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Avrupa Birliği ve Güney Kafkasya
The European Union and the Southern Caucasus

Author(s): Demet Şefika Acar
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: EU; Caucasus; Wider Europe-New Neighbourhood; Oil; Natural Gas.

Summary/Abstract: It has been seen that the European Union, based on the last wave of enlargement, reviews its targets and becomes a global actor in the internetional system toward a new political formation. EU introduced several policies to secure its expanding borders and correspond expectations about Union’s future. Within these policies, Caucasus acquiring a new shape also has a place. It is aimed both to warrant stabilization and enhance international realations by noticing a potential role especially on the energy supply. In this article, EU policies toward the Caucasus are explanied and both the region states and region powers’ attitudes towards EU are analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 21-42
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Turkish