Introduction The global rise of the populist radical right (PRR) has sparked a wide-ranging debate about its causes and consequences. From the US to India (Mudde & Rovira Kaltwasser, 2013), from Is...

The 2024 European Parliamentary elections yielded an opposition landslide in Hungary. Respect and Freedom (TISZA), a genuinely new party led by a Fidesz defector, emerged as Orbán's unequivocal cha...

Prominent examples of withdrawal from international organisations (IOs) raise the question of how actors seek to validate their role after exit. IOs may seek legitimation either through the exclusi...

In the framework of the EUI Widening Europe Programme, this online school is intended to provide postgraduate students and practical researchers with an introduction to multi-methods research in the s...

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Maryna Rabinovych argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshaped EU enlargement dynamics, creating both pressure and opportunity. To sustain momentum, the EU needs a strategic vision and transparen...

The EU enlargement process successfully transformed Southern and Eastern European states into market democracies, but faltered in the Western Balkans. Jelena Džankić argues that amid today’s geopoliti...

EU enlargement could address collective action problems and stabilise its neighbourhood, but stalled accession processes may make full membership unlikely. Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi...

Launching her series on EU enlargement dilemmas, Veronica Anghel argues that enlargement is no gamble, but a strategic necessity. In crisis, enlargement transforms external risks into shared responsib...

In this interview, Andres Reiljan, Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, discusses his research on affective polarisation, focusing on its causes, ho

Alexander Mesarovich, a Max Weber Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, discusses his recent book, Europeanisation and Informal Networks

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