The EU’s Russia Sanctions: Geopolitical Changes Leading to a New Understanding of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy

Analyses how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Council’s rapid adoption of thirteen sanctions packages have reshaped the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. It asks whether the invasion has strengthened the EU’s Article 29 TEU sanctions competence and whether unanimity among Member States remains workable, mapping the resulting changes to CFSP law-making. (DELI Working Paper No.3/2025)