European Neighbourhood Policy

From Boundary to Borderland: Transforming the Meaning of Borders through the European Neighbourhood Policy

by Nathalie Tocci

Eastern Parnership - Strengthened ENP, Strategic File 3, 2008

by Leszek Jesien

Regionalization of Great Power Security – Near Abroad, Broader Middle East, and European Neighbourhood

by Mustafa Aydin

Cp-authored with Neslihan Kaptanoğlu
in
H.G. Brauch, J. Grin, C. Mesjasz, et all. (eds.), Globalisation and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualising Security in the 21st Century (Berlin, New York, Springer, 2007), pp. 763-774.

The Spatial Dimensions of Urban Social Exclusion and Integration: the Case of Milan

by Alberta Andreotti

research report
with Yuri Kazepov

The URBEX project aims at increasing our knowledge of the spatial dimensions ofurban social exclusion and integration... more The URBEX project aims at increasing our knowledge of the spatial dimensions ofurban social exclusion and integration by comparing eleven cities in six countries in Europe. The comparison is made on the basis of a common statistical analysis and the application of a common analytical framework and commonly designed fieldwork. The programme’s focus is on the spatial patterns of exclusion, and on the extent to which concentrations of deprivation create added problems for the development of effective policy responses. The research investigates and compares the extent to which groups
experiencing social exclusion are spatially segregated in different European cities. It also examines whether spatial segregation aggravates exclusion and whether this makes
the task of combating exclusion more difficult. Moreover, it considers the trajectoriesand coping strategies of individuals in a condition of need, how they enter this condition and how they try to cope with and get out of it. Finally, it considers the impact of
different policy initiatives designed to combat exclusion in areas where problems of deprivation and exclusion are concentrated.

EC visa facilitation and readmission agreements: Implementing a new EU security approach in the neighbourhood

by Florian Trauner

co-authored with Imke Kruse; Working Document No 290. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), April 2008.

With the Eastern Enlargement successfully completed, the EU is searching for a proper balance between internal... more With the Eastern Enlargement successfully completed, the EU is searching for a proper balance between internal security and external stabilisation that is acceptable to all sides. This paper focuses on an EU foreign policy instrument that is a case in point for this struggle: EC visa facilitation and readmission agreements. By looking at the EU's strategy on visa facilitation and readmission, this paper aims to offer a first systematic analysis of the objectives, substance and political implications of these agreements. The analysis considers the instrument of EC visa facilitation and readmission agreements as a means to implement a new EU security approach in the neighbourhood. In offering more relaxed travel conditions in exchange for the signing of an EC readmission agreement and reforming domestic justice and home affairs, the EU has found a new way to press for reforms in neighbouring countries while addressing a major source of discontent in these countries. The analysis concludes with the broader implications of these agreements and argues that even if the facilitated travel opportunities are beneficial for the citizens of the target countries, the positive achievements
are undermined by the Schengen enlargement, which makes the new member states tie up their borders to those of their neighbours.

Neighbourhood politics of Baltic States: between the EU and Russia

by Dovile Jakniunaite

2009, in E.Berg, P.Ehin (eds.), Identity and Foreign Policy: Baltic-Russian Relations and European Integration, Ashgate, pp. 117-132.

The Eastern Partnership, the Union for the Mediterranean and the Remaining Need to Do Something with the ENP

by Dimitry Kochenov

CRCEES Working Papers No. WP2009/01

The questionable practice of conditionality used outside of its initial pre-accession context, the grouping together... more The questionable practice of conditionality used outside of its initial pre-accession context, the grouping together of countries which have little or nothing in common, and the lack of real incentives for the European Union’s neighbourhood partners, as well as a reliance on a range of ‘phantom’ common values, together suggest that the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is falling short of the ambitious goals originally set for it. This paper summarises the main drawbacks of the ENP and then proceeds to an analysis of the ability of the newly introduced ‘Eastern Partnership’ and the ‘Union for the Mediterranean’ initiatives to remedy the key deficiencies of the policy. The conclusions are discomforting: instead of targeting the main drawbacks of the policy, new layers are built on the ENP’s questionable core, increasing the complexity of the EU’s relations with its neighbourhood and sending a signal that, all the pro-active rhetoric notwithstanding, the Union is not ready to be wholeheartedly engaged with the ENP partners.

