Anghel, V., & Jones, E. (2022). Is Europe really forged through crisis? Pandemic EU and the Russia – Ukraine war. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(4), 766–786.
Abstract: The European Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic revealed changes and continuity in the structure and the functioning of the European project. In lieu of a conclusion to the Special Issue, this article discusses what those lessons tell us about how Europe responds to the following crisis. We compare European responses to the pandemic […]
Anghel, V., & Stolle, D. (2022, June 28). In praise of reality, not realism: An answer to Mearsheimer. EUIdeas. (Fiesole: European University Institute, 28 June).
There is no justification for the atrocities committed by Russia against the people of Ukraine. This does not stop scholars from trying to explain Putin’s decision to invade. John Mearsheimer’s recent lecture at the EUI was one such attempt – which fails on multiple counts, the authors argue. Read more
Anghel, V., & Jones, E. (2021). Failing forward in Eastern Enlargement: problem solving through problem making. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(7), 1092–1111.
Abstract: The ‘failing forward’ synthesis of liberal intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism puts European member states governments in charge of the process of integration (Jones et al., [2016]. Failing Forward? The Euro Crisis and the Incomplete Nature of European Integration. Comparative Political Studies, 48(7), 1010–1034. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414015617966). However, this placement does not show clearly whether the principals are […]
Anghel, V. (2020). Together or Apart? The European Union’s East–West Divide. Survival, 62(3), 179–202.
Abstract: Democratically immature EU member states continue to act like mere guests in the European club, taking minimum responsibility for upholding EU rules and exercising little power in Union affairs. Read more