The EU’s Eastern Partnership: Normative or Geopolitical Power Projection?
| Autor: | Kamala VALIYEVA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Eastern Journal of European Studies, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 11-29 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2068-651X 2068-6633 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative through the lens of theoretical debate between constructivist and rationalist approaches with a specific focus on the normative and geopolitical dimensions of the EU’s power projection in a specific region. In doing so the paper aims to determine whether the initiative is a pursuit of the EU’s interests in the post-Soviet area and an attempt to weaken Russia’s traditional great power potential in the region or a policy to enhance regional stability through the promotion of fundamental European values which serves as a framework for democratic institution-building in partner countries. This paper argues that the EU’s ambivalent actorness in this particular post-Soviet region, which is shaped both by value considerations and self-interest concerns, while lacking a strategic coherence, constitutes a fundamental reason behind a policy failure. |
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