Prospects of the Eastern Partnership under modern challenges to the European security system

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-91
Author(s):  
Yaryna Turchyn ◽  
Lesya Dorоsh
Keyword(s):  
Regional Security ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
European Security ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The purpose of the article is to examine the Eastern Partnership initiative as a component of the European Neighbourhood Policy and a tool of regional security by taking into account the factor of Russian aggression and the military conflict in eastern Ukraine. Based on methods of analysis and synthesis, content analysis of primary and secondary sources of information, modelling and prediction, the following objectives are achieved: (1) to determine the vulnerabilities in the programme design, given the current geopolitical threats, and (2) to develop proposals to change the security component of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) within the context of the Russian- Ukrainian conflict. The significant shortcomings of the existing EaP model are highlighted, in particular, the initiative overall ineffectiveness, the EU membership perspective in the long run, disregarded national features, the lack of commitment by the EU countries to strengthen the integration, the security component weakness and the insufficient European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) financial support. It is concluded that intensification of the cooperation of the EaP partner countries in the area of security will not only contribute to the initiative development, but it will also enhance national securities and promote the development of a zone of stability and democracy as well as the European security space consolidation.

scholarly journals The EU Eastern Partnership Initiative and Georgia

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5(62)) ◽  
pp. 117-140
Author(s):  
David Darchiashvili ◽  
David Bakradze
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The West ◽  
Coercive Diplomacy ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Eu

The article views the geographical area between the EU and Russian borders as a battle space of two, drastically different foreign policy and ideological approaches. The authors argue that in the years since the end of the Cold War, a unique surrogate of former clash of liberal and communist worlds emerged, leading to and underpinning current Hybrid Warfare, underway from Ukraine to Georgia. Its roots lay in the Russian interpretation of the Western attitude towards the East as Neo-colonialist. Relying on the income from its vast energy resources, Russia also tries to develop its version of so called “Soft Power”, used by the West in this region. Though in Russian hands, it is coupled with Moscow’s imperial experiences and resentments, and is becoming a mere element in Hybrid or “non-linear” war. Speaking retrospectively, the Eastern Partnership Initiative of the European Union can be seen as a response to Hybrid threats, posed by Russia against its Western and Southern neighbors. But the question is, whether EU foreign policy initiatives towards this area can and will be efficient and sufficient, if continued to be mostly defensive and limited within Soft Power mechanisms and philosophy, while Russia successfully combines those with traditional Hard Power know-how? The authors argue that in the long run, European or Euro-Atlantic Soft Power tool-kits, spreading Human Rightsbased culture farther in the East, will remain unmatched. But in order to prevail over the Russian revisionist policy here and now, the West, and, particularly, the EU need to re-evaluate traditional foreign policy options and come up with a more drastic combination of Soft/Hard Powers by itself. As the Georgian case shows, the European community should more efficiently use Conditionality and Coercive Diplomacy, combined with clearer messages about partners’ membership perspectives.

scholarly journals Time to use to European power again

European View ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-237
Author(s):  
Garvan Walshe
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
European Security ◽  
The Us ◽  
Rise Of China ◽  
External Powers ◽  
The Eu

The decline of Russia and rise of China have shifted the security focus of the US towards China, leaving a security vacuum in Europe’s neighbourhood that the EU has so far been unwilling to fill. The vacuum has been exploited by hostile external powers, and nationalist anti-Europeans within, threatening the survival of the EU itself. A stronger European security role, anchored in a unified strategic culture, could turn the EU into a producer of regional security, and provide a new conservative narrative for European integration. While this will eventually need a treaty change, the centre–right should not wait until then to relegitimise the use of European power in Europe’s own neighbourhood.

scholarly journals EU Democracy Promotion in Eastern ENP Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergiu Buşcaneanu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Democracy Promotion ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Norm Internalization ◽  
The Eu

This study shows that the increased incentive structures from and the more intense socialization process with the European Union (EU) since the launch of European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) have not translated into a higher level of democratic development in Eastern ENP countries. However, on the long run (1991–2010), the EU democracy promotion in the region under consideration appears to be largely consistent. In addition, a content analysis of Progress Reports released by the European Commission on the implementation process of European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plans (ENPAPs) reveals that some Eastern neighbours of the EU have attempted to consider in their reform agendas the democracy-related objectives of these documents and that some have also sought to adopt international democratic instruments as required by the ENPAPs. Though the record is far from satisfactory on norm internalization, content analysis of Commission’s Reports suggests that one should acknowledge a modest democratization role for the EU.

scholarly journals EUROPE’S BORDERS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD: GOVERNMENTALITY AND IDENTITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 589-594
Author(s):  
Jan Grzymski
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Oriented Research

This article argues that the EU's neighbourhood policy is deeply entrenched in the Eurocentric spatial imaginaries of the EU as the universal core of and pole of attraction to its neighbours. This is especially clear in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) concept of an asymmetrical partnership and neighbourhood. The ENP and EaP constituted the EU as a fully European core, while simultaneously othering its neighbourhood as not-fully European with an uncertain status of being between the inside and outside. This article attempts to expose how the ENP and EaP's practices draw a border for the EU/Europe and its neighbourhood with the use of specific EU policy instruments, which are not just technical or professional tools. To the contrary, these instruments hold some potential power in constituting and envisioning the EU's closest outside neighbours. This article will move beyond application-oriented research and draw on critical social theory, especially the already-existing governmentality research as well as Michel Foucault's theory of power. The article concludes with the exposed mechanisms of constructing the political and cultural space of neighbourhood (and ultimately Europe too) through the ENP and EaP's governmental rationalities of their border practices. 

