Coordinative Europeanization and Russia’s war of aggression: how crises shape Europeanization dynamics in EU foreign policy
Journal: Comparative European Politics
Year: 2024

Abstract The European Union’s response to Russia’s war of aggression has run contrary to expectations of EU foreign policy inaction and incoherence as well as warnings of de-Europeanization and renationalization of foreign policy. Drawing on the concept of coordinative Europeanization, we argue that the response to the war has allowed for a more horizontal, cooperative decision-making process involving both member states and EU institutions, as well as a reversal of traditionally Western Europea