EU enlargement—back to the future
How the European Union failed to deal with the collapse of Yugoslavia has lessons for the imperative of enlargement today.
EU enlargement: prospects and challenges
The geopolitical impetus behind further EU enlargement meets formidable forces of inertia.
Italy’s elections: a perpetual political logic
Behind the anticipated far-right victory in Sunday’s elections lie trends of wider concern.
A new age of party democracy
Critical to the rebuilding of crumbled political pillars such as the Parti Socialiste in France is the installation of party democracy.
The new way of doing politics in times of elections
As Czechs go to the polls, a new politics is emerging across Europe, variously populist and technocratic.
A new version of ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ for the western Balkans
The decision of the European Council, at French behest, not to begin accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania will have region-wide reverberations.