The EU in the Black Sea: Absent, but highly desired
Jun 10, 2021The Memorandum of Understanding signed recently by Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine on enhanced cooperation toward European Union (EU) membership highlights both progress and overall shortcomings of the EU’s Eastern policy. Despite the Union enlarging to the East in 2004 and 2007 – and the fact that Russian aggression has long been felt on EU territory – the bloc’s Eastern policy still does not reflect realities on the ground. However, the recent buildup of Russian military in Ukraine, as well as the deployment of Russian ‘peacekeepers’ in Nagorno-Karabakh, has created momentum for an urgently needed rethink of the Union’s Eastern neighborhood policy.
Tamara Kalandiya
Chief Financial and Operating Officer, MEI; Director, Frontier Europe InitiativeFull Biography
Frontier Europe Initiative Experts
General (Ret.) Philip Breedlove
Distinguished Chair, Frontier Europe Initiative
Michael Cecire
Non-resident scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Natia Chankvetadze
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Mark Galeotti
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Robert E. Hamilton
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Iulia-Sabina Joja
Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative
Ana Khizanishvili
Senior Fellow and Director of Policy and Research, Frontier Europe Initiative
Richard Kraemer
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Ketevan Murusidze
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Gönül Tol
Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative
Dr. Mamuka Tsereteli
Non-resident Scholar, Frontier Europe Initiative
Alex Vatanka
Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe InitiativeFrontier Europe Initiative Fellows
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