title: Studying European margins in the illiberal turn: a spacio-normative approach
abstract: The aim of this special issue is to look at challenges to the EU and NATO and their relations and policies with both member states and neighboring countries, in particular, how recent developments contribute to the new dynamics of center–periphery relations in a wider Europe and the space of Euro-Atlantic institutions. We stem from a need to understand in what sense weaker countries today might be central to European governance, security and identity. What is a matter of utmost interest for the 
journal: Journal of Contemporary European Studies