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REUNIR is a Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 funded project examining ways to future-proof EU security, enlargement and neighbourhood policies for a new age of international relations. More information: https://reunir-horizon.eu
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REUNIR @reunir.bsky.social · Oct 3
One more of our trusted partners falls victim to the Georgian Dream’s increasing repression. As an independent policy research project sharing GIP’s democratic values, REUNIR stands with its Georgian colleagues.

@horizoneu.bsky.social

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GIP, Georgia’s Key Think Tank, Halts Work Citing Repression, Loss of Mission - Civil Georgia
The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a leading Tbilisi-based think tank established in 2011, an
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#OpEd #Guardian

📌 After a year of student-led protests, the cracks in Serbia’s government have turned into fissures The Guardian

✍ Author: Srdjan Cvijić

🌐 Read the full Op-ed here:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
#Serbia #Belgrade #Vucic #Balkans #StudentProtests
After a year of student-led protests, the cracks in Serbia’s government have turned into fissures | Srdjan Cvijić
The government of Aleksandar Vučić’s now resembles a political Ponzi scheme: borrowing legitimacy through spectacle while deferring its collapse, says Serbian political scientist Srdjan Cvijić
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🎙️New #GEOPOWERTalks episode!
How can 🇪🇺 stay secure amid geopolitical shocks, from 🇷🇺’s war in 🇺🇦 to uncertain 🇺🇸 engagement?
@samueljsdv.bsky.social w/ Dr Björn Fägertsen & Denis Verret on 🇪🇺 defence cooperation, NATO & strategic autonomy.
🎧Listen: shorturl.at/Ufg9W
🔗 Explore the Report: bit.ly/4mjb48I
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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@ec.europa.eu Enlargement Package 2025

@tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social @ceps.eu has provided interesting insights in her interviews with Euractiv & Politico Playbook.

Read the full interviews here:

📌 www.euractiv.com/news/four-en...

📌 www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
Four enlargement hopefuls show progress on EU membership bid | Euractiv
Some EU candidate countries have backtracked on reforms as the enlargement process dragged on
www.euractiv.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🚨New #Blog

Moldova’s New Beginning: Lessons from Russia’s Hybrid Interference and a Test for Democratic Resilience

✍Iulian Groza, Executive Director, Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene (IPRE)

🌐Read the full blog on our website: reunir-horizon.eu/moldovas-new...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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As part of the #REUNIR Project, @ceps.eu hosted a high-level discussion, bringing together leading voices from the @ec.europa.eu & candidate countries. The event was organised within the framework of the EU Enlargement Forum. @horizoneu.bsky.social

Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDj...
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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We are live (streaming): www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...

with DG Koopman 🇪🇺 and Ambassadors of Albania 🇦🇱, Kosovo 🇽🇰, Moldova 🇲🇩, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Ukraine 🇺🇦
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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#REUNIR #Confessionals
In this edition, 🇦🇱's Ambassador to the 🇪🇺Ferit Hoxha, shares his reflections on the key external threats facing Albania today - and how resilience and progress toward EU accession remain deeply interconnected. 🇪🇺🇦🇱

@horizoneu.bsky.social

More: reunir-horizon.eu/reunir-confe...
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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A final reminder to register:

"Strategic priorities for the EU’s enlargement policy: a conversation with Ambassadors from candidate countries"

Thursday, 23 October, 13:00 – 14:30 (CET)
CEPS, Place du Congrès 1, Brussels

Register: ceps.my.salesforce-sites.com/eventregistr... @horizoneu.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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#REUNIR @horizoneu.bsky.social #Confessionals 🎙️

In this edition, Ambassador Petar Markovic, Head of the Mission of Montenegro to the EU, reflects on how REUNIR’s research supports Montenegro’s continued progress toward EU membership. 🇪🇺🇲🇪

See more on our website: reunir-horizon.eu/reunir-confe...
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Save the Date! @ceps.eu

Strategic priorities for the EU’s enlargement policy: a conversation with Ambassadors from candidate countries

🗓️ 23 Oct, 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 (CET)
📍 Place du Congrès 1, Brussels

Registration ceps.my.salesforce-sites.com/eventregistr...

Info www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Jelena Pejić Nikić participated in the Confessionals last week in Brussels, gathering EU and candidates' states representatives with @reunir.bsky.social team to discuss research findings and recommendations on how to boost accession regions' resilience to military, political and economic threats.
October 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Last Tuesday, @ceps.eu had the pleasure of hosting two closed-door seminars (“confessionals”) in the framework of the #REUNIR project. We are grateful to all of our distinguished guests and participants for their valuable insights

Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/ceps-hosts-h...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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One more of our trusted partners falls victim to the Georgian Dream’s increasing repression. As an independent policy research project sharing GIP’s democratic values, REUNIR stands with its Georgian colleagues.

