Articles by Natasha Wunsch

November 14, 2025

🧭 The geopolitical turn in enlargement discourse

Natasha Wunsch

Tom Hunter, Natasha Wunsch and Marie-Eve Bélanger argue that Russia’s war has exposed the double-edged nature of European discourse. The EU has long sustained itself through words; now language has become strategy, shaping what is politically possible. For the EU to endure, this rhetorical power must become institutional commitment

Natasha Wunsch

Professor of European Studies and Director of the Center for European Studies, University of Fribourg

Natasha was previously an Assistant Professor at Sciences Po Paris and a Senior Researcher in the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich.

Her research interests lie at the intersection between European politics and comparative politics, with a particular focus on democratisation and democratic backsliding.

Natasha's research has been published in journals including the British Journal of Political Science, the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of European Public Policy, and Democratization.

Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding, Oxford University Press, 2025

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