Self-styled autocrats taking a leaf out of Putin’s playbook with legislative initiatives in Georgia and Republika Srpska moving in sync. What comes after forceful statements by the EU go unheeded? Targeted sanctions? Reversing benefits previously bestowed? eeas.europa.eu/eeas/bosnia-an…

Without integrating energy, digital and telecom markets, the EU will not be able to continue to guarantee its economic security.

Watch tomorrow’s livestream on YouTube, where Enrico Letta presents the findings and recommendation of his report to the European Council

[JOIN US] on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the ‘big bang’ enlargement. This represents an opportunity to reflect on its impacts, positive & negative, and draw lessons for the current enlargement process.

30 April, 09:30 CEST, ONLINE

Registration👇 ceps.eu/ceps-events/ce…

Looking forward to this afternoon’s debate NaUKMA_PIL to discuss the evolution of the CSDP and Ukraine’s growing role in it. How can the EU boost the resilience of a candidate country at war to stay the course towards EU membership? EU in Ukraine REUNIR Horizon Europe Project

Enlargement was never further away then when it was entrusted to DG NEAR. The next Commission should include a ‘Commissioner for Enlargement’

Thank you EUROPEUM 🇨🇿🇪🇺 for convening an informal meeting with Minister Martin Dvořák 🌈 and Deputy Minister Eduard Hulicius to reflect on 20 years of Czech membership and the future EU of enlargement

Impactful influence by the ‘dragonbear’ but interesting new insights of impact along classic political and ethno-linguistic cleavages + small state outlook. ‘Principled pragmatism’, esp. in Estonia. Velina Tchakarova

📢 Ahead of the 6th ministerial meeting of the EU-US Trade & Technology Council, dive into Camille Ford piece: 'The EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council: How many elephants can the EU and US fit in one room?' 🇪🇺🇺🇸 #TTC
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Today we celebrate NATO's 75th anniversary. A few thoughts to mark the occasion - and a picture of me as the 1997 NATO enlargement poster child used to lobby US Congress to support the entry of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. A brief thread 🧵↩

And the work continues in REDEMOS Horizon Europe Project project on the tense geopolitical competition in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood - stay tuned!

[ANALYSIS] The European Commission recently published a new document on pre-enlargement reforms.

What should the candidates take away from it regarding the prioritization of enlargement and the content of the proposals?

Milena Mihajlovic (ex Lazarevic) Steven Blockmans 👇
europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/03/31/wha…

That’s a wrap! Thanks College of Europe in Natolin class of 24 for your active interest in my EU external relations law course

A JOINT article by Kristi Raik, Steven Blockmans, Ann Osypchuk & Anton Suslov on EU policy towards 🇺🇦 and it's implications from The International Spectator special issue.

EU Policy towards Ukraine: Entering Geopolitical Competition over European Order
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Russia’s subversion of international law & organization does not only concern the European continent. It may be potentially more dangerous for militarily weak non-western countries.

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SCEEUS Report No. 4/2024

Utrikespolitiska institutet UI Research Trans European Policy Studies Association Utrikespolitiska förbundet

The 3R (Three Ukrainian Revolutions) project has been a flagship initiative for Natolin since 2016. Through research, publications, and conferences, the project aims to analyze the current situation in Ukraine and the three most significant protests which have taken place in

Next stage of EU 🇪🇺 #enlargement now being shaped in #Montenegro 🇲🇪

Next weeks crucial for Spajic govt to unblock accession talks & move forward

Joint paper by experts from 4 think thanks DGAP Clingendael Institute Jacques Delors Institute Carnegie Europe

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🙏🏻 Fredrik Löjdquist SCEEUS for hosting today’s brainstorming meeting with State Secretary Christian Danielsson & briefing for staff at Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs on future-proofing EU enlargement policy in the face of domestic challenges & foreign interferences. Not all things add up (yet) REUNIR Horizon Europe Project

'With each following formulation of the fear of escalation, we give away a piece of mental territory and eventually move closer to the loss of physical territory.'

Marek Kohv writes about the fear that Russia tries to instill in the west. icds.ee/en/why-the-wes…

[Op-Ed] After winning a fraudulent “election” Putin may feel inclined to become even more aggressive towards Ukraine & the rest of Europe. The risks for the EU are now truly existential. A counter-offensive must be developed. CEPS’ Emerson⁩ for Euronews euronews.com/2024/03/25/wha…

📌The recording of our kick-off event on Feb. 23rd on our website now!

📚“Staying the course towards EU enlargement in a contested neighborhood”

➡️Follow the link to watch the video:reunir-horizon.eu/staying-the-co…

Nikola Dimitrov eka tkeshelashvili Nikola Dimitrov Universitetet i Oslo Steven Blockmans