INTRODUCTION The third wave of democratization, which led Francis Fukuyama to advance the bold prediction of the “end of history”, after the fall of communism in USSR, in 1989, seems to have come to a stop. In many parts of…
EU Crisis and Common Identity
1. Introductory Remarks: the vicious circle of the EU democratic gap There is now a broad consensus among economists, political scientists and journalists about the nature of the EU crisis: it is not only an economic crisis, but a governance…
A difficult journey: struggles of Moldova with the EU integration
“We are not forming coalitions of states, we are uniting people.” Jean Monnet, 1952 Moldova is a rule of law state characterized by democratic principles, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. After the Soviet Union collapse, Moldova similar to other Soviet…
Georgia returns to the West
Brief Historical Overview Georgia, an ancient nation in Eastern Europe, has been a part of Occidental or Western World since its foundation. The country was one of the first to adopt Christianity in the 4th century. Since then, the Kingdom…
Europe’s identity crisis
In the last ten years, Europe was engaged in managing the effects of a multiple crisis: an economic and financial crisis, an institutional crisis, a political crisis and last but not least the still unresolved refugee crisis. The outer environment…
An unsolved question: the bumpy road of Western Balkans Region to the EU
In the last years, the Western Balkans were often back in the global headlines, but they never remained there for more than a couple of days: we notice the same trend in the last months. It should be sufficient to…
Europe of the 3 Regions. Towards a powerful new integration
The institutional forms adopted by the EU are based upon the implicit assumption that a common European identity would substitute for national forms of identity as a natural evolution. Although the European identity does exist, it does not allow for…