Blog post
27 April 2021
Vaccine diplomacy: soft power lessons from China and Russia?
The rocky start to the European Union’s vaccination rollout has allowed Moscow and Beijing to score political points in the Balkans and Central and Ea
Blog post
27 April 2021
The rocky start to the European Union’s vaccination rollout has allowed Moscow and Beijing to score political points in the Balkans and Central and Ea
Blog post
28 August 2020
If the European Union can mediate effectively to resolve current Greek-Turkish tensions over energy in the Eastern Mediterranean, it could also provid
Blog post
15 June 2020
Muddled initial reactions to the COVID-19 crisis tarnished the EU’s image in the Western Balkans. Europe should not take for granted the extent of its
Event
12 May 2020
At this event European Commissioner Várhelyi and EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti will discuss what Europe is doing to help it's neighbourhood resp
Opinion piece
27 February 2020
The ‘new enlargement methodology’ may help overcome the impasse triggered by the inability of the European Council to open accession negotiations with
Blog post
30 September 2019
Historically, the EU enlargement process played a powerful role in encouraging the EU candidates and potential candidates to conduct fundamental polit
Event
28 May 2019
What can Ukraine do to foster economic growth? How can the EU and other international partners help Ukraine with this process?
Blog post
30 April 2019
Since their accession to the EU 15 years ago, the incomes of most central Europeans have increased faster than the incomes of longer-standing members
Event
16 November 2018
Banking and financial regulation in the East and the West: links, differences and future.
Blog post
03 May 2018
Improvement in institutional quality, particularly concerning the rule of law, is the most essential and urgent structural reform the EU can make. Wit
Blog post
14 March 2018
The western Balkan economies are already closely integrated with the EU; the EU is their largest trade partner, their largest source of incoming forei
Policy brief
22 February 2018
Given its geographical location, the region is important to the EU in terms of security, stability, trade and transit routes. The Western Balkan count
Blog post
06 February 2018
EU membership led to major financial and economic advantages to central European Member States, partly by encouraging foreign investment. Widespread f
Opinion piece
16 March 2017
The Commission's White Paper on the future of the EU sets out five scenarios, but misses the fundamental questions facing Europe. How should the EU in
Event
31 May 2016
The energy landscape of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean is inefficient and unsustainable. Yet there is much potential for cooperation. How coul
Blog post
02 July 2015
The 2014 Ukraine crisis reinforced the EU’s quest for security of gas supply. The European Commission released an Energy Union Communication in Febru