“European Union Strategic Narrative towards the Eastern Partnership countries and the Russian Federation’s escalation: Stop, Slow or Go?”
Journal: Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)
Year: 2016

The narrative dimension of the EaP programme was considered by the&#13;\nEuropean policy makers of secondary relevance as it was focused on the&#13;\nbureaucratic aspects of the economic and judicial convergence of the target&#13;\ncountries with the European Union through “regulation setting”. The importance&#13;\nof these aspects has clearly increased after the Russian Federation used hybrid&#13;\nwar tactics in Ukraine since 2013 based on a fabricated Strategic Narrative that&#13;\nrelied on