Consequences of Schengen Visa Liberalisation for the Citizens of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova

by Sergo Mananashvili

Co-authored with Agnieszka Weinar, Oleg Korneev and Shushanik Makaryan. MPC Research Report 2012/01.

Définir Le Voisin. La Genèse De La Politique Européenne De Voisinage

by Julien Jeandesboz

Labelling the 'Neighbourhood': Towards a Genesis of the European Neighbourhood Policy

by Julien Jeandesboz

Book Review: Jackie Gower and Graham Timmins (eds), The European Union, Russia, and the Shared Neighbourhood. London: Routledge

by Nelli Babayan

Journal of Contemporary European Research, 7(2), 2011

While the European Union (EU) seems constantly to be searching for its identity and foreign policy strategy, Russia... more While the European Union (EU) seems constantly to be searching for its identity and foreign policy strategy, Russia has resolved its Yeltsin-era identity crisis since Putin’s inauguration. Moreover, it has reiterated its great power claims and has spared no effort to reinstate its dominance over its traditional “sphere of influence”. However, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, that sphere of influence has turned into a “shared neighbourhood” of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and become a battlefield between the EU and Russia (p. 1). This volume edited by Jackie Gower and Graham Timmins provides a collection of well-constructed and original insights into a battle that has increasingly been characterised by “zero-sum calculations and geopolitical competition” (p. 2).

No Man’s Land? A Comparative Analysis of the EU and Russia’s Influence in the Southern Caucasus

by Oscar Pardo Sierra

Forthcoming in 'Communist and Post-Communist Studies', Volume 43, Issue 3

The article investigates, through a comparative analysis, the different mechanisms of influence that the EU and Russia... more The article investigates, through a comparative analysis, the different mechanisms of influence that the EU and Russia are projecting in their shared neighborhood in shaping domestic politics. It focuses on the economic and energy sectors in order to analyze two relevant policies for contrasting EU and Russia’s influence in the case of the Southern Caucasus. Contrary to commonly held opinions, Russian influence is receding in both areas and is a dominant external actor only in Armenia. In contrast, the EU is slowly increasing its presence in the economic area and has become a key player in the energy sector.

Shaping the Neighbourhood? The Impact of the EU on Georgia

by Oscar Pardo Sierra

Forthcoming in 'Europe-Asia Studies', Volume 63, Issue 8, 2011

This article contributes to the growing area of inquiry about the EU’s impact on domestic policies in its... more This article contributes to the growing area of inquiry about the EU’s impact on domestic policies in its neighbourhood. Drawing on the literature of EU governance in its neighbourhood, it looks at different policies regarding EU-Georgia relations during the period 2004-08: access to the single market, energy security, and foreign and security policy. It argues that policy-level incentives and the overall process of deepening relations with the EU are necessary conditions for EU impact. However, the legitimacy of the EU-promoted rules and norms has enough explanatory power for understanding their adoption or not and they are also necessary conditions for EU impact. The case of Georgia also shows the limits of the EU’s normative power; geopolitical pressures and the existence of alternative models of development present a challenge for the EU’s capacity of influence.

EU and the Eastern Neighbourhood: Reluctant Involvement in Conflict Resolution

by Nicu Popescu

European Foreign Affairs Review, 2009

Re-setting the Eastern Partnership in Moldova

by Nicu Popescu

CEPS Policy Brief 2009

Turning presence into power: Lessons from the eastern neighbourhood

by Nicu Popescu

ECFR Policy Brief

Europeanization and conflict resolution: a view from Moldova

by Nicu Popescu

Book chapter, 2005

Europe's unrecognised neighbours: The EU in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

by Nicu Popescu

CEPS Working Document, 2007

The limits of enlargement-lite: European and Russian power in the troubled neighbourhood

by Nicu Popescu

ECFR Policy Paper, June 2009

The EU in Moldova: Settling conflicts in the neighbourhood

by Nicu Popescu

EU ISS Occasional Paper, Paris, 2005