Publications

Dr Tena Prelec released a new article on “Corruption and Revisionism: The Role of Illicit Finance in Russian Foreign Policy”   Dr. Tena Prelec (University of Rijeka) has published a new co-authored article in Public Integrity, available Open Access: “Corruption and Revisionism: The Role of Illicit Finance in Russian Foreign…

New Report: Public Opinion on International Actors, Security, and EU Integration in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood The EU-funded GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new report presenting the results of a 2025 public opinion survey on international actors, security, migration, and EU integration in the Western Balkans and the…

New GEO-POWER-EU Deliverable: Discerning the perceptual gap between the EU policies and the countries’ expectations and needs The GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new timely report on the elite perceptions of the EU’s enlargement policy in the Western Balkans (WB6) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) candidate countries, as well as from…

The GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new report, which analyses to what extent and how the Eastern Partnership Policy (EaP) can respond to today’s changing geopolitical environment to strengthen the EU’s role as a geopolitical actor. The report problematizes the continued relevance of the Eastern dimension of the European Neighbourhood…

New GEO-POWER-EU Deliverable: “EU defence cooperation under geopolitical stress: roles, hurdles and opportunities” The GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new, timely report that examines how the European Union can adapt its defence cooperation in response to today’s overlapping geopolitical shocks, such as Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the unpredictability of…

GEO-POWER-EU Researcher Omar Memišević Examines Data Challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina in New Analysis: “Data Knowns and Unknowns in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Omar Memišević, researcher at GEO-POWER-EU Project and associate at the Democratization Policy Council, has published a new blog post titled “Data Knowns and Unknowns in Bosnia and Herzegovina”…

GEO-POWER-EU Researcher Yuliia Tarasiuk Released a New Blog on Türkiye’s Cultural and Social Impact in Ukraine Yuliia Tarasiuk, GEO-POWER-EU Researcher and Lecturer at Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University (ONU), has published a new blog, analysing the evolving cultural and social influence of the Republic of Türkiye in Ukraine between 2008…

New Op-Ed by DPC’s Dr. Kurt Bassuener and Toby Vogel: The EU’s Serbia Policy at a Crossroads Our Democratization Policy Council (DPC) colleagues Dr. Kurt Bassuener and Toby Vogel have co-authored a new opinion piece in EUobserver examining the European Union’s current stance toward Serbia amid months of mass protests…

New Blog on “Georgia: Between Geopolitics, Europeanisation and National Sovereignty” by Kakha Gogolashvili and Arsen Arakelov The GEO-POWER-EU Consortium researchers released a new analysis titled “Georgia: Between Geopolitics, Europeanisation and National Sovereignty.” The article is authored by Senior Fellow and the Director of European Studies, Kakha Gogolashvili and Arsen Arakelov…

GEO-POWER-EU Researcher Ana Sofeska Explores Balkan Geopolitics in New Analysis: “North Macedonia and Albania: Two Balkan Paths Toward the West” GEO-POWER-EU researcher Ana Sofeska has published a new blog post titled ‘North Macedonia and Albania: Two Balkan Paths Toward the West’ as part of our ongoing blog series, where our…

New analysis on Chinese FDI in the Western Balkans by Branimir Jovanović In an article titled “What’s Driving Chinese FDI in the Western Balkans – and What Should Be Done About It?” Branimir Jovanović (Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) & WIIW Team Leader in the…

Dr. Valery Perry and Dr. Kurt Bassuener publish new analysis on EU strategy in the Western Balkans The article is authored by members of the DPC team Dr. Valery Perry and Dr. Kurt Bassuener, draws on data from the GEO-POWER-EU Database to assess the European Union’s geopolitical role in Serbia…