R:I

Special Issue

2025

Contents

Enlargement and the future of the European Union

Introductory note: enlargement and the future of the European Union

Vanda Amaro Dias & Dina Sebastião

European Union enlargement: quo vadis?

David Phinnemore & Erhan Íçener

A geopolitical enlargement in a contested context: border dynamics in the repositioning of the European Union to the east

Maria Raquel Freire

The shadow of the bear: the role of Russian interference and hybrid warfare in the 2024 elections in Georgia and Moldova and their impact on EU accession prospects

Lucas Pitaval 

Moldova and Ukraine’s European Union path for membership: a new strategy for Eastern borders Europeanization

Yasmin Renne & Ana Paula Tostes

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine: a driving force behind the European Union’s enlargement?

Pedro Cunha e Silva

Zamor: when enlargement fatigue goes hand in hand with accession fatigue

Pascoal Santos Pereira

Tactical constructivism and the enlargement of the European Union: Türkiye as a strategic partner and normative challenge in the fields of migration and energy

André Pereira Matos

Enlargement and rule of law: lessons from the past, reforms for the future

Mirko Rosa

The European Union’s ‘Machiavellian moment’: enlargement and the risk of overstretch

Youri Devuyst

*Financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito do apoio UID/4627/2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04627/2025.

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