Mark Leonard is the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and the author of "The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict (Bantam Press, 2021)."
The debate surrounding the European Union’s potential expansion is no longer really about Ukraine and the western Balkans. Enlargement is now an existential question with far-reaching implications for the EU and its ability to remain a prominent player in a rapidly changing global environment.
BERLIN – Where will Europe’s borders end? On Oct. 6, EU leaders convened in Granada, Spain, to discuss a question that has captivated Eurocrats, think tanks, and journalists throughout the bloc since the