Oxford debate: “What future for the Eastern dimension of the ENP?”

Group 1 (Tessa Nynke Speelman, Simon Stickelmann, Anika Uthleb and Froukje Zuidema) prepares, develops and explains 5 arguments supporting the following position: The conception of the Eastern partnership, with its priorities, goals, instruments and mechanisms is basically successful and should be preserved. Support your position with particular examples of the successes of the EaP and with recommendations, what to preserve in the EaP for the future.

Group 2 (Dominic Berkeley, Jennifer Frances Birch, Benedetta Fasciani and Rianne Keeler) prepares, develops and explains arguments supporting following position: The conception of the Eastern partnership, with its priorities instruments and mechanisms is basically unsuccessful in achieving its goals. Support your position with particular examples of the failures of the EaP and with recommendations, what to change for the future (also in the context of the events in the Eastern Europe).

Group 3 (Michiel Bastiaan C. Nanninga, Kristina Olausson and Ina Schmidt) serves as jury – summarizes both positions and decides whose arguments were better. 

Groups may also use PPT presentation for presenting their arguments.

Written version of the group positions (in doc. format, min. 5000 characters long) should be submitted to the Information system (Submitted student work).

Deadline: March 26 (written positions of the opposing groups) and March 29 (written position of the jury)

For other details concerning the group debates, please, see the Syllabus of the course. For materials see the following Assigned Reading:

Assigned Readings = Materials for Group debate 3:

• Kasčiunas, L.; Ivanauskas, V.; Keršanskas, V.; Kojala, L. (2014): Eastern partnership in a changed security environment: New incentives for reform. Vilnius: Eastern Europe Studies Centre, November 2014, pp. 15 - 24; 26 - 29. On-line: (http://www.eesc.lt/uploads/news/id804/EaP%20In%20A%20Changed%20Security%20Environment%20ENG.pdf) (Total 14 pages)
• Lehne, S. (2014): Time to Reset the European Neighborhood Policy. Carnegie Europe, February 4, 2014. Dostupné z: (http://carnegieeurope.eu/2014/02/04/time-to-reset-european-neighborhood-policy#) (Total 8 pages)
• Lithuanian Presidency (2013): Joint Declaration of the Eastern Partnership Summit, Vilnius, 28-29 November 2013. Eastern Partnership: the way ahead. On-line: (http://static.eu2013.lt/uploads/documents/Programos_12/131129%20Vilnius%20Summit%20Declaration.pdf) (Total 14 pages)
• Moshes, A (2013): The EU´s defeat in Vilnius. Cant he Eastern Partnership be salvaged? FIIA Comment 20/2013. The Finnish Institute of the International Affairs, December 2013. (Total 2 pages)

Recommended:

• European Commission (2014): Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2013. Regional report : Eastern Partnership, Brussels, 27.3.2014. On-line: (http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/pdf/2014/regional/eastern_partnership_report.pdf)
• European Commission (2015): Neighbourhood - Enlargement. On-line: (http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/neighbourhood/eastern-partnership/index_en.htm)
• European Union. External Action (2015): Eastern Partnership. On-line: (http://eeas.europa.eu/eastern/index_en.htm)
• European Union. External Action (2015):European Neighbourhood Policy in 2014. On-line: (http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/250315_enp-progress-reports_en.htm)