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Reports of the Observatories

THE EU’S CURRENT POSITION FOLLOWING RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE

The Treaty of Westphalia determined basic principles of the relationships between
European states which have lasted for centuries. The conclusion of the invasion –
whatever it may be, whenever it comes – could be similarly epoch-making. What the EU
thinks and does then will be significant, even though currently unthought. This brief article
explores starting points.

Publications Media/Opinion pieces

EU and Belarus: What’s going on?

The last few days have been marked by constant images of the migration crisis unfolding on the border between Poland and Belarus. This ‘hybrid attack’, as European Institutions have dubbed it, comes in the context of a troubled period of relations between Belarus and the European Union, which has been deteriorating since the last presidential elections, in August 2020.