The European Union’s New Energy Policy: Vulnerability, Security, and Cooperation
This paper asks whether institutionalized cooperation among EU member states has been an efficient model for responding to the shift in power relation…
Category: EU Institutions & Governance
Administrative Flexibility: a factor of rapprochement or compartmentalization? The Voluntary Relocation Exercise for Unaccompanied Minors and Vulnerable Families from Greece to other Member States (2020–2023)
This paper examines the Voluntary Relocation Exercise from Greece (2020-2023), through which 5.059 people were relocated to thirteen Member States and…
Digital Diplomacy as Institutional Capability: Strengthening European Foreign Ministries in the AI Era
European foreign ministries and EU external-action institutions operate in an environment shaped by artificial intelligence, accelerated information f…
Portuguese Nationality as a Gateway to Union Citizenship: From Naturalisation to Intra-EU Mobility
This paper examines the relationship between the acquisition of Portuguese nationality, Union citizenship and intra-EU mobility.
Article 2 TEU as a standalone standard in infringement proceedings
Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) lists the values on which the Union is founded: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule …
Wired to Beijing? Analyzing the Risks and Approachestowards Huawei and ZTE within European Digital Infrastructure
Discussions of European digital dependencies often focus on U.S. software but China’s role in European network infrastructure deserves equal attenti…
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity in the Age of Digital Power: Strategic Transformation and Democratic Control
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way cybersecurity is organised, understood, and practised in Europe. Machine-learning systems can identif…
The Missing Dimension of European Military AI Governance: Crisis Stability and Algorithmic Firebreaks
European military artificial intelligence governance has focused largely on whether AI systems can be developed and deployed responsibly. This paper a…
Framing European Security After Ukraine: Why the EU Needs a Strategic Narrative Shift
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has transformed the European Union’s role in security and defence. Yet its communication has not consisten…
Bringing Algorithms Under the Rule of Law: Administrative Legality as the Missing Layer of AI Governance
European public administrations are rapidly embedding automated decision making and artificial intelligence into the exercise of public power.