Region-building as trust-building
The EU’s faltering involvement in the Black Sea region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21157168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabrizio Tassinari (0000-0002-1134-6782, a Danish Institute for International Studies , Strandgade 56, 1401 , Copenhagen , Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-239 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14683857.2011.589153 |
| OpenAlex | W2005306252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The half decade since the ‘Colour Revolutions’ and the historic expansion of the European Union towards the former Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe has proven that EU policy in the Black Sea area is in a bind. It is incapable of making significant leaps forward, i.e. by encouraging closer integration in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Moreover, it is not capable of seeing the consequences of the scarce appetite for reforms. This article proposes an assessment of EU policy in the Black Sea region through the lens of trust. The interpretation is informed by a constructivist epistemology of power in international relations, which takes the notion of ‘region building’ as key inspiration behind key EU policy of the past five years. The article concludes by arguing that, despite the continuing gloom hovering above the EU and its international role, region-building has proven a remarkable trust-building measure, but that any further development in EU policy has to come from closer political engagement both in the region and in Europe
Economics · Economy · European union · Gloom · International trade · LEAPS · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Politics and Security · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |