1st Edition

The EU and Conflict Resolution Promoting Peace in the Backyard

By Nathalie Tocci Copyright 2007
218 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on or just beyond Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy on conflict resolution. Conflict resolution features strongly as an objective of the European Union's foreign policy. In promoting this aim, the EU's geographical focus has rested primarily in its beleaguered backyard to the south... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The EU’s Role in Conflict Resolution: A Framework of Analysis

3. The Missed Opportunity to Promote Reunification in Cyprus

4. Ebbs and Flows in the Europeanization of Turkey’s Kurdish Question

5. Mixed Signals towards the State Union of Serbia-Montenegro

6. The Glaring Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

7. Caught between Neglect and Competing Mediators in the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict

8. Comparing the EU’s Role in the Neighbourhood

9. Conclusions

Biography

Nathalie Tocci is a Senior Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy.