Securitising the EU's future : motivations behind the geopolitical Eastern enlargement

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dc.contributor.authorROUBINSKI, Elena Gabriella
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-26T14:33:12Z
dc.date.available2024-08-26T14:33:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionAward date: 14 June 2024en
dc.descriptionSupervisor: Prof. Nathalie Tocci (European University Institute; University of Tübingen)en
dc.description.abstractThe Russian war of aggression metamorphosed European foreign and internal politics. The European member states' unique effort to unite and engage in a new strategic rationale led to the proliferation of 'geopolitical' formulations. Reviving its enlargement policy has sparked extensive praise, debate, and concern across the Union. This research explores what the 'Geopolitical Enlargement' means and what it says about the EU. It investigates the underlying motivations behind the expedited awarding of candidacies to Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine and the reactivation of the integration process with the Western Balkans. While relying on the securitisation framework, this research reveals that European narratives link the EU's security, values, prosperity and influence with its overall identity and future. Most European leaders see enlargement as an opportunity for needed institutional change, strategic regional anchoring, and international projection. Despite posing a risk to the interests it aims to safeguard, the expansion of the EU seems a policy imperative.en
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dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2024en
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/7601115en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/77154
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesMaster Thesisen
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dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleSecuritising the EU's future : motivations behind the geopolitical Eastern enlargementen
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