CESAA has been running its annual essay for the past 22 years and this year strong entries were awarded by our Political Counsellor Dr Bruno Scholl in Melbourne last month. CESAA has announced that the winners of the 22nd annual essay competition in the undergraduate category were William James Hargreaves from the University of Melbourne for his essay entitled 'The current Ukraine crisis has clearly illustrated the fact that the EU is not, and never will be, a hard power. Is this an accurate assessment?' Also an entry awarded was by Raja Noureddine with the topic 'Critically assess and analyse the notion that the EU is a Normative Power.