Deepening Eu Georgian Relations

Author : Michael Emerson,Tamara Kovziridze
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538162507

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Deepening EU-Georgian Relations by Michael Emerson,Tamara Kovziridze Pdf

For Georgia, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern partners, the country distinguished itself since the Rose Revolution of 2003 by pushing ahead with a radical liberalisation and economic reform agenda. Georgia is unique among the countries in the region for having largely cleansed its economy of corruption in the post-Rose Revolution period, although its political system is marked by oligarchal state capture since the change of government in 2012. The purpose of this Handbook is to make the complex political, economic and legal content of the Association Agreement readily understandable. This third edition, published seven years since signature of after entry into force of the Agreement’s implementation is substantially new in content, both updating how Georgia has been implementing the Agreement, and introducing new dimensions (including the Green Deal, the Covid-19 pandemic, cyber security, and gender equality). The Handbook is also up to date in analysing Georgia’s troubled democracy. Two teams of researchers from leading independent think tanks, CEPS in Brussels and Reformatics in Tbilisi, collaborated on this project, with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This Handbook is one of a trilogy examining similar Association Agreements made by the EU with Ukraine and Moldova.

Author : Michael Emerson,Tamara Kovziridze
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786608017

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Deepening EU-Georgian Relations by Michael Emerson,Tamara Kovziridze Pdf

For Georgia, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern partners, the country has distinguished itself since the Rose Revolution of 2003 by pushing ahead with a radical liberalisation and economic reform agenda. Georgia is also unique among the countries in the region for having largely cleansed its economy and political system of corruption. The purpose of this Handbook is to make the complex political, economic and legal content of the Association Agreement readily understandable. This second edition, published two years into the Agreement’s implementation, adds new value. The Handbook now reflects Georgia’s progress in putting the Agreement into effect. Two teams of researchers from leading independent think tanks, CEPS in Brussels and Reformatics in Tbilisi, collaborated on this project, with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This Handbook is one of a trilogy examining similar Association Agreements made by the EU with Ukraine and Moldova.

Author : Anna Steiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Abkhazia (Georgia)
ISBN : 3828872360

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Enhanced Relations - Protracted Conflict(s)? by Anna Steiner Pdf

Protracted conflicts with and over de facto independent entities such as the Abkhazia and South Ossetia/Tskhinvali region in Georgia endanger the region's sustainable and peaceful development. Anna Steiner examines Georgia's breakaway regions in the context of EU policies - a highly topical, yet unresolved matter. Relations between Georgia and the EU have significantly deepened within the last ten years (Association Agreement, DCFTA, Visa Liberalisation). The present book closes a scientific gap by reviewing the NREP in the light of these developments. Using a profound literature basis and expert interviews, the authorsheds light on EU-Russian relations, the politico-normative framework of EU-Georgian relations, neighbourhood relations and applicable governance concepts. Realistic proposals for a future EU approach make this book a guideline for diplomatic engagement.

Author : Michael Emerson,Denis Cenusa
Publisher : Centre for European Policy Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part
ISBN : 1786610353

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Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations by Michael Emerson,Denis Cenusa Pdf

This handbook explains in readily comprehensible language what the new Association Agreement between the European Union and Moldova means in legal, political and economic terms.

Author : W. Th. Douma,C. Eckes,P. Van Elsuwege,E. Kassoti,A. Ott,R. A. Wessel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462654235

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The Evolving Nature of EU External Relations Law by W. Th. Douma,C. Eckes,P. Van Elsuwege,E. Kassoti,A. Ott,R. A. Wessel Pdf

This book originates from the proceedings of the 10th anniversary conference of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) in which renowned experts in the field took stock of recent evolutions in the law and practice of the EU’s external relations. In particular, the book addresses the question of how the evolving legal and political framework affects the nature of EU external relations law. The contributions discuss the actions (and reactions) of the EU through external action instruments in a number of substantive areas such as migration, trade, neighbouring policies, security and defence. By shedding light on the most significant developments of the past decade this edited volume attests to the ever-evolving nature of the field of EU External Relations Law. Thus, this book is essential reading for academics, practitioners and policy makers at the EU level interested in the field of EU External Relations Law. Dr. W.Th. Douma is an Independent legal expert at the European Environmental Law Consultancy and EU Legal – Centre for European and International Law, both based in The Netherlands, voluntary researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, and Senior Legal Adviser at the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. Prof. Dr. C. Eckes is Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, The Netherlands. Prof. Dr. P. Van Elsuwege is Professor of European Union Law at Ghent University and co-director of the Ghent European Law Institute, Belgium. Dr. E. Kassoti is Senior researcher in EU and International Law at the Asser Institute and academic co-ordinator of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER), The Netherlands. Prof. Dr. A. Ott is Professor of EU External Relations Law and Jean Monnet professor in EU Law at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Prof. Dr. R.A. Wessel is Professor of European Law and Head of the European and Economic Law Department at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Author : Michael Emerson,Denis Cenusa,Tamara Kovziridze,Veronika Movchan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786607911

