EU Expansion Plans May Test Whether the Union Still Works

It might have been awkwardly timed (the middle of the euro crisis), but the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the European Union arguably marked the power of the association to serve as a beacon of stability, liberalism, free markets and improved quality of life for countless millions.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year and its fallout have served as a powerful reminder of those EU values, but also of the union’s flaws and their implications for its decision-making ability.