By Denis Cenusa The destabilisation of Eastern Europe, under the pressure of the Russian war against Ukraine, determined a paradigm shift in terms of enlargement and security within the European Union (EU). After Russia’s revisionist protests produced serious ramifications for regional security beyond Ukraine’s borders, the process of European enlargement towards the East became an acceptable geopolitical strategy at European level. In addition to the perception that the geography of enlargement includes non-Balkan territories, the EU also implied that the inclusion of Eastern European countri…