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Russia's War in Ukraine: Rethinking the EU's Eastern Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy
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Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
Abstract The stagnating EU accession process needs political will and procedural changes allowing eastern candidates to advance. In the meantime, they should be more supported to use the full potential of existing opportunities for gradual economic and sectoral integration with the EU. An upgraded Eastern Pa... view more
The stagnating EU accession process needs political will and procedural changes allowing eastern candidates to advance. In the meantime, they should be more supported to use the full potential of existing opportunities for gradual economic and sectoral integration with the EU. An upgraded Eastern Partnership needs a comprehensive security dimension linking resilience, connectivity, and defense policy, as well as cooperation in the area of the Common Security and Defence Policy. The protracted regional conflicts (in Moldova and the South Caucasus) require a more active EU engagement as existing OSCE formats continue to be blocked, and Russia's role and military presence weaken. New openings for conflict resolution mean higher demand for the EU's diplomatic, monitoring, and peacekeeping capacities. A new eastern Neighborhood Policy should be designed for the wider region, connecting the Black Sea and the South Caucasus with Central Asia and thus creating viable alternatives to the competing geoeconomic and governance "offers" of China, Russia, and Turkey.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Ukraine; EU expansion; Eastern Europe; neughborhood policy; joining the European Union; security policy; resilience; defense policy; conflict situation; EU; peacekeeping; geopolitics; China; Turkey
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
European Politics
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
13 p.
Series
DGAP Report, 1
ISSN
2198-5936
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0