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Eastern Europe and Central Asia

• New books added to the Council Library collection - June 2026

  • New books
  • 26. juni 2026

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Institutional affairs
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Terrorism
  • Home affairs
  • Telecommunications
  • Security & defence
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Middle East and North Africa
• New books added to the Council Library collection - May 2026

  • New books
  • 29. maj 2026

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Institutional affairs
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Home affairs
  • Terrorism
  • Security & defence
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • EU Member States
  • Europe
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Library guides on defence and security

  • EU Council bibliography
  • 5. maj 2026

  In a complex security environment, reliable information matters more than ever. Council Library guides curate trusted resources on Europe’s key defence and security issues.

  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • Europe
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - April 2026

  • New books
  • 30. april 2026

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • EU Member States
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Economy & finance
  • Enterprise and industry
  • Health
  • Institutional affairs
  • Telecommunications
  • Transparency
  • Research & technological development
  • Justice
  • Enlargement
  • Agriculture
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2026

  • New books
  • 30. marts 2026

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Security & defence
  • Economy & finance
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Home affairs
  • Institutional affairs
  • Justice
  • Environment
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - January 2026

  • New books
  • 29. januar 2026

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Economy & finance
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • International trade & customs
  • Security & defence
  • Energy
  • EU Member States
  • United States
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - November 2025

  • New books
  • 28. november 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Justice
  • Institutional affairs
  • Enlargement
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • Economy & finance
  • Home affairs
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - July 2025

  • New books
  • 28. juli 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • Research & technological development
  • Enterprise and industry
  • Agriculture
  • Institutional affairs
  • EU Member States
  • United States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Asia
• Redlines and partnerships : insights from the EUISS Chaillot Paper, 'Unpowering Russia'

  • Blog post
  • 18. juli 2025

  How can the EU move beyond deterrence to actively counter Russian influence? At a recent Council Library event,  European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) analysts Lizza Bomassi and Giuseppe Spatafora shared insights from their latest Chaillot Paper, ‘Unpowering Russia’.

  • EU Member States
  • Security & defence
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - June 2025

  • New books
  • 26. juni 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • International trade & customs
  • Research & technological development
  • Terrorism
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • Economy & finance
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • EU Member States
  • United States
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Asia
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - May 2025

  • New books
  • 27. maj 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Institutional affairs
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • United States
  • Asia
  • Middle East and North Africa
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2025

  • New books
  • 28. marts 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Institutional affairs
  • International trade & customs
  • Security & defence
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • EU Member States
  • Europe
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - February 2025

  • New books
  • 26. februar 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • United States
  • Institutional affairs
  • Asia
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • EU Member States
  • International trade & customs
  • Security & defence
  • Research & technological development
  • Migration
  • Economy & finance
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - January 2025

  • New books
  • 30. januar 2025

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Economy & finance
  • International trade & customs
  • Security & defence
  • Budget
  • Institutional affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • United States
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - December 2024

  • New books
  • 20. december 2024

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Health
  • Economy & finance
  • Research & technological development
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Security & defence
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Migration
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• ‘Westlessness: the great global rebalancing’ by Samir Puri

  • EU Council bibliography
  • 23. oktober 2024

  Are we facing an epochal change, in which centres of power and influence multiply outside of the West’s reach? Is the West really in a state of peril? Amid so many near-apocalyptic accounts of a shifting balance of power, Samir Puri’s analysis in Westlessness: the great global rebalancing provides a sober and even optimistic counterpoint.

  • Culture
  • Asia
  • United States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Europe
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Enterprise and industry
  • Economy & finance
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - July 2024

  • New books
  • 31. juli 2024

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Institutional affairs
  • Security & defence
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Enterprise and industry
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - April 2024

  • New books
  • 28. april 2024

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Institutional affairs
  • Migration
  • Social affairs
  • Justice
  • Enlargement
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Development
  • Health
  • Education & training
  • International trade & customs
  • EU Member States
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2024

  • New books
  • 26. marts 2024

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • EU Member States
  • Regional development
  • Migration
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Research & technological development
  • Security & defence
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Asia
• New books added to the Council Library's collection - January 2024

  • New books
  • 26. januar 2024

  Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

  • Economy & finance
  • Enlargement
  • Foreign affairs & international relations
  • Security & defence
  • Institutional affairs
  • Research & technological development
  • EU Member States
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Transparency