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

AIES Research Trip to Georgia

11.09.2023 / Visit to the EU Monitoring Mission in Tbilisi

Workshop on European Issues

06.07.2023 / Wolfgang Pusztai at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

The impact of the war in Ukraine

28.06.2023 / Expert Workshop about the Visegrád Group

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

Turkey as a regional power

22.02.2023 / AIES Event with Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bagci

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 / 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

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

The Georgian Perspective on Geopolitical Changes in the Caucasus

Eugene Kogan: The Georgian Perspective on Geopolitical Changes in the Caucasus, AIES Fokus 1/2023

The Perils of Black Sea Security

The Perils of Black Sea Security

Eugene Kogan: The Perils of Black Sea Security, AIES Fokus 5/2022

Der Krieg um die Ukraine – Die Schlacht im Donbas

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

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Western Balkans: A Central Piece to Lasting Peace in Europe

12.01.23 / Public Event with Albin Kurti, Premier Minister of Kosovo

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Three Seas Initiative: Mapping National Perspectives

20.06.22 / E-presentation of the book

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The Future of Europe in Light of the Russian War against Ukraine

13.05.22 / Round Table Discussion in Vienna

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War in Ukraine – Military Lessons + Global Consequences

06.05.22 / Panel Discussion in Vienna

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The War in Ukraine and its Consequences

30.03.22 / Panel discussion in Vienna

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