A geopolitical enlargement in a contested context: border dynamics in the repositioning of the European Union to the east
Journal: Relações Internacionais
Year: 2025

This article analyses the current eastward enlargement of the European Union, looking at border dynamics and how their construction and deconstruction contribute to collective imaginaries of security and insecurity in a new geopolitical framework. The article argues that enlargement adds a differentiated security and border construction component, with material and symbolic characteristics that are fundamental to the Union’s own credibility. The geopolitical shift brought about by the war in Ukr