CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Mireanu, Manuel |
|---|---|
| Title | The European Union Foreign Policy in the Black Sea Region: Border Discourses, Security and Legitimacy |
| Summary | This paper will present and analyse the discourses of the European Union foreign policy in the Black Sea Region. It will look at the European Neighbourhood Policy, at the four Common Spaces with Russia and at the membership negotiations with Turkey; also, it will look at the border mission in Ukraine, the rule of law mission in Georgia and at the Black Synergy. It will argue that the Black Sea Region is constructed as a bordering region of the EU. As such, it lies at the crossroads of several discourses. These discourses make this border region a distinct one. Subsequently, the paper will analyse the way this distinctiveness is translated into practices of security and border control. These practices will be presented and analysed. The paper will conclude by assessing the legitimacy of these practices, and it will claim that they contribute to the legitimacy deficit of the EU. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/mireanu_manuel.pdf |
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