Problems of Interaction of the European Union with the South Caucasian Countries as Part of the European Neighborhood Policy
- DOI
- 10.2991/fred-19.2020.118How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- European Union, South Caucasus countries, European neighborhood policy, Eastern partnership, assistance, cooperation
- Abstract
The article analyzes the role of the European Union (EU) in modern internal political processes in the countries of the South Caucasus region. The European neighborhood policy (ENP) is aimed at the development of the EU relations with these countries. Meanwhile, the financial assistance depends on the development of democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights. Reformation of the political system is a guarantee of the European assistance. The paper identifies a mechanism to assist the EU to carry out democratic reforms in the countries of the South Caucasus. In Georgia, application of the principle of political conditionality within the ENP had a very positive impact on the institutional changes. The interaction between the EU and Georgia implementing various projects within the 2016 Euro-Georgian Association agreement is described. The relations between the EU and Georgia changed. The relations between the EU and Azerbaijan and Armenia based on the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for civil rights are also developing successfully. Having considered the main areas of cooperation, it was concluded that the EU plays a significant role in complex internal political processes in these countries.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - A.K. Dudaiti AU - E.V. Galkina AU - B.G. Koibaev PY - 2020/01 DA - 2020/01 TI - Problems of Interaction of the European Union with the South Caucasian Countries as Part of the European Neighborhood Policy BT - Proceedings of the International Session on Factors of Regional Extensive Development (FRED 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 581 EP - 584 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/fred-19.2020.118 DO - 10.2991/fred-19.2020.118 ID - Dudaiti2020/01 ER -