The War Against Ukraine and the EU, 1st ed. 2024 Facing New Realities

This open access book aims at discussing the manifold consequences that the War against Ukraine bears for the European Union and EU Studies. It takes stock of the fact that the Russian Attack on Ukraine and the ensuing War not only affects the Global Order, but also has challenged a number of established narratives and convictions for the European Union and its member states. The EU now needs to position itself in the changing world order. Concretely it needs to deal with a number of membership applications, internal and external challenges to liberal democracy, and the development of its strategic autonomy in a number of decisive policy fields. The book convenes experienced scholars, with chapters covering the following themes and fields: Theories, approaches and concepts in EU studies and IR; the EU and the changing European and Global Order; the War and defence of liberal democracy; Membership Politics; Energy Policy.

1.Introduction: The War against Ukraine: the EU Facing New Realities (Michèle Knodt and Claudia Wiesner).- 2. Back to the roots? The war in Ukraine and Grand Theories in International Relations (Oriol Costa and Carme Martínez Blanc).- 3. War and Peace in European Studies: A Zeitwende? (Knud Erik Jørgensen).- 4. Re-ordering the EU and Europe: old boundaries and new challenges (Michael Smith).- 5. The War against Ukraine, the Changing World Order, and the Conflict between Democracy and Autocracy (Claudia Wiesner).- 6. Hungary, the EU and Russia´s War against Ukraine: the Changing Dynamics of EU Foreign Policymaking (Partick Müller and Peter Slominski).- 7. Secure and Sustainable? Unveiling the Impact of the Russian War on EU energy governance (Michèle Knodt, Marc Ringel and Nils Bruch).- 8. Conditions and Contestation: Ukraine on its way to EU-membership (Andrea Gawrich and Doris Wydra).- 9. Still Normative Power Europe? The Perception of the EU in the Ukraine amidst the Russian War of Aggression (Kateryna Zarembo).- 10. Narratives of Ukraine on the information battlefields of global media (Natalia Chaban and Svitlana Zhabotynska)

Claudia Wiesner is Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Michèle Knodt is Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam) and Professor of Political Science, TU Darmstadt, Germany.