Patrząc na Wschód: Unia Europejska wobec niestabilnego wschodniego sąsiedztwa
Looking out to the East: European Union vs. unstable eastern neighborhood

Summary/Abstract: The present paper constitutes a brief analysis of the EU’s policy towards its eastern neigh-bors. The paper outlines the condition of the EU (crises the Union is struggling with). Next, the situation of countries in the eastern neighborhood was presented in light of the Eastern Partner-ship policy. Particular emphasis was placed upon the Ukrainian crisis. The crisis, a de facto, armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, has resulted not only in a geopolitical change in Eastern Europe, but also exerted impact upon conditions the EU’s eastern policy is realized in. In other words, Russia’s aggression on Ukraine placed the EU in a precarious position forcing the Union to change its policy towards Russia.The Eastern Partnership project constitutes a long-term policy, and ought to be perceived as such. The fact that within the EU itself there exist forces which are against, neutral, and support-ing of the EU’s eastern policy, including the Eastern Partnership, is noteworthy.

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