Author Archives: CEI IUL

Political Developments in EU-Belarus Relations – From isolation to limited cooperation and critical engagement Relations between the EU and Belarus have traversed various stages since 1991 when the European Community… Read more »

Armenia and Georgia challenge ‘Normative Power Europe’ Russia’s determination to maintain its influence over the former Soviet space intensified after several coloured revolutions demonstrated the elite’s and citizens’ allure to… Read more »

Portugal and global security threats in the post-Cold War era: Strategic Concepts of National Defense (CEDN) One of the most important tools to understand trends and directions of Portugal in… Read more »

Conflict, Mobility and Migration Challenges at the Core of the Reviewed European Neighbourhood Policy: Tackling New Realities Through Old Means? Conceived to foster peace, stability and prosperity at the EU’s… Read more »

The Security Logic of the European Neighbourhood Policy: The Eastern Dimension This presentation analyses the evolution of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as a framework that intends to support and… Read more »

The ENP Goes Back to the Game of Old Geopolitics Initially built and envisioned in a very different context, the ENP was conceived as the EU’s alternative to traditional geopolitics…. Read more »

Towards an Effective Division of Labour or Conflict ‘in and Around Ukraine’ as a Game Changer for the EU’s Engagement with Eastern Europe? The aim of this case study is… Read more »

The Consistency Level of the Promotion of Rule of Law in the EU Policy Towards Israel The EU is among the first global actors that linked their relations with third… Read more »

EU Foreign Direct Investment Policy and Human Rights. A Normative Power Europe? The acquisition, through the Treaty of Lisbon, of the exclusive competence to negotiate international trade and investment treaties… Read more »