The European Neighbourhood Policy and Conflict Management: A Comparison of Moldova and the Caucasus
The European Neighbourhood Policy and Conflict Management: A Comparison of Moldova and the Caucasus
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欧洲睦邻政策与冲突管理：摩尔多瓦与高加索地区的比较
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10.1080/17449050903086971
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发表时间：
2009
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0.8
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Gwendolyn Sasse
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作者：
Gwendolyn Sasse
冲突管理是欧盟最近才开始发展的一个领域，特别是通过参与西巴尔干地区。欧洲睦邻政策的发展为管理或解决前苏联境内悬而未决的冲突增添了动力。这是一项具有潜在风险的任务。ENP不是为解决这些冲突而设计的；它在政治、体制和财政上仍然没有足够的装备来解决这些冲突，而且它面临着明显的外部制约，比如俄罗斯在该地区的角色。通过ENP，欧盟在冲突管理方面承担了更大的能见度。由于引发了当地和国际社会的期望，欧盟有可能卷入自己无力解决的冲突，并暴露其作为外交政策参与者的弱点。摩尔多瓦和格鲁吉亚的比较说明了国家警察在冲突管理领域的范围和局限性。就摩尔多瓦而言，国内支持与欧盟建立更密切的关系，并愿意讨论德涅斯特河沿岸的地位，这使得国家警察和其他欧盟文书能够影响冲突管理进程。相比之下，格鲁吉亚的情况说明了工具化的空间和宽松政策框架造成的意想不到的后果。
Conflict management is an area in which the EU has only recently begun to develop a profile, in particular through its involvement in the Western Balkans. The development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has added a momentum to the management or resolution of the unresolved conflicts in the Former Soviet Union. This is a potentially risky undertaking. The ENP was not designed to address these conflicts; it remains politically, institutionally and financially under-equipped to do so, and it faces obvious external constraints, such as the role of Russia in the region. Through the ENP, the EU has assumed greater visibility in conflict management. By giving rise to local and international expectations, the EU runs the risk of becoming entangled in conflicts that it lacks the capacity to address, and of exposing its weaknesses as a foreign policy actor. The comparison of Moldova and Georgia spells out the scope and limitations of the ENP in the area of conflict management. In the case of Moldova, domestic support for closer relations with the EU and a willingness to discuss the status of Transnistria have allowed the ENP and other EU instruments to shape the process of conflict management. By contrast, the case of Georgia illustrates the scope for instrumentalization and unintended consequences resulting from a loose policy framework.