Crombois, Jean
Crombois, Jean
Courses
- EU Integration and the Transformation of Diplomacy: from 1945 to present (Jean Monnet Module), EUR 111a
- EU Project Writing and Management, EUR 321a
- EU Russia/China Relations and the Foreign Policies of the EU Member States, EUR 405a
Research Interests
- European neighborhood policy and European security
- History and theories of European integration
- Comparative constitutionalism in Europe
- EU external affairs
- EU institutional framework, EU law, EU interest groups and lobbying
Education
Ph.D., Modern European History, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 1999
Past EU Projects (Completed)
2014-2017: Jean Monnet Module on ‘European Lobbying: Interest Groups and European Integration’ (553143-EPP-1-2014-1-BG-EPPJMO-MODULE).
2015-2018: Jean Monnet Module on ‘European Integration and The Transformation of European Diplomacy from 1945 to Present’ (564994-EPP-1-2015-BGEPPJMO-MODULE).
Jean Monnet Module on EU Diplomacy: Policies and Instruments (2019-2022)
Publications: Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed Publications)
Bulgarian foreign policy and the war in Ukraine: moving towards a more assertive pro-Western foreign policy? Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2025, 1–23. Read here.
Contesting the West? Domestic Contestation in Bulgarian Foreign Policy From 2014 to 2022″ Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, vol.16, no.1, 2023, pp.174-189.
Publications: Book Chapters (Peer-Reviewed Publications)
Resilience and Transformation in the Eastern Neighborhood After the War in Ukraine. In: Rouet, G., Pascariu, G.C. (eds) Resilience and the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, pp. 465-485. Read here.
Publications: Commentary (Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications)
“The Perils of Attractiveness: Small States on NATO’s Eastern Flank Facing American Uncertainty,” Hot Takes, Network for Strategic Analysis, July 17th, 2025. Read here.
Le fragile soutien bulgare à l’Ukraine [The Fragile Bulgarian Support for Ukraine] Eurocréative 3 April 2025. Link here.
Pro-European but for How Long? Bulgaria’s Evolving Foreign Policy, Visegrad Insight 13 March 2025. Link here.
Resilience and EU Enlargement: A Credible Alternative?, Democracy and Society. 2024. Link here.
Publications
- Lilliput Effect
Revisited: Small States and EU Foreign Policy. In: European View. 2020;19(1):80-87. - Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy and EU Sanctions against Russia Europeanization, Politicization and Small Country Diplomacy. In: Southeastern Europe 43 (2019), pp.158-185.
- The Eastern Partnership: Geopolitics and Policy Inertia. In: European View, 2019, vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 89-96. Read more.
- Camille Gutt and Postwar International Finance, London: Pickering and Chatto, 2011 (192pp.)
- “ESDP Operations and EU Conflict Management in the Eastern Neighbourhood” in: F. Attina and D. Irrera (eds.) Multilateral Security and ESDP Operations. The Changing Practice of Peace Operations and the European Contribution, Farnham: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 141-161.
- “How Well Do Constitutions Travel Across Time and Space? The Belgian Constitution of 1831 in Bulgarian Constitutional History 1879-1940”. In: The Legal History Review, 84, 2016, pp. 502-525. Read more.
- With Diana Elagina, « La crise ukrainienne : un défi pour la diplomatie européenne » [The Ukrainian Crisis : A Challenge for EU Diplomacy]’. In : Hermès, La Revue, 2018/2 (n° 81), p. 133-140.
- “Central and Eastern European Business Interest Associations and EU policy Making”. In: Journal of Public Affairs. June 2018, pp. 1-8. Read more.
