Much ado about nothing? The European Neighbourhood Policy since 2003
University of Nottingham, 25-26 October 2007
The European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has been in existence since 2003 seeking to offer a deeper political and economic relationship to the EU's neighbours - but without an accession perspective. After more than four years, it is time for a stock-taking exercise and assess to which extent the ENP has achieved its objectives, what the strengths and weaknesses in its implementation are, and whether it has a future as an EU policy area distinct from, but closely related to CFSP, ESDP
and enlargement.
The study of the ENP thus intersects conceptually with a number of existing disciplines and sub-disciplines, including International Relations (especially the study of international organisations) and Foreign Policy Analysis (especially European/EU FPA), as well as, of course, the study of the EU itself and its internal policy processes. ENP must also be considered in the light of ongoing broader theoretical debates about realist, liberal and constructivist approaches to the study of international relations and their value in describing, explaining, and predicting policy formulation, implementation, and outcomes. Moreover, because of the range of concrete challenges that the ENP is meant to address, the study of the ENP must also be contextualised in particular sub-fields of academic inquiry, such as
conflict resolution and democratisation/ democracy promotion. Against this background, the organisers of this workshop invite paper proposals in three broad areas:
(1) What are the appropriate methods and theories for the study of the ENP?
(2) How does the ENP fit into the broader framework of the EU's external relations and foreign and security policies?
(3) What are the achievements of the ENP to date, and how can we explain successes and failures in individual cases and of the policy more generally?
Papers can be theoretical/ conceptual in nature, and/or focus on one or more case studies. It is envisaged that selected papers will be published in an edited volume and/or special issue of a relevant journal.
Proposals (to include a paper title and a 250 abstract of the proposed paper) should be submitted via email as MS Word attachment to Richard Whitman (r.g.whitman@ bath.ac.uk) and Stefan Wolff (stefan.wolff@ nottingham. ac.uk).
The workshop will take place 25-26 October at the University of Nottingham. The organisers have secured funding from the British Academy and UACES to contribute to participating scholars' travel and local costs. Special funds are available for graduate students, including those not wishing to give a paper.
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