Abstract EN:

European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) was developed in order to assure a zone of stability and prosperity on the borders of the European Union (EU). It is aimed at strengthening political, economic, cultural, and security cooperation between the EU and its neighbors. The doctorate thesis examines the eastern dimension of the ENP which includes Eastern States like Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova as well as South Caucasus States – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. These countries play an important role in the EU international strategy. The elaboration and the evolution of the ENP result from a geopolitical shift on the European continent and in the world. The ENP deals with various challenges of EU enlargement and adopts specific approach toward each of the partner countries taking into consideration local realities. In order to succeed in the implementation of this policy, the EU needs to progress in a number of sensible areas, such as energy dialogue, migration rules or security, as well as to build constructive relations with less motivated neighbors (like Belarus or Azerbaijan), and Russia that formally does not constitute a part of the ENP but still has a great influence on its perspectives. The PhD thesis analyses the current state of the Neighborhood Policy as well as its perspectives in the context of political and strategic processes on the European continent. The research deals with a number of issues, like the definition of political and historic premises of the Neighborhood Policy; analysis of globalization and European integration impact on the pace of development of the ENP; evaluation of perspectives for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the common neighborhood.