Paolo Chiocchetti

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📣 Vising fellowship for early-career researchers at our Centre for British Studies in Berlin (6 months, €5,000). Political scientists welcome!

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Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"

Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...

Many thanks to: my two co-editors Stefan and Brigid; all the contributors; the wonderful team at WEP (@wepsocial.bsky.social); the DFG (@dfg.de) for the related grant; and the Centre for British Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) for the logistical support!

EU external differentiated integration as a crisis response tool? Evidence from Ukraine Emerging scholarship on the EU and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has predominantly focused on explaining the unprecedented strength of the EU’s response, especially it...

In the tenth article, Maryna Rabinovych show how pre-war external differentiation agreements strengthened Ukraine's resilience under aggression
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A fragile relationship: Turkey and the European Union moving beyond membership with external differentiated integration Turkey’s relations with the European Union depend on extensive legal instruments, drivers of interdependence and voluntary compliance to the EU rules. With an Association Agreement dating back to 1...

In the ninth article, Meltem Müftüler-Baç reassess the complexities of Turkey's relations with the European Union
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External differentiation as a strategy of system maintenance: EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans Despite the stalling of enlargement countries’ accession to the EU, these countries have been recurrently involved in EU policies. There is, however, little knowledge about their participation in E...

In the eight article, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi explain differentiated integration in the Western Balkans as a 'strategy of system maintenance'
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EU–UK relations after the war in Ukraine: options to re-engage post Brexit The article examines the relationship between the UK and the EU after Russia’s aggression of Ukraine, discussing options to deepen cooperation post-Brexit. The article outlines the current framewor...

In the seventh article, Federico Fabbrini (@deli-dcu.bsky.social) explores the post-Brexit framework of the UK-EU relationship and the legal avenues for a more ambitious relaunch
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Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: bringing governance (back) in For three decades Switzerland has been pursuing an approach of sectoral bilateralism, resulting in an intricate pattern of external differentiated integration with the European Union (EU). This art...

In the sixth article, Sieglinde Gstöhl reassesses the Swiss approach to differentiated integration, highlighting the importance of governance aspects
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Where to wriggle? Norwegian politicians’ presentations of autonomy within the EEA association Perceptions of the ‘wriggle room’ within the framework of European integration might have significant implications for both public opinion and policy choices, as exemplified by the Brexit process. ...

In the fifth article, Kristine Graneng (@kgraneng.bsky.social g.bsky.social) & Lise Rye examine Norwegian politicians' presentations of their 'wriggle room' within the EEA association
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EU trade agreements and external differentiation: a large language model approach The EU’s trade agreements with third countries exhibit varying degrees of alignment with intra-EU rules. What factors explain this external differentiation? This article answers this question by re...

In the fourth article, Andreas Dür (@andduer.bsky.social uer.bsky.social) develops a novel LLM-based methodology to measure the textual distance between EU trade agreements and explain their varied degree of legal alignment
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EU external differentiated integration in aviation and trade: what drives Southern neighbours? This article contributes to the emergent scholarship on European Union (EU) external differentiated integration (EDI). Zooming in on aviation and trade, two of the most salient sectors of cooperati...

In the third article, Tobias Schumacher surveys external differentiation in aviation and trade agreements with Mediterranean countries, highlighting the role of domestic factors in promoting or constraining cooperation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Democratic standards in external differentiation: the area of freedom, security and justice The article investigates standards of democracy and accountability in external differentiated integration. It focuses on the area of freedom security and justice as a highly differentiated EU polic...

In the second article, Maria Patrin investigates democratic standards in external differentiation through the case study of the on the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

External differentiated integration: between stability and change The external relations of the European Union (EU) are complex. Existing research has handled this complexity by approaching the EU’s external relations from a variety of distinct perspectives. The ...

In the first article, Telle, Chiocchetti & Laffan reassess the concept, theories, and long-term empirical evolution of external differentiation, highlighting an emergent shift toward a logic of geopolitical consolidation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The special issue, edited by myself (@pchiocchetti.bsky.social), Stefan Telle, and Brigid Laffan, is the outcome of 2 years of research and discussion on external differentiation. It surveys recent developments in the selective integration of 'third countries' in EU laws, policies, and governance

West European Politics External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine? Guest Editors: Paolo Chiocchetti, Stefan Telle and Brigid Laffan. Volume 48, Issue 5 of West European Politics

📣New publication!
Happy to announce a special issue of West European Politics (@wepsocial.bsky.social) on "External differentiation: a new trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?".
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/4...
A thread.

Tiefgehende Einschnitte - Großbritannien fünf Jahre nach dem Brexit (Gerhard Dannemann und Paolo Chiocchetti)
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Wir machen uns Sorgen um die Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre in Deutschland und geben den Wähler*innen vor Sonntag noch mal ein paar Fakten mit. Wählt weise, wir haben viel zu verlieren! netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de?p=503

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📣 CfP "The UK in Europe: prospects of resetting relations with the EU and bilateral partnerships" (deadline 7 March)

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Habe gerade erst bemerkt, dass das schon diese Woche in der Zeit erschienen ist: Mein Plädoyer für eine Überwindung des Lehrstuhlsystems in der ZEIT. www.zeit.de/2025/07/wiss...

BJPolS abstract discussing theoretical fluctuations and empirical studies in political trust, mentioning data collection from 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, and highlighting differences in trust levels at institutions, with a focus on democratic declines.

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A Crisis of Political Trust? Global Trends in Institutional Trust from 1958 to 2019 - cup.org/4gCcLuT

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🥳 Vandaag vieren we de oprichting van de onze universiteit, 450 jaar geleden. Net als in 1575 loopt een gemengd gezelschap van wetenschappers, studenten en muzikanten naar de Pieterskerk voor de viering. Iedereen is welkom om deze speciale optocht te aanschouwen, vanaf 14.25 bij Academiegebouw.

Back from a great conference on the 2024 UK General Election in Paris (Sorbonne Nouvelle, @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social), where I presented my research on Eurosceptic voters. It was a pleasure to participate! Many thanks to the organizers Clémence, Pauline, and Thibaud!

External differentiated integration: between stability and change The external relations of the European Union (EU) are complex. Existing research has handled this complexity by approaching the EU’s external relations from a variety of distinct perspectives. The ...

📢New publication!
Telle, S., Chiocchetti, P., & Laffan, B. (2025). External differentiated integration: between stability and change. West European Politics, 1–25.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...

photo of last panel of the conference: Panel 6: Foreign and European Policy Simon Usherwood (Open University) Paolo Chiochetti (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Sylvain Gaillaud (SIRICE, Uni Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) Thibaud Harrois & Pauline Schnapper (CREW, USN) Thanks Gordon Cumming (Uni Cardiff) for chairing

Last conference panel:
Panel 6: Foreign and European Policy

Simon Usherwood (Open University)
Paolo Chiochetti (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Sylvain Gaillaud (SIRICE, Uni Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)
Thibaud Harrois & Pauline Schnapper (CREW, USN)

Thanks Gordon Cumming (Uni Cardiff) for chairing

Looking forward to welcome 49 scholars at the Centre for British Studies of @humboldtuni.bsky.social for a 3-day interdisciplinary conference on "(Re)drawing borders: When and where was the United Kingdom? When and where is it now?"