The Geopolitics of Enlargement: A Way to Safeguard the European Space


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The Geopolitics of Enlargement: A Way to Safeguard the European Space
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Sunday, 25. August
90 minutes
English
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The EU Enlargement is increasingly seen as an effective foreign policy tool to diminish the influence of external powers in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans. Reframing European integration as a strategy to provide security for the neighbourhoods, as well as make EU Member States safer, will certainly strengthen the EU’s standing as a geopolitical actor - for example through a sustainable peace settlement for Ukraine and sound security arrangements for Moldova.

Supported by European Council on Foreign Relations & ERSTE Foundation
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Cristina Gherasimov

Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Republic of Moldova
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Olesia Ogryzko

Director | Visiting Fellow Sahaidachnyi Security Center | European Council on Foreign Relations
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Milica Delevic

Director for Governance and Political Affairs European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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James O'Brien

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. State Department
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Moderator

Engjellushe Morina

Senior Policy Fellow European Council on Foreign Relations