The EU and Contested Statehood in its Near Abroad: Europeanisation, Actorness and State-building
Journal: Geopolitics
Year: 2019

The main purpose of this Special Issue is to interrogate the role of the European Union (EU) as a state-builder in its Near Abroad. It aims to make a three-fold contribution to the existing literature. Firstly, it provides working definitions on contested statehood and state-building, paying particular attention to how their properties map onto the EU’s own policy tools and the (diverse) nature of the conflicts with which it seeks to engage. Secondly, it engages with three sets of distinct conce