The European Union and its eastern neighbourhood - Europeanisation and its twenty-first-century contradictions

This volume is timely in that it explores key issues which are currently at the forefront of the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours. It considers the impact of a more assertive Russia, the significance of Turkey, the limitations of the Eastern Partnership with Belarus and Moldova, the position of a Ukraine in crisis and pulled between Russia and the EU, security and democracy in the South Caucasus. It looks at the contested nature of European identity in areas such as the Balkans. In addition it looks at ways in which the EU's interests and values can be tested in sectors such as trade and migration. The interplay between values, identity and interests and their effect on the interpretation of europeanisation between the EU and its neighbours is a core theme of the volume.

Introduction Paul Flenley and Michael Mannin
Part I: Concepts and Frameworks
1 Europeanisation as a past and present narrative Mike Mannin
2 Defining contemporary European identity/ies Nora Siklodi
3 The Limitations of the EU's strategies for Europeanisation of the neighbours Paul Flenley
Part II: Country/Area Studies
4 Europeanisation and Russia Tatiana Romanova
5 'Bounded Europeanisation': the case of Ukraine Nadiia Bureiko and Teodor Lucian Moga
6 Belarus: Does Europeanisation require a geopolitical choice? Kiryl Kascian
7 Relations between Moldova and the European Union Kamil Calus and Marcin Kosienkowski
8 Value-oriented aspects of EU-isation: The case of the Balkans Monika Eriksen
9 Turkey: Identity politics and reticent Europeanisation Dimitris Tsarouhas
Part III: Issues and Sectors
10 New Member States' economic relations with Russia: 'Europeanisation' or Bilateral Preferences? Martin Dangerfield
11 EU Energy Security Policy in the Eastern Neighbourhood: Towards Europeanisation? Edward Stoddard
12 The EU and the European Other: The Janus face of EU migration and visa policies in the neighbourhood Igor Merheim-Eyre
13 'Neighbour languages': Europeanisation and language borders Maria Stoicheva
14 Security and Democratisation: the case of the South Caucasus Kevork Oskanian and Derek Averre
Conclusion Paul Flenley and Michael Mannin
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