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Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invasion of Ukraine has significantly changed the geopolitical circumstances on the European continent and is also importantly reshaping the EU’s enlargement policy.
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Tinatin Akhvlediani, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
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Akhvlediani, T. Geopolitical and Security Concerns of the EU’s Enlargement to the East: The Case of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Intereconomics 57, 225–228 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-022-1067-0
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