European integration

Consolidating the European Union is a geostrategic imperative. If the Union hopes to live on and to play an important role in world affairs, it must show it is able to accept new members and enlarge its own base. As membership for the…

Let me start from a sobering, general, viewpoint: my view on the future of Europe is quite pessimistic. The EU is confronting unprecedented global challenges, linked to the fragmentation scenario we are living in: de-globalization,…

Allargamento dell'Unione Europea: una volta l’espansione dello spazio politico continentale era vista come qualcosa di naturale, come respirare. La CEE, poi la UE, è fatta per allargarsi: chi mai vorrebbe stare fuori dall'"area commerciale…

With the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, it appears that in the near future, leaders of the Western Balkan countries that are not yet part of the European Union will be faced with a crucial decision: whether to align themselves more closely…

Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European states have broken a series of taboos in ways unthinkable until February 23, 2022, the day before the aggression. Many of these taboos were about defense: countries and European publics…