EAN: 9783898218504

THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN MOLDOVAS TRAN...

Since 1 January 2007  Moldova has been a direct neighbour of the European Union. Nonetheless 
Moldova and the Russia-dominated geopolitics of the Black Sea region receive still relatively
little attention in the West. This is all the more surprising as there remain a number of
consequential political divisions and unresolved conflicts in the area. One of them is the
Transnistria conflict in Moldova. This book is a contribution to the  so far  small research
and policy agenda on Moldova  and includes findings of several research trips to Moldova 
Transnistria and their neighbouring countries. At first  the study reassesses the Transnistria
conflict. Contrary to widely held assumptions  this conflict is found to be mainly based on a
clash of elites and geopolitical interests rather than on ethnic tensions. The second part of
the book analyses the interests  official position  actual impact and potential role of the EU
in Moldova's internal separatist conflict and its related external tensions with Russia. So far
the EU has had a limited involvement in the conflict resolution efforts and in the
international relations of Moldova. This book concludes that it is becoming increasingly
important and possible for the EU to get effectively involved in this region  but that the
scope of EU activities in Moldova and Transnistria depends on the country's relations with  and
on the actions in this area of  the United States and Russia. At its end  the study offers
recommendations for future EU policies directed at Moldova.

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