scholarly journals International terrorism and features of the fight against it at the regional level on the ex ample of the EU and the SCO

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Eu

The article considers the characteristics of international terrorism as a phenomenon that requires joint efforts at the regional and supranational levels in political, social, economic, legal, ideological and other aspects, its causes and consequences, approaches to classification. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of existing problems of international regional security caused by terrorism, as well as the features of combating it on the example of the EU and the SCO. Scientific, official, historical sources of information were used in the research. The subject is the components of the strategy to combat international terrorism on the example of two regional international organizations, the EU and the SCO. The goal of the article is to determine the features and priorities of the fight against international terrorism at the regional level, their effectiveness and shortcomings on the basis of a comprehensive study of the features of the phenomenon. The objective is to analyze official sources on methods of combating international terrorism on the example of the EU and the SCO, to determine the causes, consequences and priorities for fighting against it. Research methods are comparative analysis, systematization and generalization. The following results were obtained: the main problem of combating international terrorism and its consequences at the regional level was identified, which is primarily related to the uniform content of agreements, statements, decisions, etc., without taking into account the region specifics. In addition, the priority areas of activity of international organizations that need attention have been identified, among them: prevention and cessation of terrorist financing, counteraction to the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, promotion of cooperation in the fight against terrorism, etc. The conclusions of this work indicate the low efficiency of the organizations and the need to improve the tools of combating international terrorism on the basis of the general problems and priorities mentioned in the article.

The eu Neighbourhood Policies and the Security Crises within the Eastern Neighbourhood

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-311
Author(s):  
Roman Petrov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Civil Conflicts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Security Crises

The European Union (eu) is in search of an appropriate and efficient framework of relations with its neighbours. Recent events show that the eu has failed to prevent escalating civil conflicts in many regions of Ukraine in the eu neighbourhood. This contribution scrutinizes the current eu external policies towards its Eastern neighbours. The first part of the chapter studies the scope and content of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership and their impact on security in the region. The second part of the paper analyses the impact of the eu neighbourhood policies on the ‘post-Crimea’ and ‘post-Donbass’ eu neighbourhood.

scholarly journals Zmiany na rynku jabłek w krajach Unii Europejskiej w latach 2000–2010

2014 ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Borkowska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
National Science ◽  
The Eu

The article presents information concerning changes undergoing on the EU market of fresh apples between 2000–2010. The author shows changes in production, consumption, foreign trade and prices, of the main stakeholders (producers, consumers, exporters and importers), including Poland. Secondary sources of information were used for the analysis, originating from Faostat 2012 and GUS data bases. The analysis was carried out under a research project (grant agreement No 3745/B/H03/2011/40), which was funded by National Science Centre. The analysis involved comparative as well as descriptive methods.

scholarly journals Following Continuity and Change: Italy’s View on European Neighborhood Policy Towards Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 186-208
Author(s):  
Victoria Vdovychenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Security ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Reality Check ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
European Neighborhood Policy ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
The Eu

Current EU economic and security challenges on the territory of the EU’s ‘ring of friends’ open a new page of its history influencing European security and stability framework of development. Therefore, it’s crucial to understand circumstances that favored to the catalyst progress of unstable neighborhoods. The article presents an analysis of the Italy’s position towards European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern dimension of this policy – Eastern Partnership. A special interest is focus on its view towards Ukraine, being a reality-check for the European Union officials after the Revolution of Dignity, the illegal annexation of Crimea and the hybrid war of Russia. This article is presenting the ideas that ENP was created by the EU as an instrument for the democratization which couldn’t prevent conflicts in the geopolitically diverse regions. Italy, being one of the founding members of the European Union, was reluctant advocate a balanced approach towards the neighborhood regions. It merely focused on the Southern dimension of the ENP, almost taking apart Eastern Partnership. In the first part, the article demonstrates the development process of the ENP with a special attention that it coincided with the EU 5th enlargement preparation. This dualism influenced on the ENP tailoring and subsequent implementation. The second part focuses on the of the Italy’s opinion development from ENP launch till 2009 when its Eastern dimension – Eastern Partnership – was introduced. The third part analyzes Italy’s perception of Eastern Partnership and its attempts to reschedule EU’s attention to the South flank of the ENP in the post-Crimea annexation period.

Corporate Social Responsibility Performance in Relation with Digitalization of Marketing in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Bindu Tiwari ◽  
Naveen Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationship ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Business Values ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Positive Word Of Mouth

India being a developing country, companies have now realized that profit making is not only the goal of any corporation, but also trust building and gaining good social relationship is must in long run. Where going green andconcept of being responsible in every small and large industry is spreading all over, company for being conscious of CSRimplementing cost is also obvious. No company wants to merely spend over any extra business affaires which directly don’t generate any worth. So, in this context, company started looking of the way to create business values out of CSR investment.This paper tried to relate impact of digital marketing on CSR performance of the company and to find out the ways to make worth out of CSR investment by exploiting digital facility. The paper isbased over various secondary sources of information. This paper finds that CSR now can be used as a tool of marketing. It is not merely a waste of investment. It helps to gain sustainability and publicity with a positive responsible image of the company. In long term it will achieve positive word of mouth, publicity, support and goodwill and relationship development. Digitization has made it easier to initiate and promote CSR activities.

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