From Periphery to Power: The Geoeconomic Case for Southeast Europe

https://ecipe.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ECI_26_PolicyBrief_12-2026_LY03.pdf

Fear of populists is pushing governments to oppose expanding the EU

https://www.politico.eu/article/fear-populists-pushing-governments-oppose-expanding-eu/

Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU

https://www.politico.eu/article/iceland-fast-track-vote-eu-membership/

The EU’s geopolitical dream is dying in its own neighbourhood

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/12/03/the-eus-geopolitical-dream-is-dying-in-its-own-neighbourhood/

EU and Serbia sign strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric vehicles

https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-and-serbia-sign-strategic-partnership-sustainable-raw-materials-battery-value-chains-and-electric-2024-07-19_en

Beyond Brexit – the rise of a new European political architecture

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/12/18/uk-eu-strategic-partnership-cooperation-architecture/