European Union missions in the Eastern Partnership region
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2023.10.246-255Ключови думи :
EU, Eastern Partnership, missions, securityАбстракт
The European Union has long aspired for a leading role in peacekeeping operations, conflict prevention and the strengthening of international security. It actively engages in crisis management and peace building efforts to pursue security and stability, while promoting multilateralism and the respect of democratic values. To this end, the CSDP provides the Union with the operational capacity to deploy both civilian missions and military operations.
Since 2003, the EU has conducted more than 30 CSDP missions. The on-going ones in and regarding the region of the Eastern Partnership include those in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine; the mission in Ukraine set up in October 2022; the mission in Armenia announced in January 2023, and the mission in Moldova established in April 2023. Meanwhile, in December 2022, the EU Council reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen civilian CSDP through a new Civilian Compact to be adopted by mid-2023.
Taking into account the most recent developments in the field, the aim of the article is to analyse the peculiarities, the legal and political aspects of EU missions in countries of the Eastern Partnership, as well as their contribution to regional/international security.
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