The Conflicts in the South Caucasus and Their Impact on the Eastern Partnership
The Conflicts in the South Caucasus and Their Impact on the Eastern Partnership
Author(s): Kakha Gogolashvili
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ECEAP Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership
Keywords: South Caucasus; Moldova; ENP and EAP;
Summary/Abstract: The split between the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and the newly emerged Eastern Partnership (EaP) in 2009 marked a conceptual shift in the basic principles the EU used to apply to its neighborhood. The ENP as a policy instrument appeared insufficiently flexible and less sophisticated to reach the same effect in regards to two very different regional contexts – Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe. The EU engagement in the conflict resolution process in the South Caucasus can be virtually divided in three periods. Each phase is characterized by the EU’s increased integrative ambition towards Eastern Europe, and at the same time, by its augmented aspiration to engage more robustly in the resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus and Moldova.
Series: Eastern Partnership Review
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2011
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
- Introduction
