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Steven Blockmans is Head of EU Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). He is also Professor of EU External Relations Law and Governance at the University of Amsterdam (part-time) and one of the founding members of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER). In his previous capacity as Head of Research at the Asser Institute (The Hague), Blockmans managed a department with 20 researchers who combined academic with contract research. For the past 17 years, Blockmans has worked for the EU institutions and member states’ governments on numerous research and technical assistance projects in the geographical neighbourhood of the EU and in Asia.  Blockmans is the author of ‘Tough Love: the EU’s relations with the Western Balkans’ (Asser Press/CUP 2007) and the (co-)editor of more than 10 volumes, including ‘The EU's Role in Global Governance’ (OUP 2013) and ‘Differentiated Integration in the EU: From the Inside Looking Out’ (CEPS 2014). He holds a PhD in law from Leiden University.

Publications:

• The Impressive EU-Ukraine Summits – Alongside the Inadequate Enlargement Methodology
• The $300 Billion Question: How to get Russia to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction
• Next Steps for EU Enlargement – Forwards or Backwards?
• Ex-post evaluation of the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and its Member States and Georgia
• Ex-post evaluation of the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and its Member States and Moldova
• Interpreting the Commission Opinions on the membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, and next steps for the European Council
• The New Agenda for the EU’s Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies
• Georgia’s dubious application for EU membership
• Opinion on Moldova’s application for membership of the European Union
• Opinion on Ukraine’s application for membership of the European Union
• Russia invades Ukraine: a European war that affects us all
• Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations: Updating and upgrading in the shadow of Covid-19. Third edition.
• Deepening EU-Georgian Relations: Updating and upgrading in the shadow of Covid-19. Third edition.
• Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations: Updating and upgrading in the shadow of Covid-19. Third edition.
• Joint letter of civil society representatives to the leaders of the EU the vaccination in Eastern Europe
• Balkan and Eastern European Comparisons: Building a New Momentum for the European integration of the Balkan and Eastern European associated states
• Southeast Europe COVID-19 Bulletin No 4: Pandemic Politics
• Southeast Europe COVID-19 Bulletin No 3: International Chessboard
• Southeast Europe COVID-19 Bulletin No 2: Exit Strategies and Economic Recovery
• Southeast Europe COVID-19 Bulletin No 1: Domestic Medical Situation and Social Responses
• Reactions to the EU’s Communication on ‘Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020’: A Vast Agenda - Some Advances and Disappointing Omissions
• 100 Ideas for Upgrading the Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
• The Eastern Partnership at 10: The road to hell is paved with good intentions
• Integrity on Trial: Judicial reform in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova
• Preventing collapse in Ukraine: The EU should finance the grass roots directly