Publications
Dr. Tena Prelec gives an interview to the Luxemburger Wort on EU Enlargement Reform The Luxembourg daily Luxemburger Wort has published an article on the future of EU enlargement, titled “Ukraine, Montenegro und Moldau in die EU? So könnte es klappen” (“Ukraine, Montenegro and Moldova in the EU? How it…
New GEO-POWER-EU Deliverable (D 3.5) | Strategic Foresight GEO-POWER-EU has released a new deliverable (D3.5) on how the regional order in the EU candidate-state neighbourhood could develop by 2031. The report draws on a structured expert elicitation involving 45 specialists covering the six Western Balkan candidates as well as Georgia,…
GEO-POWER-EU Blog: “Paradigm Shift: How the Eastern Partnership Chooses Camouflage Over a Tie” Associate Professor Sergii Glebov of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, a GEO-POWER-EU consortsium member and researcher, has published a new blog article titled “Paradigm Shift: How the Eastern Partnership Chooses Camouflage Instead of a Tie.” The…
New Article by GEO-POWER-EU Researcher Asuman Kübra Baş on Türkiye’s Role in the Western Balkans and the EU’s Framing of External Influence GEO-POWER-EU WP5 co-lead and researcher Asuman Kübra Baş (European Neighbourhood Council) co-authored a new op-ed titled “Don’t Put Türkiye in the Same Basket as Russia and China.” Drawing…
New Book Review by GEO-POWER-EU Researcher Dr. Valery Perry in Balkan Insight on Justin Gest’s Democratic Drain GEO-POWER-EU researcher Dr. Valery Perry (DPC) has published a review in Balkan Insight of Justin Gest’s book, Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy. The book examines why people leave their…
D 2.5 | Reforming EU Enlargement Governance and Advancing a Principled Gradual Integration: A Three-Track Decision-Making Model and Priority Accession Reforms GEO-POWER-EU has released a new report (D2.5) titled “Reforming EU Enlargement Governance and Advancing a Principled Gradual Integration: A Three-Track Decision-Making Model and Priority Accession Reforms”. Drawing on 109…
D3.3 Case study I Paving over Procedure: Corrosive Capital in Transport Infrastructure The GEO-POWER-EU project has published a case study examining the March 2023 award of a €1.3 billion motorway contract to the American-Turkish Bechtel–Enka consortium, demonstrating that corrosive capital can emerge through formally legal, transparent, and Western-backed investments. Although…
D 2.3 | Green Energy Transition The GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new report, which examines the challenges and opportunities of the green energy transition across selected Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership countries, focusing on the interrelationship between energy security, energy poverty, and EU integration. The report explores how the…
D 2.2 I Economic Convergence and Brain Drain in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership The GEO-POWER-EU project has released a new report, which analyses the perceived causes and effects of brain drain across Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership countries, and examines how economic convergence with the EU can be…
D3.3 I Case Study: Corrosive Capital in Transport Hubs: The Chișinău Airport Concession The GEO-POWER-EU project has published a case study on the 2013 concession of Chișinău International Airport in Moldova as an example of “corrosive capital” exploiting governance gaps in a fragile post-Soviet political economy. Drawing on investigative journalism,…
The Vareš Mining Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Case Study of Corrosive Capital in an Already Corroded Political Economy The GEO-POWER-EU project has published a case study on the Vareš mining project in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an example of “corrosive capital” originating from liberal democracies rather than authoritarian…
New op-ed by Assoc. Prof. Panagiota Manoli titled “The EU must solve the credibility deficit in its enlargement policy” Assoc. Prof. Panagiota Manoli has published a new opinion piece examining the credibility challenges facing the enlargement policy of the European Union. Drawing on research from the GEO-POWER-EU report on “Discerning…