EU-GRASP proposes to study the role of the European Union in peace and security as a regional actor with global aspirations in a context of challenged and changing multilateralism. This research project will be undertaken through a conceptual analysis but also through the undertaking of case-studies. EU-GRASP will focus on six security issues that are high on the EU-agenda: regional conflict, terrorism, weapon of mass destruction, energy security and climate change; human rights and migration.

The main goal of the EU4SEAS project is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the sub-regional multilateralism (notion and practice) in the four maritime basins (Mediterranean, Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas) as a specific approach for the EU in handling relations with those spaces. EU4SEAS will examine the development of sub-regional cooperation in its specific contexts as well as the EU’s impact on it.