A POLICY SHIFT IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD: UKRAINE’S DYNAMICS VERSUS EUROPE

Yıl 2016, , 253 - 269, 31.07.2016

Barış Gürsoy Sezgin Mercan

https://doi.org/10.18354/esam.26921

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The European Union has regarded a stabilising neighbourhood for the regional and international security. It pursues to build a secure neighbourhood via international cooperations. Ukraine is a significant state for the European Union to build a secure neighbourhood by means of the European Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership. But Ukraine's 2014 civil conflicts revealed that this state has different internal dynamics to reverse European oriented policies. This article demonstrates that the European Neighbourhood Policy and its power, has been limited and reduced to regional and local axis, although the European Union has stabilising foreign policy instruments for its neighbours.

AVRUPA’NIN KOMŞULARINDA POLİTİKA DEĞİŞİMİ: AVRUPA’YA KARŞI UKRAYNA’NIN DİNAMİKLERİ

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Avrupa Birliği bölgesel ve uluslararası güvenlik için istikrar sağlayan bir komşuluk ilişkisini önemsemektedir. Uluslararası işbirlikleri aracılığıyla güvenli bir komşuluk inşa etme peşindedir. Ukrayna Avrupa Birliği için, Avrupa Komşuluk Politikası ve Doğu Ortaklığı aracılığıyla güvenli bir komşuluğun inşasında önemli bir devlettir. Fakat Ukrayna’nın 2014’deki iç çatışmaları, bu devletin Avrupa yönlü politikaları tersine çeviren farklı iç dinamikleri olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu makale, Avrupa Birliği, komşularında istikrar sağlayan dış politika araçlarına sahip olmasına rağmen, Avrupa Komşuluk Politikası’nın ve nüfuzunun bölgesel ve yerel eksenlerle sınırlı olup onlara indirgendiğini göstermektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

Avrupa Komşuluk Politikası, Ukrayna, Kurumsalcılık, Biçimsel Demokratikleşme, Kimlik

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