Denis Cenusa is Associated Expert at Think Tank ‘Expert-Grup’. Since April 2018, he is Researcher at Institut für Politikwissenschaft and PhD candidate at Justus-Liebig-Universität, Germany. He is a weekly contributor at the “Info-Prim” Moldovan News Agency since 2015. Cenusa is author of more than 250 analytical and policy papers and published in CEPS, New Eastern Europe, CIDOB and other platforms. He also (co)edited and (co) authored 3 books, including "Struggle for Good Governance in Eastern Europe" (2018). His research interests include political economy, European integration, migration, energy security, governance and state resilience in Eastern Europe and Russia. For the past 14 years, he participated and implemented various projects with the civil society from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia and Belgium. He holds a MA diploma in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe.
Publications:
- EU Accession Prospects of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia — first responses to the conditions set by the European Commission
- EaP Bulletin No 21: The Winter War – Putin’s Holodomor
- EaP Bulletin No 20: The fast-changing map of Europe – views from Eastern Europe
- Opinion on Moldova’s application for membership of the European Union
- EaP Bulletin No 19: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impacts on Eastern Europe
- Putin’s evil war
- EaP Bulletin No 18. Message from West to Eastern Europe: beware an Omicron tsunami
- What should the Georgia-Moldova-Ukraine ‘Trio’ do, and how should the EU respond?
- EaP Bulletin No 17: The Tragic, Deadly Vax-scepticism in Eastern Europe
- Moldova’s gas troubles: between Russian gas dominance and EU financial support
- Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations: Updating and upgrading in the shadow of Covid-19. Third edition.
- Guidelines for the EU: Modeling a resilience-building mechanism for Moldova and the “Association Trio”
- The Struggle for Good Governance in Eastern Europe
- Moldova after the snap elections: The historical victory of the pro-EU forces
- Moldova’s early elections: any chance for a “yellow revolution”?
- Joint letter of civil society representatives to the leaders of the EU on vaccine needs of the EU’s Neighbourhood
- EaP Bulletin No 16: Vaccination Emergency in Eastern Europe
- Early elections in Moldova: why, when and how?
- Joint letter of civil society representatives to the leaders of the EU the vaccination in Eastern Europe
- EaP Bulletin No 15: And now for vaccination
- Balkan and Eastern European Comparisons: Building a New Momentum for the European integration of the Balkan and Eastern European associated states
- EaP Bulletin No 14: From Trump to Biden in the eyes of Eastern Europe (and the European Union)
- Moldova’s president engages with pro-EU neighbours, amid ongoing domestic instability
- Moldova’s forthcoming elections in 2021 and the new President Maia Sandu’s tough agenda
- EaP COVID-19 Bulletin No 13: Devastating acceleration of COVID-19 across the whole of Europe
- Moldovan presidential elections: Sandu wins the run-off, while Dodon faces a “checkmate“
- EaP Bulletin No 12: Eastern Europe, between democracy and conflict
- “Inevitable” geopolitical elections in Moldova – the Europeans bet on opposition, Russia favours the incumbent
- EaP COVID-19 Bulletin No 11: Adverse developments in Eastern Europe, in the shadow of the Coronavirus second wave hitting the EU
- Moldova’s anaemic democracy and distorted Europeanisation – before and beyond 2020
- EaP COVID-19 Bulletin No 8: Political impacts of COVID-19
- EaP COVID-19 Bulletin No 7: Economic and social impacts
- COVID-19 Bulletin No 6: COVID-19 in the Separatist Conflict Regions
- COVID-19 Bulletin No 5: Strategies for Unwinding the Lockdowns
- COVID-19 Bulletin No 4: External Aid
- The risks of Russia’s “geopolitical” credit to Moldova
- COVID-19 Bulletin No 3
- EU’s anti-Covid-19 support for Eastern neighbors – on the basis of what criteria?
- Reactions to the EU’s Communication on ‘Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020’: A Vast Agenda - Some Advances and Disappointing Omissions
- COVID-19 Bulletin No 1
- On the Effects of the Pandemic – between European Solidarity and the Eastern Neighbourhood's Resilience
- Does Moldova remain pro-EU, in Russia’s shadow?
- Focus Group No.6 – Environment policy
- Focus Group No. 5 – Energy policy
- Unintended consequences of the Russia-Ukraine gas deal: a collateral benefit for Moldova
- Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine advance an EU+3 proposition
- Profiling the new Socialist-anchored government in Moldova
- Moldova’s return to a pro-Russian government
- Unblocking reforms in Moldova: constraints and hazards
- Russia’s pragmatic game in a friendlier Moldova
- Unlocking European Assistance for Moldova: with or without conditionality?
- "Anti-oligarch spring" or temporary illusion in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine?
- Surrender of the oligarchic regime, re-launching of European integration in Moldova and Russia’s agenda
- Moldova’s political crisis: Overcoming the geopolitical puzzle and the "captured state"
- Three dimensions of risk to visa liberalization in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine
- The Russian factor in Moldova’s energy insecurity
- Moldova: The struggles to build a post-electoral coalition
- Moldovan Elections: still between State Capture vs. Russian Influence
- Ten forecasts for 2019: Reconfiguration of European agenda in Moldova and the rule of law crisis in EU
- Year of disruptions in Moldova’s European integration: Top 3 accomplishments and failures in 2018
- Future of Association Agreements in Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia: local, European and Russian factors
- Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations: What, why and how? Second edition
- The Struggle for Good Governance in Eastern Europe
- In the EU’s Eastern Partnership, Western Dissension Opens Doors for Putin
- Oligarchic regimes in Moldova and Georgia, two different approaches from EU
- Deterioration of EU-Moldova dialogue and calculations of Moldovan government
- Invalidation of elections in Chisinau, government scenarios and EU reaction
- Diagnosis of oligarchy in Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia and de-oligarchization solutions
- Democracy and Its Deficits: The path towards becoming European-style democracies in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
- Future of EaP and Moldova following Brussels Declaration – between pragmatism and local realities
- Oligarchs in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia as key obstacles to reforms
- Priorities of Eastern Partnership until 2020 and how Moldova can benefit from these
- Moldova after three years of visa-free regime with EU and new European realities
- Can Memorandum with Eurasian Union diminish Moldova’s European agenda?
- President Dodon’s visit to Brussels – Contemplating economic suicide
- Eastern Partnership becomes more ‘practical’. What does Moldova gain?
- Acceleration of Transnistria’s integration into Russia: risks and advantages for DFCTA
- Dilemmas of Europeanisation: Political Choices and Economic Transformations in the Eastern Partnership Countires
- Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations: What, why and how?
- Moldova and Europe – A short guide
- What impact would a pro-Russian President have on Moldova’s European agenda?
- Back to direct presidential elections in Moldova: From one political crisis to another?
- Moldova, Between Protests and “State Capture”
- Expanding the Iasi-Ungheni pipeline to Chisinau: challenges and opportunities
- Russia’s Punitive Trade Policy Measures towards Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia