EU Neighbourhood

As a key element of European foreign policy, the EU's neighbourhood policy is an essential pillar for the political, socio-economic, and security-related stability of the EU's immediate geographical periphery. This applies to the countries of the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) as well as the Southern Partnership countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia). Through a consolidated neighbourhood policy, the EU can safeguard its own security interests and proactively counter the influence of other global powers. The research activities of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy shed light on political developments in the European neighbourhood and develop recommendations for action for a demand-oriented European foreign policy. To this end, we maintain contacts with local political representatives, cooperate with academic institutes in the EU's neighbouring countries, prepare studies and derived options for action, and analyse security threats.
Current AIES activities on the topic. Research also in the database.
Events
Panel debate about the Three Seas Initiative
19.06.2023 / AIES Research Fellow Livia Benko at the Romanian Embassy
AIES at the Astana International Forum
09.06.2023 / AIES Director Michael Zinkanell participated and spoke at the Astana International Forum
Eurasian Economic Summit in Istanbul
16.04.2023 / Conference with a speech of the President Dr. Fasslabend about the Regional Power Türkiye
Global BAKU Forum
15.04.2023 / Conference with a speech of Dr. Werner Fasslabend about the Resilience of the NATO Alliance, 08.03.-12.03.2023
The Importance of Central Europe for the EU
03.02.2023 / Expert Conference with AIES Research Fellow Livia Benko
In the media
27.06.2022 / NRC (The Netherlands)
Poetins invasie is het begin van een nieuwe Koude Oorlog
Interview Velina Tchakarova
20.01.2022 / CNN
Biden reveals an uncomfortable truth about NATO's divide on Russian aggression in Ukraine
Statement by Velina Tchakarova
20.01.2022 / CEIAS Considers
What the Kazakhstan crisis tells us about international relations
Commentary by Velina Tchakarova
25.11.2021 / IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2021
Eastern Mediterranean Energy and Regional Cooperation: 2021 Outlook
By Michaël Tanchum
30.10.2021 / peacefare.net
Libya is taking baby steps in the right direction
By Wolfgang Pusztai
14.09.2020 / N-World
Blue Homeland: the doctrine behind Turkey's Mediterranean claims
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum
13.09.2020 / AP News
Greece, Turkey signal willingness to talk about sea dispute
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum
28.08.2020 / TRT World
Could Turkey become a gas benchmark for the Eastern Mediterranean?
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum
Publications
Hungary’s Eastern Opening Policy as a Long-Term Political-Economic Strategy
Gabriela Greilinger: Hungary’s Eastern Opening Policy as a Long-Term Political-Economic Strategy, AIES Fokus 4/2023
The Georgian Perspective on Geopolitical Changes in the Caucasus
Eugene Kogan: The Georgian Perspective on Geopolitical Changes in the Caucasus, AIES Fokus 1/2023
Der Krieg um die Ukraine – Die Schlacht im Donbas
Markus Reisner: Der Krieg um die Ukraine – Die Schlacht im Donbas. Eine Kurzzusammenfassung nach 70 Tagen, AIES Fokus 4/2022
Podcast
14.08.23 / Episode 19 / Special Series on the EU as a global actor
EU-AU Relations: An Outlook for the Intercontinental Partnership
In this episode, Research Fellow Livia Benko is in conversation with Kwame Owino, Chief Executive Officer of the International Institute of Economic Affairs Kenya (IEA), to discuss the current state of EU-AU relations against the background of dramatic changes in the international system - above all the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This episode is the last in a 4-part special series on the EU as a global actor. Other episodes of this series focus on the EU's relations with the China, ASEAN, as well as the US.
This special series is conducted in partnership with the Multilateral Dialoge Vienna of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Videos
New Momentum for Kosovo’s International Integration
30.03.23 / Event with Dr. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of Kosovo
Western Balkans: A Central Piece to Lasting Peace in Europe
12.01.23 / Public Event with Albin Kurti, Premier Minister of Kosovo
The Future of Europe in Light of the Russian War against Ukraine
13.05.22 / Round Table Discussion in Vienna