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The article introduces an issue of the journal "Swiss Political Science Review" devoted to an investigation of the nature and scope of Switzerland's integration in the European Union (EU). The special issue of the journal explores the integrative potential of new forms of network governance for Switzerland. The overarching legal and organizational determinants of Swiss-EU bilateralism are explored. The issue also devotes studies to the question of which models of external EU governance are most appropriate for Switzerland. Within these models, at the sectoral level, neighborhood associations like Swiss-EU bilateralism can be conceptualized as the external dimension of internal EU policies or as expanding sectoral policy regimes. The issue covers various aspects of relations between Switzerland and the EU, including joint policies on immigration, asylum, police and judicial cooperation covered by the Schengen association treaty. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractThis article examines the impact of the EU's 'Everything But Arms' initiative. Starting from the observations that the effects in terms of trade flows have been modest and that EBA nevertheless sparked fierce debate within the EU, we argue that it has had broader ramifications beyond exports of least‐developed countries. Subsequently, we analyse the influence of EBA on three interrelated areas: reforming EU agricultural policy (internal), restructuring EU–ACP relations (regional) and forging a WTO round (global). We conclude that EBA has played a catalysing role in these issues, in line with the globalist‐liberal preferences which have become dominant in the EU.

AbstractThis article examines to what extent the British banking rescue plan announced in late 2008 set the pace for the adoption of similar banking rescue plans across the European Union. This case study can be seen a 'horizontal' type of Europeanization, whereby a (perceived successful) policy template adopted in one country is subsequently implicitly endorsed (hence, 'uploaded') at the EU level and then adopted (hence, 'downloaded') in other countries, albeit with considerable national variations. The two main caveats are that the British plan was not particularly innovative – it provided a functional solution to the problem at hand – and the adoption of similar measures across Europe was politically feasible because this did not envisage any substantial EU‐level intervention as it proposed parallel national solutions to a common problem.