Assessing European Neighbourhood Policy

CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations

About the authors

Foreword

Summary

1. Introduction

1.1 Conceptualising and assessing the effectiveness and coherence of the ENP

1.2 Work/research methods and plan

1.3 Data collection strategy

1.4 Structure

2. Conditionality and Socialisation

2.1 Positive conditionality: Membership prospects and visa liberalisation

2.2 Negative conditionality

2.3 Conditionality in the 2011 and 2015 ENP Reviews: More for more and differentiation

2.4 Sectoral cooperation

2.5 Institutionalisation of the ENP

2.6 Conclusion

3. Interests vs. Values

3.1 The ambiguous nature of values

3.2 Security/stability vs. democracy

3.3 (Functional) cooperation with non-democratic regimes

3.4 Conclusion

4. Ownership and Local Dynamics

4.1 Tailoring to local needs?

4.2 Eastern neighbourhood

4.3 Joint ownership

4.4 Local ownership and civil society support

4.5 Eurocentrism: A clash with local/regional values

4.6 Conclusion

5. Perception and Visibility

5.1 Views from the EU

5.2 Views from the neighbourhood

5.3 Visibility and communication strategies

5.4 Conclusion

6. External Factors

6.1 Southern neighbourhood

6.1.1 The role of global actors

6.1.2 Regional actors and institutions

6.2 Eastern neighbourhood

6.2.1 Differing paths of integration

6.2.2 The EU as a normative vs geopolitical actor in the eastern neighbourhood

6.2.3 Influence of the EU and Russia on sectoral convergence

6.2.4 Ukraine

6.3 Conclusion

7. Coherence

7.1 Horizontal coherence

7.2 Vertical coherence

7.3 Intra- and inter-institutional coherence

7.4 Is coherence a precondition for effectiveness?

7.5 Conclusion

8. Looking Back to Look Ahead: The 2015 ENP Review

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