Exporting values: conditionality, democracy and the European neighbourhood

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  • Pearce, Emily
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science
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  • In recent years the European Union has begun to emerge as an important regional and global 'soft' power. The corner stone of its new role is the promotion of democracy and European values. In the past decade the borders of the EU have become increasingly unstable. In an attempt promote a stable and prosperous region the EU has developed the European Neighourhood Policy (ENP). However, an examination of the strategies and concepts present in this policy bring up questions surrounding its validity as a democracy promotion tool. In this thesis I will argue that the ENP will be insufficient as a democracy promotion tool because it fails to provide the necessary conditionality or reciprocity. I will argue that this lack of conditionality is a result of differing preferences among member states as well as EU economic and strategic protectionism. Finally, I will argue that without proper conditionality the ENP cannot succeed given the current political conditions in the ENP states.
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