The European Union’s Policy towards its Eastern Neighbours: The Crisis in Ukraine

  • Tatsiana Shaban University of Victoria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v12i2.1310
Keywords: European Neighbourhood Policy, Ukraine

Abstract

The European Union’s neighbourhood is complex and still far from being stable. In Ukraine, significant progress has occurred in many areas of transition; however, much work remains to be done, especially in the field of regional development and governance where many legacies of the Soviet model remain. At the crossroads between East and West, Ukraine presents an interesting case of policy development as an expression of European Union (EU) external governance. This paper asks the question: why was the relationship between the EU and Ukraine fairly unsuccessful at promoting stability in the region and in Ukraine? What was missing in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in Ukraine that rendered the EU unable to prevent a conflict on the ground? By identifying security, territorial, and institutional challenges and opportunities the EU has faced in Ukraine, this paper underlines the most important factors accounting for the performance of its external governance and crisis management in Ukraine.

Author Biography

Tatsiana Shaban, University of Victoria

Tatsiana Shaban is an interdisciplinary PhD candidate at the University of Victoria, Canada. She was a visiting researcher at the School of Politics and IR at the University of Kent, UK and at the Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland. She did her field work in the Eastern region when she was a visiting PhD student at the Centre for European and Transition Studies at Latvia University and at the European Studies department at Krakow University of Economics. Her research focuses on European Integration and governance, European Neighbourhood Policy and Borders. Her most recent publication is 'Russia and EU cooperation in energy policy – Sending and receiving messages?' together with Dr. Amy Verdun, Anastasia Chebakova and Olga Guliaeva. Before coming to the University of Victoria she completed MA in International Relations and Politics at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Published
2018-12-20
Issue
Vol 12 No 2 (2018): Fall:2018
Section
Articles

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