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The Struggle for Good Governance in Eastern Europe by Michael Emerson,Denis Cenusa,Tamara Kovziridze,Veronika Movchan Pdf

At a time when many regions of the world, including Europe, see a resurgence of authoritarianism, three countries of Eastern Europe – Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova – are struggling to counter this trend with the aim of developing European-style democracies in the framework of their Association Agreements with the European Union. This book offers an in-depth analysis of this challenge, with expert contributions on the workings of these countries’ democratic and judicial institutions, their anti-corruption policies and the hazards they must overcome, including the strong presence of oligarchs. Other themes include how these countries are adapting to their precarious geo-political positioning between the EU and Russia and how the quality of their political and economic governance compares with the Balkan states. The book complements three landmark Handbooks (now in their 2nd edition and also published by Rowman & Littlefield International) explaining the progress achieved in implementing the comprehensive Association Agreements that each of these countries has entered into with the EU. The struggle to advance good democratic governance in these close neighbours of the EU represents a test case of the highest strategic significance for both the EU and the three states themselves. For the most part, the jury is still out over its outcome.

Author : Steven Blockmans,Panos Koutrakos
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785364082

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Research Handbook on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy by Steven Blockmans,Panos Koutrakos Pdf

In times of rapid change and unpredictability the European Union’s role in the world is sorely tested. How successfully the EU meets challenges such as war, terrorism and climate change, and how effectively the Union taps into opportunities like mobility and technological progress depends to a great extent on the ability of the EU’s institutions and member states to adopt and implement a comprehensive and integrated approach to external action. This Research Handbook examines the law, policy and practice of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, including the Common Security and Defence, and gauges its interactions with the other external policies of the Union (including trade, development, energy), as well as the evolving political and economic challenges that face the European Union.

Author : Steven Blockmans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786606457

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The Obsolescence of the European Neighbourhood Policy by Steven Blockmans Pdf

The idealism that engendered the European ​​Neighbourhood Policy in 2004, later codified in the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, has since been reviewed to adapt to the turbulence that has befallen the EU and its neighbourhood. The ENP is now little more than an elegantly crafted fig leaf that purports to take a soft power approach to the EU’s outer periphery, argues the author, but in effect it inclines more towards Realpolitik. By prioritising security interests over liberal values in increasingly transactional partnerships, the EU is atomising relations with its neighbouring countries. And without the political will and a strategic vision to guide relations with the neighbours of the EU’s neighbours, the ENP remains in suspended animation.

Author : OECD,European Union,European Training Foundation,European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264330108

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SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2020 Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe by OECD,European Union,European Training Foundation,European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Pdf

This report marks the third edition in this series, following assessments in 2012 and 2016. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of play in the implementation of the ten SBA principles, and monitors progress made since 2016. It also identifies remaining challenges affecting SMEs in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and provides recommendations to address them based on EU and international good practice examples.

Author : Luchino Ferraris
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789086868971

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The pursuit of sustainable agriculture in EU free trade agreements by Luchino Ferraris Pdf

This book explores the extent to which EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) pursue sustainable agriculture in third country parties. It contends that this should be part of a duty for the EU enshrined in the Treaties to promote its fundamental values in its external action. It suggests that the extent to which this occurs in practice, may be reviewed judicially by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Against this background, selected agreements concluded by the EU with developed and developing countries (Canada, South Korea, Ukraine, Chile, SADC countries and Vietnam) are taken as case studies. The author concludes that, in spite of the remarkable progress made hitherto, EU trade policy is still far from being in line with the increasingly strong commitment of the EU to take the lead in the international arena for environmental and climate matters. This work adopts primarily a legal methodology, but it broaches the subject in interdisciplinary terms. It is addressed not only to (EU) policy-makers, but also to scholars of different fields and to the wider public interested in topics that have become of common concern for the future of our planet. With a foreword by Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director General of the European Commission - DG Environment

