Analyses
Policy briefs, reports, commentary and academic publications by Quartet researchers.
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Policy brief
Making public procurement more transparent through civic monitoring and data analysis: lessons from iMonitor (in Romanian)
Drawing on the iMonitor programme, the brief shows how data analysis and civic monitoring can make public procurement more transparent: 26 selected contracts, freedom-of-information requests under Law 544/2001 and on-site checks. The…
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Academic publication
Shrouded in Secrecy: Explaining Why Some Countries Refuse to Disclose Their Military Aid to Ukraine
The research note compares how Romania and Poland disclosed or withheld information about their military aid to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. It tests three explanations (avoiding domestic backlash, external security concerns and…
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Academic publication
Protracted Transition: The Civilian Control Over the Military and Intelligence
Chapter on civilian control over the military and the intelligence services in Romania, in a volume taking stock of 35 years since the fall of communism.
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Policy brief
Security Cooperation in the Wider Black Sea Region. Bridging the Differences
The paper examines the main obstacles to security cooperation in the wider Black Sea region, where states share concerns about Russia but differ on how to respond. It proposes ways for NATO…
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Commentary
A Foreign Service Without Resources Manages a Foreign Policy Without Ambitions
Marius Ghincea, Program Director for the Institute’s Foreign and Security Policy Cluster published a highly circulated analysis on the state of Romania’s foreign service in Libertatea, the most-read newspaper in Romania. Below,…
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Academic publication
Afterword: The Russo-Ukrainian War and Great Power Competition
The afterword to this volume on great powers’ foreign policy discusses the Russo-Ukrainian war through the lens of great power competition.
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Academic publication
Constitutional reasoning and constitutional interpretation. Analysis of certain Central European countries
Review of a volume on constitutional reasoning and interpretation in several Central European countries.