title: A geopolitical enlargement in a contested context: border dynamics in the repositioning of the European Union to the east
abstract: This article analyses the current eastward enlargement of the European Union, looking at border dynamics and how their construction and deconstruction contribute to collective imaginaries of security and insecurity in a new geopolitical framework. The article argues that enlargement adds a differentiated security and border construction component, with material and symbolic characteristics that are fundamental to the Union’s own credibility. The geopolitical shift brought about by the war in Ukr
journal: Relações Internacionais