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EU's relations with Moldova: governance, partnership or ignorance / Bosse, Giselle

Bosse, Giselle	Journal Article
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2010.

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This article examines recent EU-Moldova relations under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in order to assess the EU's policies and their (limited) effectiveness over the past decade. I draw on the 'external governance approach' and develop the 'partnership as cooperation perspective' to examine which approach prevails in the theory and in the political practice of EU-Moldova relations. Whereas the external governance approach focuses on the expansion of EU rules to assess the effectiveness of the EU's external relations, the partnership perspective draws attention to effective cooperation based on mutual concessions in areas of converging preferences.

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European Union ; Moldova ; Governance ; ENP ; EU - Relations - Moldova ; Moldova - Relations - EU ;
Europen Neighbourhood Policy

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Moldova's European choice: between two stools / Korosteleva, Elena

Korosteleva, Elena	Journal Article
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2010.

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The article examines EU-Moldovan relations from the perspective of the external governance framework. It reveals some considerable progress in the procedural engagement of both parties. However, the internal instability experienced by Moldova in 2009 is seen to have disrupted these relations, stalling further negotiations and even questioning Moldova's true commitment to Europe. To understand this ostensibly sudden change in Moldova's allegiance to Europe, it is argued that analysis needs to go beyond conventional governance framework(s). Premised on the notion of 'constitutive boundaries' a 'partnership' perspective offers a more nuanced understanding of the boundaries of 'the other', thus revealing the salience of geopolitics and culture in Moldova's relations with the outside world.

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Moldova ; Governance ; Europ0e ; EU - Relations - Moldova

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