The changing geopolitical landscape in Europe since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine demonstrates that EU enlargement and security policy must be tackled together. The podcast “InvigoratEU Talks” brings together scholars and policymakers from across Europe to examine current challenges and opportunities facing EU enlargement and neighborhood policy.
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Episode #1
In the first of a total of six episodes, Funda Tekin (IEP Director), Vsevolod Chentsov (Ambassador of Ukraine to the EU), and Frank Schimmelfennig (Professor at ETH Zurich) discuss the tools the EU uses in its enlargement and neighborhood policies and geopolitical enlargement means. The discussion addresses how the EU’s approaches have changed in light of a new geopolitical and security landscape in Europe and where further reforms are needed to build a more resilient EU.
Episode #2
In the second episode of InvigoratEU Talks, Petras Auštrevičius (Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe) and Tyyne Karjalainen (Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)) explore the links between the EU's security and defence policies and the enlargement process. Has the EU made enlargement an integral part of Europe's security strategy?
Episode #3
Democracy support has been a cornerstone of EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy. Yet today, geopolitical competition increasingly shapes this policy area. In this third episode of InvigoratEU Talks, Petar Markovic (Ambassador of Montenegro to the EU), Giselle Bosse (Professor, Maastricht University and TEPSA Board Member) and Richard Youngs (Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe and TEPSA Board Member) discuss whether the EU has improved its approach to promoting democracy, or whether geopolitics have changed the rules of the game.
Episode #4
What are Russia and China trying to achieve in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood? And how does that affect candidate countries’ path to EU membership? In this episode of InvigoratEU Talks, Thijs Reuten (Member of the European Parliament, S&D), Marko Todorović (Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre (CEP) Belgrade) and Matteo Bonomi (Head of Europe Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)) explore the impact of Russia and China’s political, economic, and social influence on the European continent.
The podcast is moderated by Mariam Khotenashvili (Executive Director of TEPSA). It is funded by the EU as part of the Horizon Europe project InvigoratEU.
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