Kadri Kaan Renda

The EU and the Western Balkans: soft securitization of enlargement during the initial stage of the Russia-Ukraine War of 2022

When the Russian armed forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many politicians in Europe were alerted to the possibility of a spill-over of the war to the Western Balkans. Since the outbreak of the Donbas War in 2014, European states have swiftly re...