The European Union and Its Eastern Neighbourhood: Whither 'Eastern Partnership'?

This edited volume brings together important scholarly perspectives on the EU's multi-layered relations with its Eastern neighbors within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework and beyond. The book provides a retrospective analysis of key structural and relational challenges, regional dynamics, bilateral/multilateral engagement, and offers a critical perspective on the contested future relations between the EU and its Eastern neighbors. It comes at a crucial moment as the EU and its Eastern neighbors seek new and mutually acceptable forms of association.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 346 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited volume brings together some of the most important scholarly perspectives – in the form of both journal article reprints and original contributions – on the structure and dynamics of the EU's multi-layered relations with its Eastern neighbours within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework and beyond. In May 2019, the EU's EaP, an ambitious and sophisticated policy framework, conjoining elements of cooperation and integration, with the EU's six Eastern neighbours, i.e., Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, turned ten years. This anniversary, in conjunction with repeatedly voiced critique by scholars and policy-makers alike regarding the framework's effectiveness and utility, led the EU to submit the EaP to a fundamental auditing and revision. Structured around both enduring and emerging issues in the broader EU-Eastern neighbourhood framework, this book provides a retrospective analysis of key structural and relational challenges, unfolding regional dynamics, distinctive forms of bilateral/multilateral engagement, while also offering a critical perspective on the contested future relations between the EU and its Eastern neighbours. Looking backwards and providing a critical and thorough assessment of the first ten years of the EaP in practice, this book thinks forward and gauges its many potential future avenues. This comes at a crucial moment, as the EU and its six Eastern neighbours are in search of new and mutually acceptable forms of association.

In May 2019, the EU's EaP, an ambitious and sophisticated policy framework, conjoining elements of cooperation and integration, with the EU's six Eastern neighbours, i.e., Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, turned ten years. This anniversary, in conjunction with repeatedly voiced critique by scholars and policy-makers alike regarding the framework's effectiveness and utility, led the EU to submit the EaP to a fundamental auditing and revision. Structured around both enduring and emerging issues in the broader EU-Eastern neighbourhood framework, this book provides a retrospective analysis of key structural and relational challenges, unfolding regional dynamics, distinctive forms of bilateral/multilateral engagement, while also offering a critical perspective on the contested future relations between the EU and its Eastern neighbours. Looking backwards and providing a critical and thorough assessment of the first ten years of the EaP in practice, this book thinks forward and gauges its many potential future avenues. This comes at a crucial moment, as the EU and its six Eastern neighbours are in search of new and mutually acceptable forms of association.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367538989