The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is in tatters. When launching this regional framework for its neighbors in 2004, the EU stated that its ambition was to surround itself with a “ring of friends,” a zone of well-governed, stable, and prosperous states, with whom the EU has close and cooperative ties. Little over a decade later, instead, realities in the European neighborhood resemble a veritable ring of fire, with regional challenges and pressures on Europe greater than ever before. In Europe’s East, the EU has done precious little to support the fledgling democracies of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; it failed to …read more
Reviewing the European Neighbourhood Policy: Eastern Perspectives
