"The European Union's Handling of Hybrid Threats: In Search of the Enlargement Dimension", L'Europe Unie / United Europe, No. 22, 2025, pp. 7-19 (Special Volume "EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia's Path to Integrati

At present, the EU's strategic documents on countering hybrid threats contain hardly any links to the accession process. A more robust defence of an enlarging EU requires the effective operationalisation of the principle of enhanced mutual resilience against hybrid threats between the EU and the candidate countries, including in the upcoming European Democracy Shield.