The European Union's Ukraine Strategy and Efficiency Within the Framework of European Neighborhood Policy: The Case of the Euromaidan and Crimean Crises

Abstract

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the European Union (EU) expanded, and its borders, and therefore its neighbors, changed. Hence, the EU needed a new policy to ensure its borders' security and improve relations with its neighbors. The idea of establishing a European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) thus emerged. One of the closest neighbors of the EU, Ukraine has always been in a priority position in the ENP, as it is a very important state for establishing a safe neighborhood. In this context, this article examines the EU's Ukraine strategy within the framework of ENP as a foreign policy instrument and its impact on Ukraine and EU–Ukraine relations by evaluating ENP's success based on the Euromaidan and Crimean crises.

Citation

Altın, O. (2023), "The European Union's Ukraine Strategy and Efficiency Within the Framework of European Neighborhood Policy: The Case of the Euromaidan and Crimean Crises", Günar, A. and Saygın, D. (Ed.) The European Union in the Twenty-First Century, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-537-320231015