(...) In this publication, eight academically researched and analytically studied articles touching upon various angles of the EU and its Eastern Partnership are presented: the evolution and necessity of this cooperation; the EU individual approaches and challenges remaining within the EaP; diverse perceptions of the EaP among the EU member countries and its Eastern partners, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine; gender balance, energy security issues and offspring of the EaP; continuing conflicts in the South Caucasus and its repercussions on the Eastern Partnership.
The
publication “The Eastern Partnership: New Perspectives for a New
Europe” presents personal views from young professionals in Europe and
underscores the fact that civil society is keeping the track of events
concerning the EaP. It is time for young people to make changes we
believe in for our society and prosperity of our nations. It took us a
long way to spread our ideas in broader horizons and we all worked
enthusiastically in our project to have a say. Most of us have never
talked one-on-one in real life and gave a start to this process through
social networking tools – e-mails, Facebook, Skype and web-sites. All
articles written by respective authors represent their personal views
and approaches rather than YEaP’s collective account.
Above
all, we want to express our deep gratitude and profound appreciation to
the International Relations Students’ Association of the Jagiellonian
University and Rada Kół Naukowych of this University for their support
and financial assistance to this project and printing our articles in
one book. We truly hope that this publication will reinvigorate a new
page in the EaP by attracting civil society input into it. Suffice it to
say, the YEaP has the capacity to be in!
Orkhan Ali, Lyubov Artemenko and Johannes Langer
Publication Board of the YEaP
Baku, Lviv, Salzburg, 30 December 2010
(...)“Every dialogue presupposes the existence of a common language, or better shapes it,”said Hans-Georg Gadamer. With young energy, freshness and creativity we dare to shape the language of dialogue between the European Union and its Neighbours!
Anita Sęk
The YEaP Project Manager
Warsaw, 30 December 2010
PS. Besides authors of presented articles and members of the YEaP Publication Board: Orkhan Ali from Azerbaijan, Lyubov Artemenko from Ukraine, Johannes Langer from Austria,Joan Manuel Lanfranco Parifrom Spain, Lesia Parno from Ukraine, David Rinnert from Germany, Zsuzsanna Végh from Hungary and Katarzyna Wróbel from Poland, in the project there are also involved: Maria Manuela Chican from Romania, Sofia Manukian from Armenia, Ruben Mnatsakanyan from Armenia, Ulyana Shtybel from Ukraine and Cezary Szczepaniuk from Poland. I thank them whoheartadly for their fully engagement and belief in the Youth Eastern Partnership project, the more that the majority of us has not ever seen each other.
Content:
The Evolution of the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy of the European Union.15
Zsuzsanna Végh
Eastern Policy of the European Union ‘in statu nascendi’?
Positions of Germany and Poland towards the “Eastern Partnership” programme.33
Anita Sęk
The Eastern Partnership Towards Ukraine: Utopia or a Chance?.49
Katarzyna Wróbel
Georgia and the Eastern Partnership: Perceptions and Viewpoint from Tbilisi65
David Rinnert
Is the Eastern Partnership a Step Forward in EU-Azerbaijan Relations?.85
Joan Manuel Lanfranco Pari
Gender Equality: Myth or Reality in the Post-Soviet Countries?.105
Lesia Parno
The Role of the Eastern Partnership in EU’s Energy Security Policy.121
Johannes Langer
Frozen Peace Talks in the South Caucasus and Integration into the EU Projects137
Orkhan Ali
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