European Union and Its Eastern Neighbourhood

<p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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 whilst 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.</p>