Tag: Bilateralism & Multilateralism
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EU Enlargement Revisited
Main question: How can the EU balance strategic geopolitical expansion with strict merit-based compliance to ensure sustainable integration? Argument: The EU should adopt a phased integration model and depoliticise accession criteria to prevent external delays. Conclusion: Despite short-term economic and democratic friction, structured enlargement remains the best way to safeguard the Union.
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Key Findings on Ukraine: Key Reform Roadmap
Main question: How can Ukraine sustain its EU accession momentum and provisionally close its negotiations by the end of 2028 despite ongoing conflict? Argument: Ukraine must accelerate its reform pace in fundamental principles, specifically the rule of law, while utilizing interim EU integration initiatives. Conclusion: Continued domestic transformation and rigorous cluster fulfillment will allow the…
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EU Enlargement and EP Seat Allocation Reform
Main question: How can the EU reform seat allocation in the European Parliament to integrate new candidate states without breaking the 750-mandate cap or causing political imbalance? Argument: The EU should implement a transparent formula combining a base quota, demographic sizing, and GDP per capita to align economic weight with political influence. Conclusion: This balanced…
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THE EUROPEAN DIRECTORATE
Main question: How can the EU reform its decision-making structures to allow rapid expansion without causing governance paralysis? Argument: The EU must formalize a “Directorate” framework establishing strategic decision authority based on objective capacity criteria. Conclusion: Replacing unanimous vetoes with a structured, rotating fifteen-member Council enables a bigger and more effective Union.
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Bigger Without Losing Better
Main question: How can the EU achieve enlargement without letting budget redistribution strains create disruptive domestic political deadlocks? Argument: The EU must implement a formalized rule of limited fiscal impact containing a double threshold on national gross national income shifts. Conclusion: Effective management of budgetary distribution balances political perceptions, rendering enlargement both viable and stable.
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European Integration and EU External Action
Main question: How does legal fragmentation across EU external action frameworks—security, human rights, economic policy, and digital governance—affect its capacity to act as a unified global actor? Argument: Structural fragmentation and intergovernmental dominance create legal uncertainty, weaken enforcement, and reduce strategic effectiveness and coherence. Conclusion: The EU must clarify competences, expand selective QMV, and close…
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Rise of the Rest
Amid geopolitical uncertainty, this article explores how Ireland can leverage its strong relationship with the US to promote democratic values internationally. It argues that small states are not passive actors but influential partners capable of shaping global affairs through strategic diplomacy.
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Monetary Blocs and International Currency
As in the past, the fragmentation of the global economy and the formation of geopolitical blocs inevitably lead to the emergence of monetary blocs and changes in the system of international payments and international currency. In this text, we will attempt to outline some key elements of the dynamics of these changes and the possible…
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Beyond Sanctions
Main Question Has Western strategy accurately assessed North Korea’s true strategic role beyond its nuclear program? Argument North Korea is a central node in a Russia–Iran–North Korea axis, sustaining Russia’s war through munitions and troops, and enabling Iran’s missile capabilities, while receiving advanced technology in return. Conclusion North Korea is a neglected transregional enabler linking…
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Strategic Engagement
Main Question: How can young professionals successfully enter and influence the highly competitive United Nations ecosystem? Argument: Entry requires a “Show Up” mindset that pairs professional-grade language skills with strategic branding, where personal experiences are packaged to fill specific policy gaps. Conclusion: Real influence is achieved not through seeking prestige, but by focusing on a…