Dr Andriy TYUSHKA joined the European Neighbourhood Chair as a Research Fellow in November 2016, having previously held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship position with the Chair in 2014, and since 1 October 2019, is a Senior Research Fellow. He has also been WP8 team member of the ‘ENGAGE’ Horizon 2020 Project (2021-2024) ‘Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe’ (https://www.engage-eu.eu) and is now part of ‘REUNIR’ Horizon Europe Project (since 2024) focusing on ‘Future-proofing EU security, Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood Policies for a New Age of International Relations’ (https://reunir-horizon.eu).
Prior to joining the College of Europe in Natolin, Dr Andriy TYUSHKA held research and teaching positions in Spain (University of Deusto), Germany (German-French Institute in Ludwigsburg), and, most recently, Estonia (Baltic Defence College), where in 2016, he was awarded the BALTDEFCOL Service Cross for outstanding service. He was also a research fellow in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine), where he obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in International Relations and World Politics. He also holds advanced postgraduate degrees in Constitutional Law (University of Lviv), and International Relations and European Integration (Estonian School of Diplomacy).
Dr TYUSHKA’s research focuses primarily on (Eastern) European security (Ukraine, Poland, Russia); the EU’s (Eastern) neighbourhood, foreign and security policy, including the EU association agreements and structural power in the neighbourhood; EU enlargement; Franco-German European politics; constitutional studies (Ukraine, EU); and strategic narratives and partnerships in international relations.
Selected publications
Books
- The European Union and its Eastern Neighbourhood: Whither ‘Eastern Partnership’? (edited with T. Schumacher) London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
- States, International Organizations and Strategic Partnerships (edited with L. Czechowska, A. Domachowska, K. Gawron-Tabor, and J. Piechowiak-Lamparska) Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals
- ‘Post-war, past Russia: Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, regional unpeace and the imperatives of post-war European security (re)ordering’, International Politics, Vol. 62, 2025
- ‘In ‘crisis’ we trust? On (un)intentional knowledge distortion and the exigency of terminological clarity in academic and political discourses on Russia’s war against Ukraine’, Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2023: 643-659.
- ‘Joint Institutional Frameworks in EU Bilateral Agreements: Joint Bodies, Rules and Principles, and Special Procedures’, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2022: 1124-1143 (with D. Phinnemore and W. Weiß)
- ‘The Power and Performance of ‘Association Bodies’ under the EU’s Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine’, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2022: 1165-1189.
- ‘Weaponizing narrative: Russia contesting EUrope’s liberal identity, power and hegemony’, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 30, No.1, 2022: 115-135.
- ‘Twists and Turns of Democratic Transition and Europeanization in East-Central Europe since 1989: Betwixt EU Member and Neighbour State-Building’, Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, Vol. 16, 2020: 133-177.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- ‘Cha(lle)nging Peripherality: ‘Critical Expectation Gaps’ and EU-Ukraine Relations in post-Euromaidan Perceptions of Ukrainian Political Elites’, in M.B. Troncota, R. Cucuta, O.A. Ion and A.O. Ozcelik (eds.), Sailing into the Winds of Change: Elite Perceptions of the European Union in its Peripheries in Times of Crises and War (Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2024), pp.101-153 (with R. Kalytchak).
- ‘Strategic Partnerships, International Politics and IR theory’, in L. Czechowska, A. Tyushka et. al. (eds.), States, International Organizations and Strategic Partnerships (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019), pp.8–43 (with L. Czechowska)
- ‘Semi-Presidentialism’, in: R. Grote, F. Lachenmann and R. Wolfrum (eds.), The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (MPECCoL), Oxford: OUP, 2019 (updated 2023).
Policy Papers and Reports
- Ukraine’s 10-point Peace Plan and the Kyiv Security Compact: An Assessment (EPRS In-Depth Analysis, PE 754.444, ver. October 2023). Brussels: EP DG EXPO / European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET), 2023 (with T. German).
- Case study analysis of conflicts and crises in the EU’s neighbourhoods. ENGAGE Working Paper, 29 (September 2023) (with T. Schumacher, E. Badarin, T. de Waal, and V. Gubalova).
- Security Challenges at the EU’s Eastern Border: Which Role for CSDP? (DG EXPO In-Depth Analysis, PE 653.653, January 2022). Brussels: European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence, 2022 (with T. German)
Op-eds and Commentaries
- ‘Made in Ukraine: The EU’s Emerging Real(ist) Power’, Carnegie Europe, 03.05.2022.
- ‘Seeking the Eastern Partnership’s Greatest Integer’, New Eastern Europe, 26.02.2018.
Dr TYUSHKA’s list of publications is also available at: Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and ORCID.