Articles by Julia Langbein

November 20, 2025

🧭 The negative consequences of rule transfer in EU enlargement

Julia Langbein
László Bruszt and Julia Langbein argue that EU market rules, when applied to weaker economies, can trigger damaging side effects. Unless anticipated and managed, these risks threaten not just candidate countries but the European Union itself. Lessons from the 2004 enlargement are vital as Ukraine moves closer to membership
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Julia Langbein
Senior Researcher, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin

Julia’s research focuses on the politics of market integration and the political economy of development.

Her regional focus lies on Eastern Europe and European economic integration, while also taking into account the role of China’s economic engagement.

Julia's work has been published widely, including in the Review of International Political Economy, Governance, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of European Integration, West European Politics, Global Policy, Post-Soviet Affairs, and East European Politics.

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