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In 2023, Europe continued to push against the ever-present threats to its security and democracies. Europe's security landscape has traditionally relied on the United States to provide collective defence. However, recent conflicts on European soil have exposed critical vulnerabilities in the existing security structures. 

Our recent study, edited by Francesco Cappelletti, ELF Senior Policy & Research Officer, provides a comprehensive and policy-oriented proposal to tackle such challenges to European security and the EU’s response.

A free and stable Europe is only possible with a free and stable Ukraine. To achieve that, we must move forward and create a more detailed roadmap for Ukraine’s EU accession.  
 
In our study, edited by Dr. Maria Alesina, ELF Policy & Research Officer, we lay out policy solutions on areas such as the EU accession process, post-war recovery and reconstruction, and other underexplored domains for partnership in which Ukraine can also benefit the EU

Over the past decade, there was no shortage of crises, shaking the European Union. But every new challenge means a potential step toward deeper cooperation between member states.  
 
The third edition of the Future Europe Journal published earlier this year, looks into the multi-faceted EU crisis management and determines the effective methods for the long-term transformation of member states, markets and the Union as a whole.

Progress of the integration in the Western Balkan regions has been stagnant for many years, but Ukraine's candidacy can act as a catalyst for reform. Thus, the need for EU enlargement has become increasingly evident and supported, but the practicalities remain an open question. In response, ELF advocates for the innovative staged integration model to optimise the accession process.

Authors Dragana Jaćimović and Yuliia Shaipova, have assessed the potential application of the new staged integration approach to EU enlargement in the cases of Montenegro and Ukraine and whether this model can address the gaps in the current enlargement methodology.   

How is growing polarisation poisoning our culture and society? Nikos Sotirakopoulos, Author and Visiting Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, joins host Ricardo Silvestre to discuss identity politics and the rise of a ‘tribalist mindset’ in creating a toxic public sphere.   

Building bridges or decoupling from China? Sylvie Kauffmann, Editorial Director at Le Monde joins Leszek Jażdżewski to talk about French position on China, involvement in Taiwan and transatlantic relations, as well as the future of strategic autonomy within the EU.