"A new realm of complexities may arise if enlargement partners are not aligned with the key EU instruments."

Bojana Zorić and Clotilde Bômont were interviewed by The New Union Post on the findings of their Brief on the importance of integrating enlargement partners into the EU's digital and cyber security frameworks. 

"Cyber security incidents are transnational, so if we do want to keep the EU safe, we also need to keep our partners safe," the analysts warned. They argued that, amid the growing number of cyber threats, staying as we are would be problematic.