Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?
The EU’s Eastern enlargement in 2004 was marked by the entry of mostly smaller states, whose ability to shape the external direction of the EU was questioned.
Zbyněk Dubský +2 more
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POLITICAL PROCESS DRIVERS OF CORRUPTION IN EASTERN EUROPE [PDF]
Corruption stands as one of the many obstacles to the political and economic security of the Eastern European region. Thus, despite the political and economic instability in the region, Eastern European countries, in and outside of the European Union ...
Ada-Iuliana POPESCU
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Can and Should the EU's Eastern Partnership Be Saved? [PDF]
In a major setback for the EU, only two of four Eastern Partnership countries actually initialed Association Agreements at the Vilnius Summit in November 2013. This paper asks what went wrong and what can be done about it. Using a gravity model to estimate the effects of deep and shallow free trade agreements for the Eastern Partnership states with ...
Thorvaldur Gylfason +2 more
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE IN AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan established political relations with the EU during the implementation of TACIS Programme projects and signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the EU in 1996. It joined the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2004 and the Eastern Partnership programme in 2009.
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THE CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE EU’S EaP COUNTRIES [PDF]
Economic development is one of the main aims of economic policy in many countries around the world. By strengthening the process of economic development, we can bring the state on the path of sustainable growth and ensure stability and security in it ...
Ilkhom SHARIPOV, Sergey LISNYAK
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Republic of Moldova – the success story of the Eastern Partnership
The power change in Ukraine and the violent crackdown on the post electoral protestors in Belarus jeopardize the Eastern Partnership. The EU’s efforts to democratize and stabilize its eastern border could become more and more difficult if Brussels does ...
Vasile Rotaru
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THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP OF THE EU – THE CHALLENGES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UKRAINE’S CRISIS [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to highlight the political limits and the strategic and geopolitica ldilemmas of the European Union’s approach concerning the Eastern Neighbourhood.
Gheorghe Ciascai
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Energy Regionalism in Wider Europe: Sub-Regional Energy Dynamics and the EU’s Eastern Partnership
This article investigates energy regionalism in wider Europe, examining extra-regional and intra-regional challenges. In recent years, the European Union (EU) has taken concrete steps to enhance its energy security and reduce its dependence on Russia ...
Oktay Tanrısever, Eray Erbil
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Reinforcing the Eastern Partnership Influence on the Transformation of Ukraine [PDF]
Проаналізовано Україну як одного з ключових членів Східного партнерства. Зазначено, що Україні необхідно модернізувати економіку та зміцнити свої позиції як на ринку Східної Європи, так і в Європейському Союзі. Наголошено, що Україна повинна здійснити інституційні реформи та раціонально керувати коштами, що надані Європейським Союзом.
Roslon, Dominika, Zazuliak, Zoriana
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After Vilnius: the European Union’s smart power and the Eastern Neighbourhood [PDF]
The concept of “smart power” is relevant for the analysis of European Union’s external action, insofar as the relations with other parties include conditionality and payments.
Lucian-Dumitru DÎRDALĂ
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