The ENP occupies a particular place within the EU's external action. In contrast to other EU external policies such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the Common Commercial Policy (CCP), development co-operation or humanitarian aid, it is not subject to explicit competence...

The first part of the article is devoted to a study of the scope and content of the ENP and the EaP and their impact on security in the region. The second part of the paper analyses the impact of the EU neighbourhood policies on the ‘post-Crimea' and ‘post-Donbass' EU neighbourhood

The aim of this article is to discuss the position of common values in defining the EU's identity by using the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as an example. It is argued that the notion ‘common values’ is used by the EU institutions as both a universal and as an EU concept, which...