"Zeitenwende" as coming of age? EU foreign & security policy through war & peace - Special Issue Launch

The issue edited by Heidi Maurer, Kolja Raube and Richard G. Whitman in European Security examines the EU's "coming of age" as a foreign and security actor.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought war back to the European continent and led to considerable change in EU member states’ foreign policies. The consequential degree of EU foreign policy unity, as well as shifts in long-lasting national and collective security and defence taboos, has represented a significant departure from past practices. These processes of change are a starting point to set the scene for this special issue and to inform its main research question: in what manner, if at all, has the EU come of age as a foreign and security actor during Russia’s war on Ukraine?

The special issue is available for download here.

The editors hosted two online events for the launch covering the topics included in the Special Issue.