{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]],"date-time":"2026-08-14T20:09:01Z","timestamp":1786738141342,"version":"build-2736575974"},"posted":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"group-title":"SSRN","reference-count":0,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"<div>\n <div>\n The contributions assembled in L\u2019Europe Unie \u2013 Special Volume 23\/2025 (<span>DOI<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.17969062\" rel=\"nofollow\">10.5281\/zenodo.17969062<\/a>)&nbsp;<span>reveal a European strategic environment undergoing profound, simultaneous transformations. The Union, its neighbours, and its global partners confront a convergence of systemic pressures: disruptive technological innovation, legal and ethical challenges in digital governance, widening financial vulnerabilities, and resurgent geopolitical competition shaped by Russian aggression, instability in the wider neighbourhood, and the impact of Mediterranean social and political change.&nbsp;<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <br>\n <\/div>\n <div>\n Europe\u2019s resilience depends on strengthening technology governance, consolidating democratic cultures, and building coherent geopolitical strategies grounded in historical understanding and institutional credibility. While the drivers of instability differ\u2014from algorithmic opacity to hybrid warfare, from fintech-driven inequalities to unresolved security guarantees\u2014the solutions converge around robust legal frameworks, institutional trust, and strategic depth.\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2139\/ssrn.6189340","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,10]],"date-time":"2026-03-10T11:12:18Z","timestamp":1773141138000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Strategic Reflections for the EU and Its Neighbours in an Era of AI Transformation and Multi Level Geopolitical Pressures. in L'Europe unie \/ United Europe 23 \/ 2025"],"prefix":"10.2139","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9751-9225","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Simion","family":"Costea","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-7201-645X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Maria","family":"Costea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-0104-6459","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mihaela Daciana","family":"Natea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","container-title":[],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]],"date-time":"2026-08-14T19:08:43Z","timestamp":1786734523000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ssrn.com\/abstract=6189340"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.6189340","relation":{},"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"subtype":"preprint"}}