War and Boundary Formation: the European Integration of Ukraine - Frank Schimmelfennig

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. // In the development of European states, war has been a major driver of boundary and state formation. How does the emerging non-state polity of the European Union react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? The lecture distinguishes to two major dimensions of polity formation: capacity building and community building. It shows that the EU’s response to the war and the changes in in its international environment has mainly consisted in a process of community demarcation, including Ukraine progressively in its in-group, without concomitant capacity building. These findings are in line with the EU’s developmental path as a regulatory polity but raise questions in light of the ongoing war and the transatlantic rift. This event is part of the Ukraine Lecture Series organised by the KIU in cooperation with the Jerzy Giedroyc Research Colloquium at the European University Viadrina.