Gateway Initiative, the EU has made a commitment that is both value-based and geostrategic. To do justice to this commitment …, the EU should consider the different dimensions of transport connectivity and their implications on several levels and in … an integrated manner. In particular, the EU should take into account the link between connectivity and questions of …

Since 25 June 2024, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have been engaging in accession negotiations with … Ukraine and Moldova. The EU wants and needs to provide a strategic response to new geopolitical challenges, especially the … specific policy areas of the EU. Accession negotiations regularly focus on these countries' integra­tion into the highly …

Der Westbalkan solle "so schnell wie möglich" in die EU, erklärte der Bundeskanzler auf dem Gipfel des Berliner … jährlich zwi­schen einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und den Ländern des Westbalkans stattfinden. Er unterscheidet sich von anderen … EU-Initiativen dadurch, dass neben internationalen Finanz- und EU-Institutionen einzelne EU-Staaten beteiligt sind, wie …

Schon jetzt sind die sechs Westbalkanländer (WB6) politisch eng mit der EU verbunden. Doch seit Beginn des russischen …­politik (GASP) stärker in den Fokus. Die EU sollte dabei die Zusammenarbeit der WB6 mit anderen externen Akteuren, wie Russland … Zukunft komplett einstellen werden. In einer veränderten geopolitischen Lage muss die EU allerdings Prioritäten setzen, um die …

The Western Balkans should join the European Union (EU) "as soon as possible", according to statements by the … meetings that have taken place annually since 2014 between individual EU member states and the countries of the Western Balkans …. It differs from other EU initiatives in that international financial and EU institutions are involved alongside …

intra-Asian dynamics are gaining importance, Germany and the EU risk being marginalised in matters concerning energy … renewable energy. Apart from China - an established player in the market - it has increasingly been Gulf countries that have … global politics. Simultaneously, the dynamics also exemplify the growing number of energy and geopolitical dynamics over …

contentious role to play within both contexts. What kind of an alignment might there be between the EU and Turkey, given that … Ankara is simultaneously a partner, competitor, rival and even threat to EU member states? For its part, the European Union … making clear that enhanced defence cooperation with Ankara and Turkey's stalled EU accession process are two separate issues. …

Even though the six Western Balkan countries (WB6) have close political ties with the EU, their alignment with the EU … aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6’s political and security cooperation with external …­ing geopolitical arena, the EU must set priorities that bind the WB6’s outliers to the CFSP. …