ASSESSING EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY

Several events in the past few years have dramatically shown how the interests of European citizens are directly affected by the stability security and prosperity of their neighbouring regions At the same time the European Union and its member states face many challenges and dilemmas in designing and pursuing policies that not only effectively promote these interests but also build stronger partnerships with neighbouring countries based on the values on which the Union is founded First the Arab revolts and then Russia39s assertiveness in the eastern neighbourhood prompted reviews by the EU of its European Neighbourhood Policy ENP in 2011 and 2015 respectively These reviews in turn have renewed scholarly interest in the ENP By deliberately focusing on the recent literature since 2011 this book by CEPS identifies the factors that explain the lack of effectiveness and coherence of the ENP This exercise has resulted in a rich overview of and deep reflection on a wide variety of ENPrelated themes such as conditionality and leverage the interests vs values dilemma and the role of third parties The study identifies where there is consensus among scholars and where perspectives and judgements differ It also identifies important gaps in the literature where further research is needed This book will be of interest to a wide audience of officials diplomats parliamentarians researchers at think tanks civil society organisations university teachers trainers students and journalists who want to know more about the challenges and dilemmas arising from the ENP The work has been carried out by a team of researchers from CEPS in Brussels with the support of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department IOB of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands