The Origins and Evolutions of the EU's Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies in the Area of Security : REUNIR – D2.1 – working paper
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2024
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Lawrence, Tony
Macchiarini Crosson, Dylan
Noutcheva, Gergana
Dandashly, Assem
Osypchuk, Anna
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The development of the European integration project affirmed the narrative about the obsolescence of major war on the European continent, through the profound transformation of relations among European states in the second half of the 20th century. The concept of ‘Europe whole, free, and at peace’ (Bush, 1989) dominated much of the public and academic debate in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The idea of an expanding ‘security community’ promised to bridge the east-west divide and enhance the security of the whole continent. Yet, just over three decades later, the belief that war had become unthinkable as a means of resolving political differences on the continent was shaken by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prompting the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell to warn in 2024 that ‘[a] high intensity, conventional war in Europe [was] no longer a fantasy’ (Foy, 2024). The degree of uncertainty facing the European security order today has never been so heightened throughout the post-Cold War history of the EU.
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European integration project, major war, European continent, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, conference materials
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The Origins and Evolutions of the EU's Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies in the Area of Security : REUNIR – D2.1 – working paper / Tony Lawrence, Dylan Macchiarini Crosson, Gergana Noutcheva, Assem Dandashly, Anna Osypchuk ; National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [et al.]. - [S. l. : s. n.], 2024. - 34 p.