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Open track 32: Reassessing European integration in light of recent European conflicts
Time:
Wednesday, 04/Sept/2024:
9:00am - 10:30am
Session Chair: Jan Niklas Rolf Session Chair: Jakob Lempp
Presentations
Reassessing European integration in light of recent European conflicts
Chair(s): Jan Niklas Rolf (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve (Germany)), Jakob Lempp (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve (Germany))
Presenter(s): Emilia Alaverdov (Georgian Technical University, Tblisi (Georgia)), Elena Polo (Institute of European Studies, University of Tirana (Albania)), Dmitrij Wolodin (Kozminski University, Warsaw (Poland)), Nikola Mladenović (Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade (Serbia)), Doris Malaj (Institute of European Studies, University of Tirana (Albania))
The Armenian-Azerbaijani war of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU in 2021, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, violent clashes between Serbia and Kosovo in 2023, and rising tensions between Albania and Greece – the last years have seen a number of armed and unarmed conflicts in Europe that, in their intensity and frequency, shook the continent to its core. While none of these conflicts were internal to the EU, they will certainly have a tremendous effect on its future course, be it in terms of enlargement, its neighbourhood policy, or common foreign and security policy. The idea behind the panel is to bring together experts of – and partly from – the aforementioned European non-EU countries to explore the foundation, form and future of their relations with the EU against the backdrop of said conflicts. The proposed panel is part of a larger book project on “Non-EU Europe” that seeks to identify patterns of interaction between the EU and its European neighbours that can inform our understanding of differentiated integration, both within and beyond the EU. After a short introduction by the editors, Jakob Lempp and Jan Niklas Rolf, the following panelists will discuss the following topics:
Emilia Alaverdov: The South Caucasus after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh
Elena Polo: Better off out? Recent evidence from the United Kingdom
Dmitrij Wolodin: Cross-border cooperation between Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine in the face of Russian revisionism
Nikola Mladenović: Serbia and Kosovo - Precarious paths towards EU integration
Doris Malaj: Strategic crossroads and contingent futures - Assessing Albania’s EU integration path
