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European Neighourhood Policy (ENP), launched 2004 as an instrument of closer relations with neighbours at east and south of Europe, was from the very beginning overambitious and contradictory policy. ENP not only overemphasized the EU normative power, but EU influence could not prevent political and security set-backs in the east, nor destabilization in the south. EU influence on reforms, democratization processes, foreign policies or conflict resolution in Eastern partnership countries is limited, while eastern regimes are more and more authoritarian and countries stucked in partial market reforms. In the south, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Union for Mediterranean are facing new challenges after Arab spring. EU announced more strict use of conditionality as an incentive for political reforms, but power of EU conditionality towards countries which have not prospect or desire to become EU members is questionable. ; Evropska politika susedstva, pokrenuta 2004. godine kao instrument ostvarivanja bližih odnosa sa zemljama susedima na istoku i jugu EU, od početka je predstavljala preambicioznu i protivrečnu politiku koja ne samo da je precenila snagu svog normativnog uticaja, već svojim uticajem nije uspela da spreči pogoršanje bezbednosne i političke situacije na istoku Evrope, kao ni porast nestabilnosti u Mediteranu. Uticaj EU na reforme, proces demokratizacije, spoljne politike ili rešavanje sukoba u zemljama Istočnog partnerstva ograničen je a režimi na istoku sve autoritarniji i tržišne reforme se polovično sprovode. Na jugu, evro-mediteransko partnerstvo i Unija za Mediteran suočavaju se sa novim izazovima nakon arapskog proleća. EU najavljuje striktniju primenu uslovljavanja u cilju podsticanja političkih reformi, ali snaga uslovljavanja prema zemljama koje ne mogu ili ne žele da postanu članice EU ostaje pod znakom pitanja.

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AZERBAIJANI ECONOMYÖZETTezin amacı Avrupa Komsuluk Politikası'nın Azerbaycan ekonomisi açısındanmuhtemel etkilerini incelemektir. Çalısmada, ekonomik beklentilerin yanısıra KomsulukPolitikası'nın Azerbaycandaki demokrasi ve insan hakları gelisimine olası katkıları datartısılmıs, benzer sekilde Dağlık-Karabağ problemi açısından Komsuluk Politikası'nındeğerlendirmesi yapılmıstır.Çalısmada kullanılan niteliksel çözümlemeye dayanarak Komsuluk Politikası'nınAzerbaycandaki ekonomik büyümeye pozitif etki yapacağı sonucuna varılmaktadır. Öteyandan, Avrupa Birliği'nin tarihsel olarak Azerbaycan'a yönelik olan benzer politikalarınınbasarısızlığı ve tutarsızlığı düsünülürse, Komsuluk Politikası'nın demokrasi ve insan haklarıgibi değerlerin gelisimine katkısının öngörülen düzeyde gerçeklesmesinin süpheli olduğuifade edilmektedir. Bundan baska, Komsuluk Politikası'nın bir anlasmazlık çözme aracıolarak gelistirilmediği dikkate alınırsa, Dağlık-Karabağ probleminin çözümü açısından buPolitika'nın katkısının sınırlı olacağı düsünülmektedir. ABSTRACTThe purpose of the thesis is to examine the potential effects of the EuropeanNeighbourhood Policy (ENP) on the Azerbaijani economy. In addition to the economicimplications, the study also discusses the ENP's probable contribution to democracy andhuman rigths developments in Azerbaijan. Likewise, the thesis provides an assesment of theENP from the perspective of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.Based on a qualitative analysis, the ENP seems to have the potential to fostereconomic growth in Azerbaijan. The study identifies a number of ways through which thismight happen, both directly through economic channels and indirectly, by providing supportfor proper structural and macroeconomic policies. The study also highlights a number ofpossible risks as supply-side specialisation and over-regulation .On the other hand, the intended EU contribution to democracy and human rights ofAzerbaijan seems questionable, given that historically it was neither effective nor consistentin its related policies. Moreover, by considering the fact that the ENP is underdeveloped as aconflict resolution tool, the perspectives for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are limited.

In a contemporary World where national cultures, economies and borders are blurred, political polarizations are disappeared, liberal tendencies get stronger, technology is developed incomprehensibly, and the route of social life is mainly determined by the global processes, the effort of setting up regional integration is still alive. The initial goal of the European Neighbourhood Policy launched in 2004 was helping the European Union to support and foster stability, security and prosperity in the countries closest to its borders. Since then, this document has been revised twice: in 2011 and 2015. Due to the inefficiency of its former versions and increased tensions in the neighbouring countries and the European Union itself, the most recent Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy puts a clear emphasis on the security dimension. This article aims to outline possible scenarios of the European Union and Turkey collaboration in maintenance of security in the European Union's neighbourhood.

In a contemporary World where national cultures, economies and borders are blurred, political polarizations are disappeared, liberal tendencies get stronger, technology is developed incomprehensibly, and the route of social life is mainly determined by the global processes, the effort of setting up regional integration is still alive. The initial goal of the European Neighbourhood Policy launched in 2004 was helping the European Union to support and foster stability, security and prosperity in the countries closest to its borders. Since then, this document has been revised twice: in 2011 and 2015. Due to the inefficiency of its former versions and increased tensions in the neighbouring countries and the European Union itself, the most recent Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy puts a clear emphasis on the security dimension. This article aims to outline possible scenarios of the European Union and Turkey collaboration in maintenance of security in the European Union's neighbourhood.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: building bridges between the EU's immediate and broader neighbourhood -- Part I Political, legal and security challenges -- 1 The externalization of border controls towards the EU's broader neighbourhood: challenges of consistency -- 2 The European Union and the challenges of trans-Saharan migration -- 3 The EU and the neighbours of its neighbours: security challenges and strategic roles -- 4 The fight against terrorism in the EU's broader neighbourhood -- Part II Economic and societal challenges -- 5 EU trade relations beyond the 'Neighbourhood Economic Community' -- 6 The EU and state fragility in its broader neighbourhood: development cooperation in the name of the 'security-politics-development nexus' -- 7 'Gendering the neighbours': the European Union's policies on gender and equality in Saharan Africa and Central Asia -- 8 The limits of EU democracy support: Central Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Part III Opportunities for connecting the neighbours' neighbours -- 9 Building, bridging, blocking: the EU's approach towards sub-regional integration in its broader neighbourhood -- 10 Financing investments connecting the neighbours of the EU's neighbours -- 11 Geopolitics vs. governance in the European Union's energy cooperation with its broader neighbourhood -- 12 Challenges and opportunities related to transboundary waters in the EU's broader neighbourhood -- Conclusion: lessons and policy proposals -- Index.

The enlarged European Union needs new instruments for exporting stability and change into the fragile regions and countries beyond its borders. That is why the EU is developing and implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP): a strategic concept which is to enhance the Union's capability to be a driver of reform - without automatically promising the golden carrot of membership to the neighbours. This book provides the reader with information on what ENP wants, how it works and what the prospects of the Union's cooperation with neighbouring countries are.