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REUNIR is a Horizon Europe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ funded project examining ways to future-proof EU security, enlargement and neighbourhood policies for a new age of international relations. More information: https://reunir-horizon.eu

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐„๐” ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐€ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ Read the full policy brief: reunir-horizon.eu/d6-4-policy-... Check our carousel for specific recommendations: @horizoneu.bsky.social

Would you like to learn about how EU candidate countries can build lasting socio-economic resilience? โœ Then read our D4.3 policy brief on ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ-๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐” ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ Read here: reunir-horizon.eu/d4-3-policy-... @horizoneu.bsky.social Recommendations โฌ‡

Summer readings from #REUNIR! ๐ƒ3.3 ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐€ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐”โ€™๐ฌ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ Check our carousel for concrete policy recommendations โฌ‡๏ธ @horizoneu.bsky.social @icds-tallinn.bsky.social @ceps.eu @bezbednost.bsky.social

๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ? According to @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, it has become an increasingly outdated framework to structure the EUโ€™s relations with 6 neighboring states whose paths have diverged since 2022 Read here: tinyurl.com/3347kame @horizoneu.bsky.social

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๐ŸšจPodcast alert ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐” ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1QB9... @horizoneu.bsky.social @icds-tallinn.bsky.social @bezbednost.bsky.social #EUSecurity #Ukraine #Trump #Geopolitics

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New publication (in Serbian) produced based on field research conducted within REUNIR project by BCSP "๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ข๐š'๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ-๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ" Read on our website: tinyurl.com/usaykd39 @horizoneu.bsky.social

PROCENA STRANIH UTICAJA I OTPORNOSTI SRBIJE NA BEZBEDNOSNE, SOCIOEKONOMSKE I POLITIฤŒKE IZAZOVE, RIZIKE I PRETNJE โ€“ REUNIR

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๐ŸšจUpcoming Event #GEOPOWEREU will hold a conference on 3 June in๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ, organized by its project partner IDISโ€œViitorulโ€. The event will explore ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ&๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s EU path amid war & uncertainty, focusing on the geopolitical pressures shaping their ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ future Registration: shorturl.at/4h78a

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๐Ÿšจ Event Announcement! ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐„๐”: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ? ๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, 26 May ๐Ÿ•  Doors open: 17:30 | Event: 18:00 โ€“ 19:30 ๐Ÿ“ EU House, Nicosia, Cyprus Registration: tinyurl.com/nhbyufx3 Details: tinyurl.com/894scbnj @horizoneu.bsky.social @ceps.eu

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Insightful overview of the future developments of European defence by President Sauli Niinistรถ & @ceps.eu. All the possible options: more European NATO, new European intergovernmental treaty on defence, European Defence Union & European Security Council, etc. 1/2๐Ÿงต www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

More Europe in defence โ€“ three pathways โ€“ CEPS

Russiaโ€™s war of aggression against Ukraine and destabilising actions by the second Trump administration have sent geopolitics into a tailspin. As turmoil in the

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๐„๐”๐Œ๐€๐Œ ๐”๐€ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฌ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐’๐ƒ๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐” ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ The ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ largest-ever CSDP military mission, is at a crossroads - and so is Europe's security architecture Read here: tinyurl.com/33ujjfcd @horizoneu.bsky.social

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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Who's pulling the strings in the Western Balkans & why should Europe care? For your listening agenda this weekend, REUNIR Podcast tackles one of the most pressing geopolitical questions facing the EU's enlargement agenda ๐ŸŽง Listen on Spotify & follow: tinyurl.com/apvzvh3t @horizoneu.bsky.social

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REUNIR Podcast! ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ & ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐”โ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ? -Laure Delcour, prof. of international relations & EU studies at Universitรฉ Sorbonne Nouvelle Listen on spotify: tinyurl.com/z32e8uap @horizoneu.bsky.social

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New REUNIR Blog is out! โœ China in the Moldovan ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ equation: between underestimation and overestimation When we talk about foreign influence in Moldova, the conversation almost always turns to Russia & for good reason. But what about China? Read here: tinyurl.com/bdzbs3e2 @horizoneu.bsky.social

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New Policy Brief: 3 recommendations for how the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ can strengthen the ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ-๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ, & ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž of (potential) Candidate Countries against foreign malign influence. Read here: reunir-horizon.eu/strategic-po... @horizoneu.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @bressansar.bsky.social

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๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐” ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐? According to Fanny Sauvignon @ceps-fp.bsky.social @ceps.eu the effects are indirect. Economically, candidate countries rely much more on the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ than ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ @horizoneu.bsky.social

๐Ÿšจ Publication alert ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐„๐š๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“Œ The EU is rethinking enlargement to integrate candidates more effectively while protecting democracy & stability. Read here: tinyurl.com/38uf4eks @horizoneu.bsky.social

As the European Union (EU) prepares for a new wave of enlargement to include Candidate Countries (CCs) from the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood, a range of challenges needs to be addressed. Developments are unfolding against a complex and volatile international backdrop that includes Russiaโ€™s ongoing war in Ukraine as well as hybrid external threats targeting CCs, creating a sense of geopolitical urgency. 

This policy brief maps the current policy debate and analyses EU and MS preferences for enlargement and neighbourhood policies, based on 72 interviews with 77 respondents conducted in six MS โ€“ namely Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland โ€“ between November 2025 and February 2026, which are representative of the different positions on enlargement within the EU1. The paper then identifies options for future EU policies.  

Authors: Louise Amoris, Laure Delcour, Universitรฉ Sorbonne Nouvelle 

Contributors: Merili Arjakas, International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS), Florian Bieber, University of Graz, Tamar Gamkrelidze, Ph.D. College of Europe in Natolin, Gergana Noutcheva, Maastricht University, Jelena Pejic Nikic, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Lura Pollozhani, University of Graz, Philipp Rotmann, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Fanny Sauvignon, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)

๐ŸšจEvent Announcement REUNIR Roundtable: What are the options for the future enlargement of the EU? ๐Ÿ—“๏ธMonday, March 30, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM (CEST) ๐Ÿ“Sorbonne Nouvelle Research Center, 4 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris ๐ŸŒLanguage: French @horizoneu.bsky.social Details & registration below โฌ‡๏ธ

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๐ŸŽฅ REUNIRโ€™s next video features Dr. Tamar Gamkrelidze, Postdoctoral Fellow at the College of Europe Natolin Foresight methodology provides a new perspective on future geopolitical risks by combining expert qualitative assessments with computer-based quantitative analysis. @horizoneu.bsky.social