Author : Andriy Tyushka,Tobias Schumacher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000483659

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The European Union and Its Eastern Neighbourhood by Andriy Tyushka,Tobias Schumacher Pdf

This edited volume brings together some of the most important scholarly perspectives – in the form of both journal article reprints and original contributions – on the structure and dynamics of the EU’s multi-layered relations with its Eastern neighbours within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) framework and beyond. In May 2019, the EU’s EaP – an ambitious and sophisticated policy framework, conjoining elements of cooperation and integration, with the EU’s six eastern neighbours, i.e. Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan – turned ten years. This anniversary, in conjunction with repeatedly voiced critique by scholars and policy-makers alike regarding the framework’s effectiveness and utility, led the EU to submit the EaP to a fundamental auditing and revision. Structured around both enduring and emerging issues in the broader EU-Eastern neighbourhood framework, this book provides a retrospective analysis of key structural and relational challenges, unfolding regional dynamics, distinctive forms of bilateral/multilateral engagement, whilst also offering a critical perspective on the contested future relations between the EU and its Eastern neighbours. Looking backwards and providing a critical and thorough assessment of the first ten years of the EaP in practice, this book thinks forward and gauges its many potential future avenues. This comes at a crucial moment, as the EU and its six Eastern neighbours are in search of new and mutually acceptable forms of association.

Author : Irakli Samkharadze,Irakli Pkhakadze,Zurab Gomiashvili
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403535074

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Energy Law in Georgia by Irakli Samkharadze,Irakli Pkhakadze,Zurab Gomiashvili Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a systematic approach to legislation and legal practice concerning energy resources and production in Georgia. The book describes the administrative organization, regulatory framework, and relevant case law pertaining to the development, application, and use of such forms of energy as electricity, gas, petroleum, and coal, with attention as needed to the pervasive legal effects of competition law, environmental law, and tax law. A general introduction covers the geography of energy resources, sources and basic principles of energy law, and the relevant governmental institutions. Then follows a detailed description of specific legislation and regulation affecting such factors as documentation, undertakings, facilities, storage, pricing, procurement and sales, transportation, transmission, distribution, and supply of each form of energy. Case law, intergovernmental cooperation agreements, and interactions with environmental, tax, and competition law are explained. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for energy sector policymakers and energy firm counsel handling cases affecting Georgia. It will also be welcomed by researchers and academics for its contribution to the study of a complex field that today stands at the foreground of comparative law.

Author : Andrew Dorman,Joyce P. Kaufman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804777452

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The Future of Transatlantic Relations by Andrew Dorman,Joyce P. Kaufman Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially following the US decision to invade Iraq, the once strong partnership between the US, Canada, and the European allies has faced the serious possibility of significant change, or even dissolution. At the very least, fundamental differences have emerged in the ways that many of the partners, perceive the issues that are most important to them—from perceptions of the threat of terrorism and attitudes to the use of force, to expectation about the future nature of the NATO Alliance—and in the ways in which those perceptions have become translated into policy decisions. In this book, experts from both sides of the Atlantic seek to explain why there has been so much divergence in the approach the various countries have taken. And it seeks to raise questions about what those divergent paths might mean for the future of transatlantic relations.

Author : Korneli Kakačʻia,Michael Cecire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Georgia (Republic)
ISBN : 9941062633

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Georgian Foreign Policy by Korneli Kakačʻia,Michael Cecire Pdf

Author : Cory Welt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1701586517

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Georgia by Cory Welt Pdf

Georgia is one of the United States' closest partners among the states that gained their independence after the USSR collapsed in 1991. With a history of strong economic aid and security cooperation, the United States has deepened its strategic partnership with Georgia since Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia and 2014 invasion of Ukraine. U.S. policy expressly supports Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, and Georgia is a leading recipient of U.S. aid to Europe and Eurasia. Many observers consider Georgia to be one of the most democratic states in the post-Soviet region, even as the country faces ongoing governance challenges. The center-left Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party (GD) holds a dominant political position, with about 70% of seats in parliament. Although Georgia faces high rates of poverty and underemployment, its economy has performed better since 2017 than it did in the previous four years.