Presented by the Jean Monnet Chair in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Relations
Ukraine and Beyond: Is the EU’s Eastern Partnership an effective policy for the EU’s neighbours?
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- When: March 31, 2014
- Time: 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM
- Location: Robertson Hall
- Room: 608 – Senate Room 6th Floor
- Event contact: Dara Marcus
- Email contact: dara.marcus@carleton.ca
- Phone contact: (613) 520-2600 ext. 3117
Initiated in May 2009, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) represents the EU’s most recent policy initiative to develop closer relations with its eastern neighbours (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine). Almost five years later, the policy has had some notable successes, but has also faced disappointments. Most recently at the EaP Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania in November 2013, two of the EU’s eastern neighbours (Moldova and Georgia) initialled Association Agreements with the EU. However, under heavy pressure from Russia, the Ukrainian leadership backed off at the last minute from signing the previously-initialled agreement, triggering the dramatic events of recent weeks.
While the EaP has resulted in movement toward law-based reform in some sectors and countries, overall, questions have arisen as to whether incentives offered to partners by the policy are adequate, or if the prospect of EU membership is necessary. Other issues relate to the economic advantages and costs of closer association with the EU, and the impact of the policy on EU-Russian relations. This workshop will explore these issues, assessing how goals and objectives of the policy have evolved, considering problems and challenges with the EaP framework, and reflecting on adjustments the EU might make to ensure that the policy achieves its objectives.
Registration for this event is required due to space limitations. For registration please click here.