@horizoneu.bsky.social

civil.ge/archives/703...
GIP, Georgia’s Key Think Tank, Halts Work Citing Repression, Loss of Mission - Civil Georgia
The Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), a leading Tbilisi-based think tank established in 2011, an
civil.ge
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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VDL has promised to widen the ‘simplification’ agenda to other policy areas. With various forms of ‘gradual integration’, her Commission has gone the opposite way, adding administrative burden to an already long and cumbersome process.

Here’s a proposal to radically simplify EU enlargement 👇
ceps.eu CEPS @ceps.eu · Sep 24
While the 🇪🇺 enlargement process has seen the implementation of a new ‘gradual integration’ concept, these developments have left the core formal accession procedure unchanged.

Here's what Michael Emerson & @stevenblockmans.bsky.social propose to simplify and streamline accession 👉 bit.ly/46lz5r0
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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#REUNIRBlog

🇲🇩 In a new op-ed, Iulian Groza (IPRE - Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene) highlights how civil society, independent media, and state institutions are working together to safeguard democratic integrity.

👉 Read more: reunir-horizon.eu/op-ed-moldov...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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#REUNIR in action!

Today, 17 September, in The Hague, Prof. Hylke Dijkstra (Maastricht University) will speak at the conference:

“EU Enlargement and External Governance: Geopolitical Challenges, Policy Responses, and Legal Approaches”

@horizoneu.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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#REUNIR project joined the 18th #EISAPEC2025 at the University of Bologna, hosting a panel on how the EU can support candidate countries facing malign foreign interference. Great exchange of ideas on enlargement, resilience, and democracy in Europe’s neighbourhood. @horizoneu.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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#REUNIR at EISA-PEC 2025

📌 We will be actively participating in the EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC 2025), taking place from 25 to 29 August at the University of Bologna.

Read more on our website: reunir-horizon.eu/reunir-at-18...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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"Enlargement must be a reward for sustained reform, not an instrument of short-term political engineering."

Pushing Moldova’s EU bid before September’s election is understandable, but decoupling it from Ukraine would be a mistake, argues Steven Blockmans.

@stevenblockmans.bsky.social
Moldova Should Not Be Decoupled from Ukraine in EU Accession - ICDS
Member states are currently considering putting Moldova ahead of Ukraine on the track to join the European Union. While the desire to secure Moldova’s EU trajectory ahead of parliamentary elections at...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Deciding matters without Ukraine and Europe would be ideal not just for Trump, but for Putin, too. A US-backed deal to divide Ukraine and limit its sovereignty would be an unprecedented post-Soviet geopolitical triumph for him, writes Igor Gretskiy.
The Alaska Summit: Deal-making at Europe’s Expense - ICDS
The hastily announced summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, scheduled for Friday, 15 August in Alaska, is highly unusual. Normally, such high-level meetings are planned months in advance. Wh...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🔍 Have you explored the GEO-POWER-EU Interdependence Database yet?
It’s a powerful tool that maps how 9 countries in the Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership regions interact with 5 global actors—🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇹🇷—from 2007 to 2024.
🧵Here’s what you can do with it: 👇
July 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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@stevenblockmans.bsky.social talks about the deepening political crisis in Georgia, warning that growing repression and democratic backsliding threaten the country's future, investor confidence, & ties with the West. A powerful reminder of what's at stake. 🇬🇪

www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/%E1%83%98%...
„ევროკავშირი არ მიატოვებს საქართველოს მოქალაქეებს“ - სტივენ ბლოკმანსი
"დგება დრო, როცა გამოგონილსა და რეალობას შორის უფსკრული იმდენად ფართოვდება, რომ პროპაგანდისტებისთვისაც კი შეუძლებელია მისი დაფარვა" - უთხრა რადიო თავისუფლებას ევროპელმა ანალიტიკოსმა სტივენ ბლოკმანსმა.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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#REUNIRblog

📚 Civic Mobilisations in Georgia & Serbia: Testing the EU’s Enlargement Credibility

Read the full blog on our website: reunir-horizon.eu/civic-mobili...

@tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social @ceps.eu
@horizoneu.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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In our next video, Adrian Ermurachi, from IPRE - @Institutul pentru Politici și Reforme Europene, shares his perspective on the question:

❓From a foresight perspective, how prepared is the EU for emerging defense challenges?

@horizoneu.bsky.social

Watch here: reunir-horizon.eu/reunir-mid-t...
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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What role can academic foresight play in policymaking during wartime recovery &EU integration in 🇺🇦?

Foresight is not just about planning for the best, but ensuring there’s a path forward even through the most difficult outcomes
@horizoneu.bsky.social

Watch here: reunir-horizon.eu/reunir-mid-t...
July 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM