EMBRACing changE: Overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the European Neighbourhood

Informazioni relative al progetto

EMBRACE

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101060809

DOI

10.3030/101060809

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 2 Giugno 2022

Data di avvio 1 Ottobre 2022

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2025

Finanziato da

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Costo totale

€ 2 784 843,75

Contributo UE

€ 2 784 843,50

Coordinato da

BERGHOF FOUNDATION OPERATIONS gGMBH
Germany

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Risultati finali

Documents, reports (11)

Theory framework paper
Policy Report on the effects of EUDP
Working Paper on effective EUDP after popular uprisings
Policy Report on EUDP in contexts of authoritarian and hybrid regimes
Policy Report on EU support to democratic forces after popular uprisings
Comparative synthesis paper
Research Report on international intervention and the consolidation of democracy in post-conflict societies
Scholarly article comparing EUDP in autocratic and hybrid regimes
Policy Report on the emerging patterns of blockages and EU responses
Monograph on blockages to peace
Policy Report on the EU and its competition with other geopolitical players

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Toolkit for EU decision-makers on the geopolitics of EUDP
Digital platform on democratisation-related skills

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Interactive mapping tool visualising project data and results
Podcast series on projects results and mutual learning
Project logo developed and public website online

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Downward spirals in EU democracy promotion: how contestations and shrinking spaces for civil society organization limit the EU’s influence in Turkey

Autori: Murat Coskun, Elena Dueck
Pubblicato in: Democratization, Numero 32, 2025, ISSN 1351-0347
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2025.2514767

Democracy promotion in times of autocratization: a conceptual note

Autori: Sonja Grimm, Brigitte Weiffen, Karina Mross
Pubblicato in: Democratization, Numero 32, 2025, ISSN 1351-0347
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2025.2543778

All’s well that ends well: short story of Ukraine’s road towards European Union membership

Autori: Roman Petrov
Pubblicato in: Yearbook of European Law, Numero 43, 2024, ISSN 0263-3264
Editore: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/YEL/YEAE002

Review of International Studies

Autori: Pogdda, S., Richmond, O., Visoka, G.
Pubblicato in: Review of International Studies, Numero 3, 2023, ISSN 0260-2105
Editore: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210522000377

Conditional Aid Under What Conditions? Exploring Consistency in Performance‐Based Aid Allocation

Autori: Karina Shyrokykh, Nea Solander
Pubblicato in: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Numero 63, 2025, ISSN 0021-9886
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JCMS.13727

Policy-learning in EU democracy support: strategic adaptation and (un)learning in the EU’s response to authoritarian consolidation in Belarus

Autori: Giselle Bosse
Pubblicato in: Democratization, Numero 32, 2025, ISSN 1351-0347
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2025.2484591

Christian Orthodoxy between Geopolitics and International Law. How the War in Ukraine Divided the Orthodox Church

Autori: Roman Petrov
Pubblicato in: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Numero 84, 2024, ISSN 0044-2348
Editore: Verlag C.H.Beck oHG
DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2024-3-421

Rethinking Peace and Victory in Light of Russian Aggression in Ukraine

Autori: Tetiana Kyselova, Dana M. Landau
Pubblicato in: International Negotiation, Numero 30, 2025, ISSN 1382-340X
Editore: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.1163/15718069-BJA10125

Including Civil Society in Peace Negotiations: The War in the Ukraine Donbas Region (2014–21)

Autori: Tetiana Kyselova
Pubblicato in: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Numero 19, 2024, ISSN 1750-2977
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2024.2364309

Civil society and anti-corruption reform in Georgia: revisiting the rose revolution

Autori: David Aprasidze
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Political Science, Numero 7, 2025, ISSN 2673-3145
Editore: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1656511

Geopolitics, (In)security and Resilience. A Feminist Critique of the EU's Engagement in Armenia After the Second Nagorno‐Karabakh War

Autori: Laura Luciani
Pubblicato in: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Numero 63, 2025, ISSN 0021-9886
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JCMS.13761

Postkomunistička tranzicija Srbije u uporednom i istorijskom kontekstu

Autori: Marko Žilović
Pubblicato in: Političke perspektive, Numero 15, 2025, ISSN 2335-027X
Editore: Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
DOI: 10.20901/PP.15.1.01

People won, now what? The role of civil society organizations in anti-corruption and judicial reform in post-uprising Armenia (2018–2025)

Autori: Yevgenya Jenny Paturyan, Liana Simonyan, Gor Papikyan
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Political Science, Numero 7, 2025, ISSN 2673-3145
Editore: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1656829

The international dynamics of counter-peace

Autori: Oliver P. Richmond, Sandra Pogodda, Gëzim Visoka
Pubblicato in: European Journal of International Relations, Numero 30, 2023, ISSN 1354-0661
Editore: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/13540661231168772

Seeking to embed democracy: tracing the substantial evolution of the European Union’s democracy promotion, 2004–2020

Autori: Sonja Grimm, Karina Shyrokykh, Nea Solander
Pubblicato in: Comparative European Politics, Numero 23, 2025, ISSN 1472-4790
Editore: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1057/S41295-025-00430-X

Sexuality securitized: how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reconfigures (anti-)LGBTQ politics in Eastern Europe

Autori: Laura Luciani, Maryna Shevtsova
Pubblicato in: Journal of Gender Studies, Numero 34, 2024, ISSN 0958-9236
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2024.2427198

Counter-peace: From isolated blockages in peace processes to systemic patterns

Autori: Sandra Pogodda, Oliver P. Richmond, Gëzim Visoka
Pubblicato in: Review of International Studies, Numero 49, 2023, ISSN 0260-2105
Editore: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210522000377

Everything but liberal – aid and EU democracy promotion in the European neighbourhood

Autori: Nea Solander
Pubblicato in: Journal of European Integration, 2025, ISSN 0703-6337
Editore: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2025.2457014

The pain on the political battlefield—structuring the role of the media in protests triggered by mass murders in Serbia

Autori: Milica Jevtić
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Political Science, Numero 7, 2025, ISSN 2673-3145
Editore: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1654950

Ukrainian Visions of Peace: (Re-)Shaping Peace through Victory

Autori: Tetiana Kyselova, Dana M. Landau
Pubblicato in: International Negotiation, Numero 30, 2025, ISSN 1382-340X
Editore: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.1163/15718069-BJA10111

Peacemaking and the Maintenance of International Order: Alignment under Hegemony versus Multipolar Misalignment

Autori: Richmond, Oliver; Pogodda, Sandra
Pubblicato in: Global Studies Quarterly, 2024, ISSN 2634-3797
Editore: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4818749

Nothing civil about this war: UN mediation in revolutionary wars

Autori: Sandra Pogodda
Pubblicato in: Contemporary Security Policy, 2025, ISSN 1743-8764
Editore: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2025.2460918

Transitional justice in Tunisia: a critical assessment of the External Actors’ Involvement

Autori: Nadia Jmal
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Political Science, Numero 7, 2025, ISSN 2673-3145
Editore: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1656319

One tabloid to rule them all

Autori: Bojan Vranić, Milica Jevtić
Pubblicato in: Politička misao, Numero 61, 2024, ISSN 1846-8721
Editore: Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
DOI: 10.20901/PM.61.4.01

Book chapters (3)

The Post-Socialist Transition of Serbia: Economic Policy, Democracy, and European Integration

Autori: Nebojša Vladisavljević
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: Palgrave Macmillan

Contentious Politics after Popular Uprisings. Assessing How EU Democracy Promotion Can Help Bottom-Up Actors Achieve Small-Scale Democratic Gains

Autori: Rennick, S.; Jmal, N.; Vladisavljević, N.; Vranić, B.; Žilović, M.; Bosse, G.; van den Broek, W.; Azzam, L.; Dudouet, V.; Koval, D.; Aprasidze, D.; Paturyan, J.; Ghebouli, Z.; Armakolas, I., & Krstinovska, A.
Editore: Routledge

European Integration, and Democracy and Human Rights Reforms in Ukraine in the Wartime

Autori: Karina Shyrokykh, Kateryna Busol, Dmytro Koval
Pubblicato in: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, Ukraine’s Thorny Path to the EU, 2025
Editore: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69154-6_7

Other (14)

Democracy and the effects of democracy promotion in the European Neighbourhood. Policy Brief 09

Autori: Shyrokykh, K.; Grimm, S.; Solander, N.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Citizens Missing: Why Participation in EU Enlargement Matters Now More Than Ever

Autori: Bosse, G.
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: Carnegie Europe

Pathways to Change: Analysing Democratic Transition Scenarios in Belarus under Regime Instability and Weakened Russian Influence

Autori: Bosse, G.; van der Broek, W.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Contentious Politics after Popular Uprising: Assessing How EU Democracy Promotion Can Help Bottom-Up Actors Achieve Small-Scale Democratic Gains

Autori: Rennick, S.; Jmal, N.; Vladisavljević, N.; Vranić, B.; Žilović, M.; Bosse, G.; van den Broek, W.; Azzam, L.; Dudouet, V.; Koval, D.; Aprasidze, D.; Paturyan, J.; Ghebouli, Z.L.; Armakolas, I.; Krstinovska, A.
Editore: EMBRAEC Project

Policy report on emerging patterns of blockages to peace and democratisation. Deliverable 6.1. Published as: Emerging patterns of blockages to peace and democratisation. Policy Brief 01

Autori: Pogodda, S.; Richmond, O.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

The geopolitics of EU democracy promotion 2030: Voices from the EU neighbourhood

Autori: Ioannides, I.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Advancing Democratic Development in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes: The Need for Context-Aware EU Strategies

Autori: Bosse, G.; van den Broek, W.; Abdallah, C.; Bossuyt, F.; Luciani, L.; Rennick, S.A.; Saadi, F.; Geha, C.; Vladisavljević, N.; Vranić, B.; Žilović, M.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Synthesis Report: Comparative findings on EU democracy promotion

Autori: Grimm, S.; Stolzenberger, R.; Solander, N.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

The Impact of the Revolution of Dignity on Reforms in Ukraine: Case Studies of Judicial Reform and the Establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau

Autori: Koval, D.; Latsyba, A.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Obstacles and Facilitators of EU democracy promotion. Policy Brief 08

Autori: Grimm, S.; Shyrokykh, K.; Solander, N.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

How to make civil society inclusion in inter-state peace mediation meaningful: Lessons from the Minsk Negotiation Process 2014-2021

Autori: Tetiana Kyselova
Pubblicato in: 2023
Editore: Folke Bernadotte Academy
DOI: 10.61880/DAJQ2447

Theory Framework Paper

Autori: Grimm, S; EMBRACE Consortium
Editore: EMBRACE Project

How Democracy Assistance to Civil Society Can Help Secure Democratic Gains. Policy Brief 02

Autori: Rennick, S.A.; Jmal, N.; Paturyan, J.; Vranić, B.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Gulf States and the Palestinian Cause: Geopolitical Shifts across the Two U.S. Presidencies

Autori: Shaban, O.
Editore: EMBRACE Project

Monographic books (1)

(Counter-Peace: Blockages to Peacebuilding and Social Movements

Autori: Richmond, Oliver; Pogodda, Sandra
Pubblicato in: 2026
Editore: Oxford University Press