with anthropology, philosophy, history, sociology and international relations. The essay spans all these fields through eight takes (mutual Recognition shunned, invented, enshrined, constitutionalised, managed, ‘on trial’, lost, and for grabs) which can also be interpreted as different time horizons (from Sapiens to Brexit through Westphalia). Each take provides a variation on what is referred to as “mutual recognition paradox”, eg how to increase mutual engagement and mutual deference at the very same time. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The Political Mantra: Brexit, Control and the Transformation of the European Order Book Chapter Fabbrini, Federico (Ed.): The Law and Politics of Brexit , Oxford University Press, 2017. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2017c, title = {The Political Mantra: Brexit, Control and the Transformation of the European Order}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Federico Fabbrini}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Fabbrini-revised-ch-2.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, volume = {The Law and Politics of Brexit}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso; Viehoff, Juri Just boundaries for demoicrats Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 39 (5), 2017. @article{Nicolaidïs2017f, title = {Just boundaries for demoicrats}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Juri Viehoff}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2017.1337111}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, journal = {Journal of European Integration}, volume = {39}, number = {5}, abstract = {This article asks what features should characterise the boundaries between the EU and the outside world from the standpoint of demoicracy. Section one summarises the normative core of that view and grounds it in the values of autonomy, equal recognition and non-domination. Section two categorises the issues that arise for the demoicrat when it comes to the consequences of political borders. We demonstrate – through the example of intra-demoicracy border crossing – why demoicrats will seek to follow the three desiderata of procedural fairness, just outcomes, and overall consistency in designing political solutions. Section three defends a set of principles that would ideally govern large-scale arrival of refugees. Section four addresses questions of non-ideal theory, reflecting on how demoïcratic theorists should think about current EU policies. Though we do not offer a comprehensive solution to the tensions we identify, the conclusion offers some proposals of how demoicrats may alleviate them.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } This article asks what features should characterise the boundaries between the EU and the outside world from the standpoint of demoicracy. Section one summarises the normative core of that view and grounds it in the values of autonomy, equal recognition and non-domination. Section two categorises the issues that arise for the demoicrat when it comes to the consequences of political borders. We demonstrate – through the example of intra-demoicracy border crossing – why demoicrats will seek to follow the three desiderata of procedural fairness, just outcomes, and overall consistency in designing political solutions. Section three defends a set of principles that would ideally govern large-scale arrival of refugees. Section four addresses questions of non-ideal theory, reflecting on how demoïcratic theorists should think about current EU policies. Though we do not offer a comprehensive solution to the tensions we identify, the conclusion offers some proposals of how demoicrats may alleviate them. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Sustainable Integration in a Demoicratic Polity: A New (or not so new) Ambition For the European Union after Brexit Book Chapter Staiger, Uta (Ed.): Brexit and Beyond , Cambridge University Press, 2017. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2017g, title = {Sustainable Integration in a Demoicratic Polity: A New (or not so new) Ambition For the European Union after Brexit}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Uta Staiger}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sustainable-Integration-Nicolaidis-Final.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, journal = {Brexit and Beyond}, volume = {Brexit and Beyond}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Meunier, Sophie; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The European Union as a Trade Power Book Chapter Hill, Christopher; Smith, Michael (Ed.): The International Relations of the European Union, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017. @inbook{Meunier2017, title = {The European Union as a Trade Power}, author = {Sophie Meunier and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Christopher Hill and Michael Smith}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2017MeunierNicolaidisChapter.pdf}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-00-00}, booktitle = {The International Relations of the European Union}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
