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already in 1991 and conducted in the framework of the North Atlantic
Cooperation Council (NACC), and then, since 1997, the Euro-Atlantic
Partnership Council (EAPC).
[29]Jeffrey Simon, PfP: Charting a course for a new era.
[30] Together with Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey — NATO’s three
Black Sea allies with a rich experience in SEDM and SEEBRIG — the U.S.
presence could be beneficial in fostering wider Black Sea stability and
cooperation under a revived PfP program.
[31] NATO Press Release, 31 March 2004.
[32] Chairman’s statement of the meeting of the Euro-Atlantic
Partnership Council at Summit level Istanbul, Turkey.
[33] It is time to build further upon SEDM’s successes to deal with
the new risk environment and broadened it to include civil emergency
planning and interior and intelligence ministers, creating an annual
Southeast European Defense, Interior, and Intelligence Ministerial
(SEDIIM). Jeffrey Simon, PfP: Charting a course for a new era.
[34] Nicolae Ecobescu, Nicolae Micu, Black Sea Multilateralism
Cooperation: New Stages, Wider Opportunities, Romanian Journal of
International Affairs, Vol. IX, 2-3, 2003, p.254.
[35] Adrian Năstase, Romania and the Southern Dimension of the
Alliance, Monitorul Oficial, 2002, p.181.
[36] For a revival to succeed, the program will need to be tailored to
the needs of NATO’s remaining 20 partners and two PfP aspirants who fall
into the following eight distinct groups with very diverse needs, interests,
and capacities:
• Five “advanced” partners — Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Austria,
and Switzerland — with no interest yet in joining the Alliance.
• The three Membership Action Plan (MAP) partners — Albania,
Macedonia, and Croatia — who do aspire to membership and for whom
NATO must keep its Open Door credible.
• Ukraine, who claims to be an aspirant with an Action Plan, and
aspires to join the MAP.
• Russia, who does not aspire to membership but maintains a special
relationship in the NATO Russia Council.
• Two relatively inactive partners — Moldova and Belarus.
• Three Caucasus partners — Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia,
• Five Central Asia partners — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; and
• Two Balkan PfP aspirants — Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-
Montenegro.
EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURING POLICY IS A NEW DIVIDING LINE
OR A FUTURE EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP?
Dr. Paul DUŢĂ *
Studiul prezintă, într-o viziune unitară, sintagmele de „Europă
extinsă” şi „Politica de vecinătate europeană” după lărgirea Uniunii
Europene din 4 mai 2004; de reţinut că, deşi România şi Bulgaria vor
deveni membre ale Uniunii Europene în 2007, cele două state sunt tratate
ca şi făcând parte din această structură europeană, ceea ce justifică
prezentul demers.
România va deveni un vector important al politicii de vecinătate
europeană, dată fiind suprapunerea graniţei Uniunii Europene cu graniţa
nord-estică a României.
Atât conceptul de „Europă extinsă” cât şi „Politica de vecinătate
europeană” propun un parteneriat care să suplinească absenţa
perspectivei de a deveni state membre ale Uniunii Europene dar şi pentru
evitarea unei noi linii de împărţire a continentului european.
„Politica de vecinătatea europeană” se adresează atât spaţiului
mediteranean (care nu face obiectul prezentului studiu) cât şi estului
continentului. Statele vecine de la est se structurează în cadrul acestor
politici în trei categorii – Federaţia Rusă, noile state occidentale
independente (Ucraina, Moldova şi Belarus), şi statele din Caucazul de sud
(Armenia, Azerbaidjan şi Georgia).
On 1 May 2004, the enlargement of the European Union took place
with the accession of ten new Member States. It has brought changes to the
EU’s political geography offering new opportunities to deepen existing
relations between the Union and its neighbours to the East and to the South.
The Union is determined to further develop partnerships with its neighbours
to mutual benefit, promoting security as well as stability and prosperity. It
reaffirmed that enlargement will serve:
- to strengthen relations with Russia,
- to call for enhanced relations with: Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus
- at a later stage, it could consider including the countries of the
Southern Caucasus;
* Dr. Paul Duţă is a Senior Researcher with Romanian Institute of International Studies.
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