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The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union

The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2014 Vol. 16, No. 3, 279–285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.928533 Editors’ Introduction The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union Sinem Akgul Acikmese and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Introduction The idea for this special issue derived from the acknowledgement of a scantiness of academic references on the European Union’s (EU) policies towards the Black Sea, when compared to the significance of this region for the Union as reflected in the voluminous EU official documents. The Black Sea region has been of crucial importance for the EU because of the opportunities and challenges that the region encompasses for EU politics and the Union’s socio-economic features. Since the 2004– 2007 enlargements brought the EU to the shores of the Black Sea, mostly to the remaining former Soviet space, the EU has actively engaged in developing its vision towards the region through a number of tools, such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the Black Sea Synergy (BSS), the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and a few other foreign policy instruments. On the one hand, the EU is not seen as a consistent actor with clear and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies Taylor & Francis

The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union

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The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union

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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2014 Vol. 16, No. 3, 279–285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.928533 Editors’ Introduction The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union Sinem Akgul Acikmese and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Introduction The idea for this special issue derived from the acknowledgement of a scantiness of academic references on the European Union’s (EU) policies towards the Black Sea, when compared to...
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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2014 Vol. 16, No. 3, 279–285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.928533 Editors’ Introduction The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union Sinem Akgul Acikmese and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou Introduction The idea for this special issue derived from the acknowledgement of a scantiness of academic references on the European Union’s (EU) policies towards the Black Sea, when compared to the significance of this region for the Union as reflected in the voluminous EU official documents. The Black Sea region has been of crucial importance for the EU because of the opportunities and challenges that the region encompasses for EU politics and the Union’s socio-economic features. Since the 2004– 2007 enlargements brought the EU to the shores of the Black Sea, mostly to the remaining former Soviet space, the EU has actively engaged in developing its vision towards the region through a number of tools, such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the Black Sea Synergy (BSS), the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and a few other foreign policy instruments. On the one hand, the EU is not seen as a consistent actor with clear and

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