2016 |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Sustainable Integration: A New Ambition for the EU Online Social Europe 2016. @online{Nicolaidïs2016c, title = {Sustainable Integration: A New Ambition for the EU}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.socialeurope.eu/sustainable-integration-new-ambition-eu}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-10-00}, organization = {Social Europe}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Walking the Grid of Freedom Online Open Democracy 2016. @online{Nicolaidïs2016, title = {Walking the Grid of Freedom}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.opendemocracy.net/kalypso-nicola-dis/walking-grid-of-freedom}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-08-27}, organization = {Open Democracy}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The Cassis Legacy: Kir, Banks, Plumbers, Drugs, Criminals and Refugees Book Chapter Davies, Bill; Nicola, Fernanda (Ed.): European Law Stories: Critical and Contextual Histories of European Jurisprudence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2016e, title = {The Cassis Legacy: Kir, Banks, Plumbers, Drugs, Criminals and Refugees}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Bill Davies and Fernanda Nicola}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/nikolaidis-the-cassis-legacy-2016.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-04-00}, booktitle = { European Law Stories: Critical and Contextual Histories of European Jurisprudence}, publisher = {Cambridge: Cambridge University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Sussman, Sam; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso R2P: State of Play Journal Article The International Spectator, 51 (2), pp. 9-18, 2016. @article{Sussman2016, title = {R2P: State of Play}, author = {Sam Sussman and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/R2P-State-of-Play-SussmanNicolaidis.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, journal = {The International Spectator}, volume = {51}, number = {2}, pages = {9-18}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
Cheneval, Francis; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The Social Construction of Demoicracy in the EU Journal Article European Journal of Political Theory, 16 (2), pp. 235-60, 2016. @article{Nicolaidïs2016b, title = {The Social Construction of Demoicracy in the EU}, author = {Francis Cheneval and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Social-Construction-demoicracy-Cheneval-and-Nicolaidis.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, journal = {European Journal of Political Theory}, volume = {16}, number = {2}, pages = {235-60}, abstract = {The Eurozone crisis has brought the imperative of democratic autonomy within the EU to the forefront, a concern at the core of demoicratic theory. The article seeks to move the scholarship on demoicratic theory a step further by exploring what we call the social construction of demoicratic reality. While the EU’s legal-institutional infrastructure may imperfectly approximate a demoicratic structure, we need ask to what extent the ‘bare bones’ demoicratic character of a polity can actually be grounded in a full-flesh social construct that is or could be acted out in the democratic experience and the self-awareness of its peoples. Ultimately, such an enquiry should help us understand whether a polity like the EU is actually and potentially a stable or unstable political form. We develop a consistent theory of popular sovereignty drawing on John Searle and HLA Hart to conceive the constitutionalised people (dêmos) as a social fact and the sovereignty of the people as a status ascribed to the people. We use this construction of demoicratic reality as a conceptual framework to understand the possibility of popular sovereignty being exercised concurrently by several rather than just one dêmos.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The Eurozone crisis has brought the imperative of democratic autonomy within the EU to the forefront, a concern at the core of demoicratic theory. The article seeks to move the scholarship on demoicratic theory a step further by exploring what we call the social construction of demoicratic reality. While the EU’s legal-institutional infrastructure may imperfectly approximate a demoicratic structure, we need ask to what extent the ‘bare bones’ demoicratic character of a polity can actually be grounded in a full-flesh social construct that is or could be acted out in the democratic experience and the self-awareness of its peoples. Ultimately, such an enquiry should help us understand whether a polity like the EU is actually and potentially a stable or unstable political form. We develop a consistent theory of popular sovereignty drawing on John Searle and HLA Hart to conceive the constitutionalised people (dêmos) as a social fact and the sovereignty of the people as a status ascribed to the people. We use this construction of demoicratic reality as a conceptual framework to understand the possibility of popular sovereignty being exercised concurrently by several rather than just one dêmos. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Namur Declaration Online 2016. @online{Nicolaidïs2016d, title = {Namur Declaration}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://www.bilaterals.org/?namur-declaration}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, abstract = {The propositions of the Namur Declaration seek to change the way in which the European Union negotiates international trade agreements and their content}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } The propositions of the Namur Declaration seek to change the way in which the European Union negotiates international trade agreements and their content |
