The European Union in the OSCE in the Light of the Ukrainian Crisis: Trading Actorness for Effectiveness? EU Diplomacy Paper 03/2016
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2016

The ‘conflict in and around Ukraine’ has since its outburst in 2013-14 been one of the major challenges for the European Union (EU) and its foreign policy. While the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has experienced revival and played a key role in the management of the crisis, the EU has stayed mostly aside, being considered as part of the problem rather than the solution. This understanding stems from the collision between Ukraine’s European aspirations and Russia’s ‘