The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the Challenges of Inter-Regionalism
The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the Challenges of Inter-Regionalism
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欧盟-乌克兰联合协定和区域间主义的挑战
DOI：
10.1163/15730352-00000019
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发表时间：
2014
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0.2
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Dragneva R
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作者：
Dragneva R
很少有协议像《欧盟-乌克兰结盟协议》那样成为如此戏剧性的国内和国际事件的焦点。本文在乌克兰与欧盟关系和后苏联地区一体化项目的背景下讨论了该协议的演变。我们认为，与欧盟就深度一体化达成一项具有约束力的全面协议一直是乌克兰的长期优先事项。这与它对后苏联一体化倡议采取的谨慎和有选择性的做法形成了鲜明对比，它最看重的是不受豁免的自由贸易。实现和维持这一目标的愿望使乌克兰容易受到俄罗斯的区域一体化计划的影响，这些计划越来越多地要求乌克兰通过联盟协定否决乌克兰与欧盟的接触。文章讨论了俄罗斯对该协议的主要反对意见，认为这些反对意见是由地区野心和维护其一体化机制高于欧盟的必要性驱动的。虽然一体化制度的重叠在现代世界并不是一个独特的现象，但显然，联盟协议已经显示了欧盟和俄罗斯的区域经济一体化政策在其共同邻国方面的局限性。然而，由于俄罗斯的反对而推迟《协定》的执行，并没有解决这些限制背后的核心根本问题，而且本身也造成了重大问题。尽管围绕《协定》的危机提出了有效的区域间主义的必要性，但寻找可持续的解决办法仍然是一项相当大的挑战。
Few agreements have become the focus of such dramatic domestic and international events as the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. This article discusses the evolution of the Agreement against the background of Ukraine’s relations with the EU and post-Soviet regional integration projects. We argue that negotiating a binding and comprehensive agreement on deep integration with the EU has been a long-term priority for Ukraine. This is in contrast with its cautious and selective approach to post-Soviet integration initiatives, prizing above all free trade without exemptions. The desire to achieve and maintain this objective has made Ukraine vulnerable to Russia’s regional integration plans which increasingly have entailed a veto on Ukraine’s engagement with the EU through the Association Agreement. The article discusses Russia’s key objections to the Agreement, arguing that they are driven by regional ambition and the need to assert the precedence of its integration regime over the EU. While the overlap of integration regimes is not a unique phenomenon in the modern world, clearly the Association Agreement has shown the limits of EU’s and Russia’s regional economic integration policies with regard to their shared neighborhood. Postponing the implementation of the Agreement as a result of Russia’s objections, however, does not address the core underlying issues behind these limits and creates significant problems of its own. While the crisis over the Agreement has brought up the need for effective inter-regionalism, finding sustainable solutions remains a considerable challenge.