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This article is the English version of Pierre Mirrel,
« Union européenne-Balkans occidentaux : les illusions perdues ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 4, 2022.

Photographie de fond par Tetiana Shyshkina (Unsplash) représentant le drapeau de l'Union européenne (bleu, étoiles jaunes). Au premier plan, couverture du numéro 4/2022 du numéro de Politique étrangère.

“Undermined by years of mutual ignorance, deceit, and disrespect, the Balkans’ EU accession process has finally succumbed to both European and Balkan leaders’ populist, short-sighted policies.” This remark expresses the frustrations in the Balkans after Bulgaria again vetoed opening accession negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia on June 22, 2022, when the European Council was due to recognize the candidacies of Ukraine and Moldova the following day.

One Year of War in Ukraine: Where do the Russian People Stand?

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On 15/06/2023

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This article is the English version of Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean,
« Un an de guerre en Ukraine : où en sont les Russes ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 88, Issue 1, 2023.

“ We are at war and the country is plunged into total unconsciousness of events”: such was the assessment of the Russian writer Victor Erofeyev in the months following the invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, after the initial shock, the majority of Russians have continued to go about their lives as if it were in fact a “special military operation” with limited scope, like the intervention in Syria in 2015. Ukrainians’ suffering has left them largely indifferent, which has led to anger, and even hatred, on the part of the invaded nation toward the Russian people as a whole.

Kosovo, a Hindered State

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On 18/05/2023

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This article is the English version of Florent Marciacq and Donika Emini, « Kosovo, l’État entravé », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 4, 2022.

Photographie de Mrika Selimi (Unsplash) de la ville de Prizren au Kosovo, représentant à l'arrière-plan des montages recouvertes d'arbres feuillus verts, de maisons blanches en toits de tuile rouges. La mosquée Sinan Pacha, en pierres claires et avec un dôme argenté, se distingue parmi les maisons.

The issue of Kosovo’s contested statehood has kept Brussels busy for more than ten years now. Advancing on this front is more pressing than ever in the new geopolitical context forged by the Russian war in Ukraine. What is at stake is not only the resolution of a sensitive bilateral dispute that has become noxious for the whole region, but also the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy, which can only be achieved through greater convergence on such issues.

Germany’s defense policy: A historic turning point?

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On 06/04/2023

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This article is the English version of Hans Stark,
« La politique de défense de l’Allemagne : un tournant historique ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 3, 2022.

Photo par M-SUR (Shutterstock) de militaires allemands.

In an extraordinary about-turn, the invasion of Ukraine has forced Germany to abandon its “culture of restraint” and to increase its defense spending dramatically. Berlin has even abandoned its principles of not exporting arms to countries at war and has announced that it is sending thousands of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Kyiv, to be followed by tanks and rocket launchers.

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The European Union and the Western Balkans: Lost Illusions?

One Year of War in Ukraine: Where do the Russian People Stand?

Kosovo, a Hindered State

Germany’s defense policy: A historic turning point?