Howse, Robert; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Toward a Global Ethics of Trade Governance: Subsidiarity Writ Large Journal Article Law and Contemporary Problem, 79:259 (2), 2016. @article{Howse2016, title = {Toward a Global Ethics of Trade Governance: Subsidiarity Writ Large}, author = {Robert Howse and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Toward-a-Global-Ethics-of-Trade-Governance-Subsidiarity-Writ-Lar.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, journal = {Law and Contemporary Problem}, volume = {79:259}, number = {2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso EUtopia or Aporia? Europe’s Demoicracy in Crisis Book Chapter Hubman, Philipp (Ed.): Political Aporia. Actors and Practices of Dilemma, 2016. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2016f, title = {EUtopia or Aporia? Europe’s Demoicracy in Crisis}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Philipp Hubman}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nicolaidis_Aporia-FINAL.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, booktitle = {Political Aporia. Actors and Practices of Dilemma}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso My Eutopia: Empathy in a Union of Others Book Chapter Segers, Mathieu; Albrecht, Yoeri (Ed.): Re:Thinking Europe, Thoughts on Europe: Past, Present and Future, Amsterdam University Press, 2016. @inbook{Nicolaidïs2016g, title = {My Eutopia: Empathy in a Union of Others}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Mathieu Segers and Yoeri Albrecht}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nicolaidis-ReThinking-Europe-EMPATHY.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, booktitle = {Re:Thinking Europe, Thoughts on Europe: Past, Present and Future}, publisher = {Amsterdam University Press}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso The EU Global Strategy Online European Union Institute for Strategic Studies 2016. @online{Nicolaidïs2016h, title = {The EU Global Strategy}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EUGS-Opinion-Nicolaidis-2016.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-00-00}, booktitle = {The EU Global Strategy: 40 Expert Opinions}, organization = {European Union Institute for Strategic Studies}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
2015 |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso; Begg, Iain; Bongardt, Annette; Torres, Francisco EMU and Sustainable Integration Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 37 (7), 2015. @article{Nicolaidïs2015d, title = {EMU and Sustainable Integration}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs and Iain Begg and Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sustainable-Integration-Nicolaidis-Final.pdf}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-11-00}, journal = {Journal of European Integration}, volume = {37}, number = {7}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
Onar, Nora Fisher; Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Europe’s Post-Imperial Condition Book Chapter Behr, Hartmut; Stivachtis, Ioannis (Ed.): Revisiting the European Union as an Empire, Routledge, 2015, ISBN: 9781315745411. @inbook{Onar2015, title = {Europe’s Post-Imperial Condition}, author = {Nora Fisher Onar and Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, editor = {Hartmut Behr and Ioannis Stivachtis}, url = {http://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NFO-and-KN-Post-Imperial-Europe.pdf}, isbn = {9781315745411}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-06-00}, booktitle = {Revisiting the European Union as an Empire}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {The European Union's stalled expansion, the Euro deficit and emerging crises of economic and political sovereignty in Greece, Italy and Spain have significantly altered the image of the EU as a model of progressive civilization. However, despite recent events the EU maintains its international image as the paragon of European politics and global governance.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } The European Union's stalled expansion, the Euro deficit and emerging crises of economic and political sovereignty in Greece, Italy and Spain have significantly altered the image of the EU as a model of progressive civilization. However, despite recent events the EU maintains its international image as the paragon of European politics and global governance. |
Nicolaidïs, Kalypso Balibar ou L’ Europe Evanescente Online 2015. @online{Nicolaidïs2015f, title = {Balibar ou L’ Europe Evanescente}, author = {Kalypso Nicolaidïs}, url = {https://kalypsonicolaidis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Balibar-ou-L’-Europe-Evanescente_2015.pdf}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-01-20}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {online} } |
Articles and Book Chapters
2021 |
How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma? Online Open Democracy 2021. |
The power surplus: Brussels calling, legal empathy and the trade-regulation nexus Journal Article EUI, Technical Report, CEPS Policy Insights, PI 2021/05, STG Report, 2021. |
A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law Book ibidem Press, 2021, ISBN: 9783838215419. |
2020 |
The rule of law: a simple phrase with exacting demands Online Social Europe 2020. |
From Oedipus to coronavirus: Homo Sapiens and the making of scapegoats Online Open Democracy 2020, visited: 07.09.2020. |
Kant’s Mantle: Cosmopolitanism, Federalism and Constitutionalism as European Ideologies Journal Article Journal of European Public Policy, 27 (9), pp. 1307-1328, 2020. |
Towards the Eruvian Age: Public Space in a Pandemic Online OpenDemocracy 2020. |
