Crossing borders: rethinking the European Union's neighborhood policies

Abstract: "The European Union is in the middle of developing policies for dealing with the countries in its neighborhood. The ongoing series of events in the EU’s southern neighborhood create the need to answer a challenging question: If the strategic answer to the fall of the Iron Curtain was enlargement, what then is the European Union’s strategic response to the Arab Spring? Since the accession of Bulgaria and Rumania in 2007, the integration capacity and the transformative power of the Union have been disputed. Governments and citizens are increasingly skeptical about further enlargement. There is no convincing rationale for enlargement (why is Turkey on the list, and not Ukraine?), and the financial, economic, and sovereign debt crises have made the EU more introverted. Most of the Western Balkan countries will not become EU members any time soon. And a self-confident Turkey is less and less. The ENP, on the other hand, a framework concept that was launched as a response to the 2004/200

Object Details

• Alternative title: Grenzen überschreiten: die Nachbarschaftspolitiken der Europäischen Union neu denken
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 100 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: DGAP-Analyse ; Bd. 2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2011
• Contributor: Möller, Almut ; Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-385185
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:49 PM CET