Final Conference: “Invigorating EU Enlargement” | 5 November, Brussels
Does EU enlargement policy remain credible in a world of mounting threats to Europe’s resilience? Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has fundamentally changed the environment in which the EU enlargement policy operates, and with it, what that credibility now requires. The Horizon Europe-funded project “InvigoratEU – Invigorating Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy for a Resilient Europe“ has spent […]
EU solidarity is not dead: avoiding self-fulfilling prophecies
Following the sudden arrival of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco in Ceuta, Daniel Carretta published a commentary ‘EU solidarity died in Ceuta’. The title reminds me of a quote by Mark Twain, “Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.” Sweeping statements of this kind are understandable in the heat of the argument, […]
Recommendations from members of the TEPSA network to the Irish Presidency
Prior to the regular TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conferences, TEPSA has a tradition of formulating recommendations to present to the incoming Council presidency. At the Irish Pre-Presidency Conference in Dublin on 11 and 12 June 2026, TEPSA presented these recommendations to the incoming Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In addition to the introduction […]
InvigoratEU Talks: Enlargement, security, resilience
Europe has entered a new geopolitical era. Enlargement, security and resilience are no longer separate debates. They are the same conversation. InvigoratEU Talks is a podcast series born from the Horizon Europe-funded project, InvigoratEU, bringing together leading scholars and policy-makers from across Europe to do exactly what the name suggests: re-invigorate EU enlargement and neighbourhood […]
Security, Defence, and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals | NEW BOOK
Europe is confronted by a structural shift in the geopolitical landscape, which exposes its vulnerabilities and fosters uncertainty about the future of its security and defence policy. Questions of resilience, rearmament, strategic autonomy and independence have moved to the centre of political debate across the European Union (EU) and beyond. TEPSA’s book “Security, Defence and […]
How can the Global Gateway redefine the EU’s external profile?
This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief focuses on the potential of the Global Gateway Initiative, launched in 2021. We asked 10 experts to respond to the following questions, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos: “What is your assessment of the Global Gateway initiative? Is it a useful tool for enhancing the EU’s strategic autonomy […]
Strategic autonomy in an age of power politics
This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief, contributors confront the challenges facing the European Union, from great-power competition, to a tumultuous transatlantic relationship, and the return of war to the European continent, and reflect on what Europe needs to do to become a stronger, more credible partner at the global level, capable of sharing outcomes […]