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Conflict management is an area in which the EU has only recently begun to develop a profile, in particular through its involvement in the Western Balkans. The development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has added a momentum to the management or resolution of the unresolved conflicts in the Former Soviet Union. This is a potentially risky undertaking. The ENP was not designed to address these conflicts; it remains politically, institutionally and financially under-equipped to do so, and it faces obvious external constraints, such as the role of Russia in the region. Through the ENP, the EU has assumed greater visibility in conflict management. By giving rise to local and international expectations, the EU runs the risk of becoming entangled in conflicts that it lacks the capacity to address, and of exposing its weaknesses as a foreign policy acotr. The comparison of Moldova and Georgia spells out the scope and limitations of the ENP in the area of conflict management. In the case of Moldova, domestic support for closer relations with the EU and a willingness to discuss the status of Transnistria have allowed the ENP and other EU instruments to shape the process of conflict management. By contrast, the case of Georgia illustrates the scope for instrumentalization and unintended consequences resulting from a loose policy framework. (Ethnopolitics)

Cover -- I. Introduction -- II. The ENP as an International Legal Experiment -- 1. The European Union as a Diplomatic Actor -- 2. International Engagement through the ENP -- 3. The .EU's Security-Centered Philosophy of Neighbourly Relations -- III. Primary Law Status of the ENP -- 1. Philosophy of the EU's Peaceful Neighbourhood -- 2. The Mission Behind Article 8 TEU -- 3. Applicability of Article 21 TEU to the European NeighbourhoodPolicy -- 4. Principles of the Post-Lisbon ENP -- 4.1 Consistency in the ENP -- 4.2 Coherence in the ENP -- 5. European Neighbourhood -- 5.1 Identification of the Neighbouring Countries and Eligibility Criteriain the ENP -- 5.2 Understanding of Special Relationship -- 5.3 Understanding of Area of Prosperity and Good Neighbourliness -- IV. Functional Transition of the Union Values to theNeighbourhood and the ENP Normativity in theInternational Context -- 1. Article 2 TEU - Values of the Union -- 2. Value-Based Conditionality of the ENP -- 3. Deriving from the Enlargement Model. Departure from theEnlargement Model -- 3.1 ENP and EU Membership Perspective -- 3.2 Analysing the Principal Differences of the ENP and theEnlargement Policy -- 4. The Acquis Communautaire in the Context of the ENP -- 5. 'Soft Law' Promotion in the ENP Governance -- 5.1 The Logic behind Promotion of 'Soft Law' in the ENP -- 5.2 'Soft Law' Instruments of the ENP -- 6. Value-Based Security Promotion in the ENP -- 6.1 Security-Related Challenges in the ENP -- 6.2 Crisis-Management in the ENP Context -- 6.3 International Criminal Court and the ENP -- V. Post-Lisbon Institutional Reorganisation of the ENP andthe Neighbourhood Agreements -- 1. Post-Lisbon Institutional Organisation of the ENP -- 1.1 The European Council and the European Commission

In this paper we design and build a composite indicator to measure the macroeconomic, social and institutional dimensions of countries, ISEPI. The index allows not only comparing the relative situation of countries, but also its time evolution. In order to illustrate the usefulness of the index, we analyse the effects of the European Neighbourhood Policy in EU-Neighbouring Countries during the last decade. The obtained results show that ENP has had different effects according to the considered dimensions and that the evolution of neighbouring countries is quite heterogeneous taking into account their recent institutional and economic performance. From a policy perspective, these results reinforce the validity of the bilateral action plans that have characterized ENP recognising the different starting point and particular characteristics of each neighbouring country.

"This book offers a legal analysis of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) as it applies to developing relations with the EU's neighbors in the East and South. It explores the legal aspects of this policy, including ENP competence matters, institutional arrangements, and substantive policy issues, using international relations theory as the starting point in defining the EU's role as a political actor. The book focuses on the adequacy of the ENP legal framework for transposing the EU's democratic values and upholding its political image. In this connection, the book also features an analysis of EU democratic values as they are intended to be understood by its neighbors. The relevant legal framework of this policy and its implementation in the States of the South Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) are evaluated, revealing the effects of the ENP in their democratic processes."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The 'Neighbours of the EU's Neighbours', the 'EU's Broader Neighbourhood' and the 'Arc of Crisis and Strategic Challenges' from the Sahel to Central Asia -- Part I Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the ENP's South: Sahel and Horn of Africa -- 2 State of Play: The EU, the African Parties to the Cotonou Agreement and the ENP -- 3 The EU's Growing Engagement in the Sahel: From Development Aid to Military Coordination -- 4 The Horn of Africa: Transnational and Trans-Regional Dynamics in Europe's Broader Neighbourhood -- Part II Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the ENP's East: Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran -- 5 State of Play: The EU, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran and the ENP -- 6 The Gulf and the EU: Partners or Competitors? -- 7 Iran and Iraq: Between Reconstruction and Containment -- Part III Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the ENP's East: Central Asia -- 8 State of Play: The EU, Central Asia and the ENP -- 9 The Caspian Sea Region: The Struggle for Resources -- Part IV Diplomatic Dimensions beyond the ENP: Lessons for EU Diplomacy -- 10 The European Neighbourhood Policy: A Suitable Case for Treatment -- 11 Lessons for the Practice and Analysis of EU Diplomacy from an 'Outside-in' Perspective -- 12 The Global Players in the EU's Broader Neighbourhood -- 13 Conclusion: Models of Cooperation with the Neighbours of the EU's Neighbours -- Annex: List of Agreements and Maps -- Index.

A discussion of the nature & impact of the so-called European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), established by the Brussels European Council in Dec 2003, maintains that it is the European Union's (EU's) first attempt to develop a "framework for engaging in dialogue & cooperation with a set of widely different neighboring third countries." The focus is on the new policy's implications for both the EU & its Mediterranean partners. The ENP not only assumes a far greater degree of integration than that acknowledged in existing policies, but also offers a way to prevent further enlargements, & to manage the new external borders. Difficulties associated with the Middle East peace process & disappointing results of the Barcelona Process bilateral & regional cooperation initiatives are explored. There is hope that the ENP will infuse the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with a new dynamic; however, it remains to be seen whether the EU will be able to establish a "ring of friends" in the Mediterranean, or whether the EU's emphasis on political reform will impede that effort. J. Lindroth