The European Union’s Conflict Resolution Capacity in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova: Undermining the Eastern Partnership?

• Authors: Mher Hakobyan

Abstracts

EN

The current article presents an overview of the European Union's conflict settlement mechanisms in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova and discusses their impact on these countries' Europeanisation in the framework of the Eastern Partnership. A comparative analysis suggests that the EU's conflict resolution capacity is largely dependent on the significance attached to conflict by the partner countries and the applicability of the EU's soft power mechanisms.

Keywords

EN

European Union; conflict resolution; soft power; national security; Europeanisation

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1 (25)
• Pages: 65-74

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Mher Hakobyan

• Yerevan State University

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