Brexit negotiations: linkages need to be handled with care Online UK in a Changing Europe 2020. |
In praise of ambivalence - another Brexit story Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 42 (4), pp. 465-488, 2020. |
Bringing Europe Back In: Global IR, Area Studies and the Decentring Agenda (as part of: Does International Relations Need Area Studies?) Journal Article St Antony's International Review (STAIR), 16 (1), pp. 197-206, 2020. |
The decentering agenda: A post-colonial approach to EU external action Book Chapter Gstöhl, Sieglinde; Schunz, Simon (Ed.): Studying the European Union’s External Action: Concepts, Approaches, Theories, Chapter 15, Macmillian Academic, 2020. |
Reimagined Democracy in Times of Pandemic Book Chapter Maduro, Miguel; Kahn, Paul (Ed.): Democracy in Times of Pandemic , Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2020, ISBN: 1108845363. |
Democracy and disintegration: Does the state of democracy in the EU put the integrity of the Union at risk? Book Chapter Coman, Ramona; Crespy, Amandine; Schmidt, Vivien (Ed.): Textbook: Politics and Governance in the Post-Crisis, Cambridge University Press, 2020. |
L’ambition premiere de l’UE devrait etre de devenir la gardienne du long terme Online France Culture 2020. |
Colonisation: l’amnésie européenne? Online Arte’s Vox pop 2020. |
2019 |
The Geopoliticization of European Trade and Investment Policy Journal Article JCMS, 57 , pp. 103-113, 2019. |
A European pivot from space to time Online Social Europe 2019. |
Verfassungsblog 2019. |
Verfassungsblog 2019. |
Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit Book Unbound Publishers, London, 2019, ISBN: 1783528095. |
EU-topia? A critique of the European Union as a model Journal Article Culture, Practice & Europeanization, 4 (2), pp. 78-101, 2019. |
Polycentric Subsidiarity Book Chapter van Zeben, Josephine; Bobić, Ana (Ed.): Polycentricity in the European Union, Cambridge University Press, 2019. |
For a Demoicratization of Eurozone Governance Book Chapter Hennette, Stephanie (Ed.): How to Democratize Europe, pp. 100-108, Harvard University Press, 2019. |
Sustainable Integration: The silver lining of a democratically challenged EU Online Bertelsmann Stiftung 2019. |
2018 |
Braving the Waves? Europe’s Constitutional Settlement at 20 Journal Article JCMS, Special Issue Article , 2018. |
Brexit and the compatibility paradigm Online The UK in a Changing Europe Research Paper 2018. |
The EU’s Constitutional Moment: A View from the Ground Up Book Chapter Barber, Nick; Cahill, Maria; Ekins, Richard (Ed.): The Rise and Fall of the European Constitution, Hart Publishing, 2018. |
2017 |
Resolving the Macedonian Name Dispute: Prospect for Transformative Mutual Recognition Online ECFR 2017. |
The art of triangulation: Will Greece’s debt crisis finally come to an end? Online Programme on the Political Economy of Financial Market and SEESOX, University of Oxford 2017. |
Brexit as myth: Exodus, Reckoning, or Sacrifice? Online Standpoint 2017. |
European boundaries in question? Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 39 (5), pp. 483-498, 2017, ISSN: 1477-2280. |
Brexit Arithmetics Book Chapter Armour, John; Eidenmüller, Horst (Ed.): Negotiating Brexit , C.H. Beck/Hart Publishing, Munich/Oxford, 2017. |
Mutual Recognition: Promise and Denial, from Sapiens to Brexit Journal Article Current Legal Problems, 70 (1), pp. 1-40, 2017. |
The Political Mantra: Brexit, Control and the Transformation of the European Order Book Chapter Fabbrini, Federico (Ed.): The Law and Politics of Brexit , Oxford University Press, 2017. |
Just boundaries for demoicrats Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 39 (5), 2017. |
Sustainable Integration in a Demoicratic Polity: A New (or not so new) Ambition For the European Union after Brexit Book Chapter Staiger, Uta (Ed.): Brexit and Beyond , Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
The European Union as a Trade Power Book Chapter Hill, Christopher; Smith, Michael (Ed.): The International Relations of the European Union, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017. |
2016 |
Sustainable Integration: A New Ambition for the EU Online Social Europe 2016. |
Walking the Grid of Freedom Online Open Democracy 2016. |
The Cassis Legacy: Kir, Banks, Plumbers, Drugs, Criminals and Refugees Book Chapter Davies, Bill; Nicola, Fernanda (Ed.): European Law Stories: Critical and Contextual Histories of European Jurisprudence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
R2P: State of Play Journal Article The International Spectator, 51 (2), pp. 9-18, 2016. |
The Social Construction of Demoicracy in the EU Journal Article European Journal of Political Theory, 16 (2), pp. 235-60, 2016. |
Namur Declaration Online 2016. |
Toward a Global Ethics of Trade Governance: Subsidiarity Writ Large Journal Article Law and Contemporary Problem, 79:259 (2), 2016. |
EUtopia or Aporia? Europe’s Demoicracy in Crisis Book Chapter Hubman, Philipp (Ed.): Political Aporia. Actors and Practices of Dilemma, 2016. |
My Eutopia: Empathy in a Union of Others Book Chapter Segers, Mathieu; Albrecht, Yoeri (Ed.): Re:Thinking Europe, Thoughts on Europe: Past, Present and Future, Amsterdam University Press, 2016. |
The EU Global Strategy Online European Union Institute for Strategic Studies 2016. |
2015 |
EMU and Sustainable Integration Journal Article Journal of European Integration, 37 (7), 2015. |
Europe’s Post-Imperial Condition Book Chapter Behr, Hartmut; Stivachtis, Ioannis (Ed.): Revisiting the European Union as an Empire, Routledge, 2015, ISBN: 9781315745411. |
Balibar ou L’ Europe Evanescente Online 2015. |