Objetivo
The European Union's southern and eastern neighbourhood is rife with secessionist and irredentist ethno-political conflicts. These threaten the stability and security of the EU due to their proximity and potential spill-over effects. In the light of these realities EU member states and institutions aim to contribute to their settlement and gradual resolution. The official and academic literature related to these questions focuses on the successes and failures of CFSP. However, the EU's major foreign policy instruments are related to its contractual relations with third parties. Contractual relations are characterised by the delivery of specific benefits governed by conditionalities and mutual obligations. As such, they can transform the incentive structure underpinning conflict.
The aim of this study is that of exploring both the potential and the actual impact of the EU's role in conflict settlement and resolution in the southeastern neighbourhood. An analysis of the EU's impact in turn contributes to a deeper understanding of the Union's role as a foreign policy actor in its near abroad. The analysis will be carried out through a comparative study of EU involvement in five conflict areas: the Cyprus conflict, Turkey's Kurdish question, Serbia-Montenegro, Israel-Palestine and Georgia-Abkhazia. The case studies are chosen on the basis of their different types of relationships with the Union and in turn their different levels of real and perceived proximity to it.
Currently these cases display various types of contractual relations ranging from immediate accession (Cyprus), expected accession (Turkey), Stabilisation and Association (Serbia-Montenegro) Association and the delivery of aid (Israel and the Palestinian Authority) and Partnership and Cooperation agreements (Georgia). Y etthese contractual relationships may transform with the recent development of the Wider EuropeInitiative.
Ámbito científico
Convocatoria de propuestas
FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5
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Régimen de financiación
EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European FellowshipsCoordinador
S.DOMENICO DI FIESOLE, FIRENZE
Italia