Suchergebnisse

Das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen ist ein Schlüsselbereich für die Bekämpfung der Korruption in der Ukraine. Ein Vergleich mit der Janukowitsch-Präsidentschaft zeigt, dass seit 2014 wichtige Fortschritte gemacht wurden, um diesen Bereich transparenter und fairer zu gestalten. Dies liegt insbesondere am gesteigerten Einfluss zivilgesellschaftlicher Kräfte in der Ukraine sowie an den Bemühungen externer Akteure. Gefahren für die Weiterentwicklung der Reform sind allerdings weiterhin vorhanden; sie wurzeln im neopatrimonialen Charakter des ukrainischen Regimes. Dieser macht sich im Fall des öffentlichen Beschaffungswesens in den Elitenetzwerken bemerkbar, die u. a. einen starken Einfluss wirtschaftlicher Akteure auf das ukrainische Parlament ermöglichen.

Abstract:
Although Ukraine's regional divisions are often thought to be detrimental to state-building and democratization, they have in fact been a source of strength and helped to prevent tilts to the political extremes.

Ukraine shows that regional diversity can strengthen a young state in upheaval. Diversity reins in political excess & can contribute to the correction of an authoritarian turn. Contrary to theoretical assumptions, regional differences that structure political mobilization & consensus building thus contribute to stability & democratization. Especially the integration of the Crimea as an autonomous republic in the Ukrainian state is a pattern for successful conflict prevention. Adapted from the source document.

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)