The eastern dimension of the European neighbourhood policy: practices, instruments and social structures

Effectiveness and impact of cross‐border cooperation programmes in the perception of beneficiaries. Investigation of 2007–2013 Romania–Ukraine–Moldova programmes

“…Several instruments, like the cohesion policy or European neighbourhood policy were used in order to enhance the cross‐border co‐operation in the Eastern periphery (Tudor & Florian, 2019). While the increased focus on the EU’s neighbourhood has given rise to a sizeable body of literature since the launch of the ENP in 2004 (Emerson & Noutcheva, 2004; Gstöhl, 2008; Korosteleva, Natorski, & Simão, 2013; Manoli, 2008), in the study of the EU’s Eastern proximity, there are many deficiencies in obtaining the objectives assumed by this policy (in connection with some pillars such as: democracy, human rights, the rule of law, macroeconomic stability, good governance, sustainable development, energetic security), all these explaining both the mechanisms and the limits of the Eastern Partnership project. In post‐Soviet Eastern Europe, the EU is still unable to deliver institutional models capable of managing the large spectrum of expectations stemming from the EaP states.…”

Authoritarian and Democratic Diffusion in Post-Communist Regions

“…A mere glance at the political map of Europe suffices to note that space and geographic proximity did matter for extending carrots in the form of prospective EU membership. Scholars have noted that the policy of incentivizing the development of democratic institutions and practices (Kelley, 2006) has been manifested also in instruments such as the European Neighborhood Policy designed to engage eastern neighbors-and the sub-national regions within neighboring states (Gel'man & Lankina, 2008;Lankina, 2005;Lankina & Getachew, 2006Obydenkova, 2008Obydenkova, , 2012)-without actually "letting them in," at least in the short term (Kelley, 2006;Korosteleva, Natorski, & Simão, 2013;Langbein & Börzel, 2013;Smith, 2005). These forms of planned and deliberate EU assistance have been variously conceptualized in terms of leverage, conditionality, and targeted democracy promotion.…”

From Business to Politics: Cross‐Border Inter‐Firm Networks and Policy Spillovers in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood

“…The literature on EU external governance demonstrates that under the European neighbourhood policy (ENP) – the principal vehicle of EU external governance (Lavenex ) – the EU creates various initiatives for involving countries and regions in the EU's neighbourhood in transnational communication and networking . The ENP has significantly evolved over the past years and has come to include a variety of strategies, reflecting the richness of the EU external governance approach (see Korosteleva, ) . In this article, we focus on CBC strategy – particularly on the analysis of policy‐level spillovers from cross‐border inter‐firm networks.…”