EU policy towards Ukraine: Ukraine in relation to the ENP and EaP; crisis response in the Eastern Partnership area + PP2 and seminar discussion.

The lecture and the subsequent seminar will be devoted to recent history and current affairs in the relations between the EU and Ukraine, in the framework of the Eastern Partnership programme. Substantial attention will be devoted also to the event in Ukraine since 2014 and the role of the EU in the crisis.

Required readings:

• Kuzio, T. (2016): “Ukraine between a Constrained EU and Assertive Russia”. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2016, pp. 1-18. (17 pages) 
  

• Wolczuk, K. (2016): Ukraine and Europe: Reshuffling the boundaries of order. In: Thesis Eleven, Vol. 136(1) 54–73, 2016. (19 pages)

Recommended:

Nodia, G. (2017): Democracy and its Deficits: The path towards becoming European-style democracies in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. CEPS Working Document, No 2017/12, December 2017. 

Topic of Position paper 2:

EU policy towards Ukraine; crisis response in the Eastern Partnership area

You should focus in your position papers on the particular problem of today Ukraine and the EU policy towards Ukraine. 

Try to evaluate the EU´s role in the Ukrainian crisis. 

Ukraine between the EU and Russia: What should be the solutions for the future? What should be the most important and valuable support from the EU side to Ukraine in current situation? Is/should be Ukraine an important partner for the EU? Is/should be the EU and important partner for Ukraine? What are the most pressing challenges in the EU – Ukraine relations now? 

In the folder PP2 you will find 2 texts (Kuzio 2016; Wolczuk 2016). You can use them as a basis for your PP, but you are encouraged also to the usage of some other relevant sources. List of sources must be included! 

Position paper must be uploaded to the particular folder  no later than 6 p.m., 22 October 2019.