Publications

The country reports presented here as part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung's project Strategies for the EU Neighbourhood analyze judicial reform in Ukraine since the 2013/14 Revolution of Dignity and in the Republic of Moldova since the political coalition Alliance for European...

The corona crisis and its economic fallout are promoting a “reshoring” of supply chains by Europe’s businesses. Could the EU’s more immediate neighbours, from Ukraine to Morocco, become alternative production sites for at least some of the goods now supplied by China and...

The Black Sea and Caspian region is a part of the EU neighborhood that is increasingly becoming a conflict zone. Having flouted international law by annexing Crimea, the Russian Federation is taking further steps to strengthen its military, political and economic dominance...

This study evaluates the success of the EU’s strategy of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans over the last two decades from an economic perspective. First, we define the prerequisites for successful regional cooperation in an institutional, political and economic...

The spread of the latest Coronavirus strain is not simply a health crisis. It has long taken on a geopolitical dimension. China and Russia are engaged in a ‘global battle of narratives’ over who is the most generous international power. In the geopolitical competition for...

External interventions to mitigate crises or end conflicts have rarely succeeded. The EU and its member states, in particular, have repeatedly run up against their limits in the civil wars in Afghanistan, the Congo, Libya, Syria, the Sahel region and Yemen. However, the EU –...

The European Union (EU) aspires to play a part in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict peacebuilding through civil and/or military operations, through stabilisation efforts, and by building resilience at home and abroad. To bring this ambition to...

Since 2015, more than one million Syrians have fled their country for Europe. In order to facilitate their voluntary return, a safe and secure environment grounded in a functioning rule of law must first be established in Syria. In targeting this goal, the EU and its member...

In preparing for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), that is the EU budget for the years 2021-2027, the European Commission has proposed to integrate 11 existing financial instruments in the realm of external affairs into a unified Neighbourhood, Development, and...

Good relations with neighbouring countries are a central concern of German and European foreign policy. The EU's Neighbourhood Policy aims to achieve security, prosperity and stability for its neighbours to the east and south. But Russia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia also...