A CRITIQUE OF EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY: THE CASE OF RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN UKRAINE
Journal: Marmara Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi/Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Avrupa araştırmaları dergisi
Year: 2015

This study attempts to evaluate European Neighbourhood Policy by analysing the European Union’s foreign policy during the international crisis in Crimea. With respect to the basic neo-realist premises, this paper argues that the activities of EU within the neighbourhood of Russia have negatively contributed to the process of annexation of Crimea. Based upon the parallel structure of NATO and EU enlargements, this study contends that the EU has failed to differentiate its approach to Russia from