{{ Jessica Hendrick welcomes leading scholar Roman Petrov and Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk to discuss Ukraine’s war against Russia and battle for democracy }}

{{ Jessica Hendrick welcomes leading scholar Roman Petrov and Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk to discuss Ukraine’s war against Russia and battle for democracy }}

{{ Jessica Hendrick welcomes leading scholar Roman Petrov and Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk to discuss Ukraine’s war against Russia and battle for democracy }}

{{ Jessica Hendrick welcomes leading scholar Roman Petrov and Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk to discuss Ukraine’s war against Russia and battle for democracy }}

The EU’s enlargement policy remains a powerful tool—but in hybrid regimes, legal reforms alone are no longer enough. Without rebuilding trust and tackling informal power structures…

This paper examines how acute political crisis and mass civic mobilisation are reshaping trust, social cohesion, and EU democracy promotion in Serbia. Drawing on original survey-vignette data and…

Jessica Hendrick welcomes Igor Bandović and Luka Filipović to discuss Serbia’s biggest protest movement in decades

The EU is still seen as the Western Balkans’ anchor for stability and modernisation. But where reforms remain invisible and institutions remain captured, European support risks strengthening…

How hybrid governance and trust shape EU democracy promotion and reform outcomes in Moldova

Jessica Hendrick is joined by Dumitru Alaiba and Maia Machavariani to explore why Moldova is one of Europe’s most closely watched test cases—and what the countr

Jessica Hendrick is joined by Sophie Gueudet and Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze to explore how geopolitical shocks are reshaping eastern Europe’s future

RE-ENGAGE researchers travelled to Kyiv in September 2025 to conduct fieldwork. Vira, a Kyiv based university student and locally trained enumerator, shares her testimony as a voice that speaks from…

This paper develops four exploratory scenarios for Eastern Europe in 2035, tracing how domestic struggles between open and closed societies intersect with intensifying great-power competition.

What began as a cautious enlargement process is now a test of whether the EU can reform, overcome vetoes, and lead in a rapidly shifting world order

Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EU’s 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brussels’s expectations and life inside the candidate countries…

Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EU’s 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brussels’s expectations and life inside the ca

Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EU’s 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brussels’s expectations and life inside the candidate countries…