Expanding Horizons: Lessons and Geopolitics of EU Enlargement with Prof. Veronica Anghel

Описание: EU enlargement isn't a bureaucratic detail — it may be the single most consequential question facing Europe today. Whether Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkans join the Union will shape Europe's security, its democracy, and its place in a fast-changing world.

In this episode of The European Dialogue, Emily Jones is joined by Professor Veronica Anghel — Assistant Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre and co-lead of the EU Enlargement Hub — to unpack the geopolitics of EU expansion. Drawing on her research on European integration, democracy, and transatlantic relations, Veronica explains why enlargement has always been the EU's most powerful foreign policy tool — and why getting it right has never been more urgent.

What you'll learn:
→ Why enlargement is the EU's most powerful tool for peace and stability
→ How Russia's influence is reshaping the future of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
→ The trade-off between security concerns and democratic reforms
→ How a Trump administration could disrupt EU enlargement policy
→ What academics, policymakers and civil society can do to strengthen EU resilience

Recorded shortly before the U.S. administration transition in January 2025 — the themes have only become more urgent.

📚 Further reading — Veronica Anghel & Erik Jones:
• Three Lessons from the 2004 "Big Bang" Enlargement (2024) — https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politi...
• The Geopolitics of EU Enlargement: From Club to Commons (2024) — https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/77098

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