DIVS - ISL, 2 (International Studies Library, 26) According to many analysts, the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008 fundamentally challenged European security, as well as the relationships of power there. The European Union decided to pay more attention to the Southern Caucasus region and its eastern neighbours. As a result, European Neighbourhood Policy is now on its way to being transformed into two parallel...

DIVS - ISL, 2 (International Studies Library, 26) According to many analysts, the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008 fundamentally challenged European security, as well as the relationships of power there. The European Union decided to pay more attention to the Southern Caucasus region and its eastern neighbours. As a result, European Neighbourhood Policy is now on its way to being transformed into two parallel policies: an Eastern Partnership and a Union for the Mediterranean. It is in this light that this book analyses just where the European neighbourhood stood before the outbreak of the Georgian crisis and into what direction it is potentially going. How will eastern' and 'southern' neighbourhoods differ? What position will the Eastern Partnership take in future EU-Russian relations? The stances taken by individual Eastern Partnership partner countries towards the EU are examined. Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Contributors Introduction Chapter 1. Competing Concepts of European Neighbourhood Vahur Made Chapter 2. The EU neighbourhood policy, positive conditionality and reforms in the former Soviet space Viljar Veebel Chapter 3. The complex EU relations with its neighbours to the South: a historical perspective Giuliana Laschi Chapter 4. Lost in transition: how Ukraine and Georgia seize opportunities of the Eastern Partnership Alexei Sekarev Chapter 5. The refocus on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after the August 2008 War: Can the new context and processes give a chance for an increased EU involvement? Burcu Gultekin-Punsmann Chapter 6. Lessons learned from the ENP/Eastern Partnership experience in Moldova Igor Munteanu Chapter 7. The EU and Belarus - from isolation to the Eastern Partnership Lukasz Adamski Chapter 8. Russia and the European Union: Partnership and Conflict Undefined Konstantin K. Khudoley, Alexander V. Izotov Chapter 9. European Security and Eastern Partnership: Why the Eastern Partnership Initiative is Primarily about Security Rein Tammsaar Chapter 10. ENP in the Context of Transatlantic Relations Marcin Lapczyński Conclusion: ENP issues still open Index About the Editor(s) Dr Vahur Made (born 1971) is the Deputy Director of the Estonian School of Diplomacy and Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the Institute of History and Archaeology of the University of Tartu, Estonia. His main research interests include historical and current perspectives of Estonian and Baltic foreign policies, history of Baltic political, including foreign policy, identities, Cold War history, international organizations and European political integration from the Baltic and North Dr Alexei Sekarev (born 1957) has been engaged in academic research on transition economies in Eastern Europe, including as an Alexander-von-Humboldt research fellow. As team leader of several EU-funded projects, he has been rendering policy advice to Ukrainian, Armenian, Russian and Georgian governments on the implementation of Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, ENP Action Plans and implications of Common Spaces, and Eastern Partnership. Currently he is a Team Leader of the EU AEPLAC project.