The EU and Conflict Mitigation in the European Neighborhood: A Story of a Gap Between Ambition and Deeds
Journal: Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal
Year: 2016

From Russia’s aggression in Eastern Europe to the aftermath of the Arab Spring in the Southern Mediterranean, conflicts and violence highlight a range of new challenges to the EU’s external policy. There were six territorial disputes among the EU’s neighbours when the European Neighbourhood Policy was launched 12 years ago. None of these has been resolved, and both the Eastern and the Southern neighbours are more unstable and insecure today than they were when the Policy was launched. The EU see