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Eastern Partnership: a Civilian Security Perspective NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER FOR EAST-EUROPEAN AND AsIAN STUDIES EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: A CIVILIAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE ed. Mihail E. Ionescu, Ph.D. This international volume is based on the data collected on the ground through the Eastern Partnership project funded by the Romanian Ministry of Education (PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-1014) (2011 - 2016) NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER FOR EAST-EUROPEAN AND AsIAN STUDIES EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: A CIVILIAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE ed. Mihail E. Ionescu, Ph.D. MILITARY PUBLISHING HOUSE BUCHAREST, 2016 Coperta: Adrian PANDEA Layout: Marius IORGULESCU Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României Eastern partnership : a civilian security perspective / ed.: Mihail E. Ionescu. - Bucureşti : Editura Militară, 2016 Conţine bibliografie ISBN 978-973-32-1036-8 I. Ionescu, Mihail E. (ed.) 32.01 CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... 9 PART I THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: THE EVALUATION OF CIVIL SECURITY NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS THROUGH MULTILATERAL PLATFORMS INTRODUCTION. Mihail E. Ionescu ......................................................................... 13 Chapter 1. THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EASTERN PARTNERSHIP. CIVILIAN SECURITY NEED-AssessMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES/ OPTIONS (PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-1014). Mihai-Bogdan Popescu ............................. 30 Chapter 2. MULTILATERAL TRACK .......................................................................... 52 2.1. ANALYZING THE CIVILIAN SECURITY IN THE EAP COUNTRIES THROUGH THE LENSES OF PlatFORMS 1. Mihaela-Adriana Pădureanu .... 52 1. Armenia ..................................................................................................... 53 2. Azerbaijan .................................................................................................. 61 3. Belarus ...................................................................................................... 67 4. Georgia ....................................................................................................... 72 5. Republic of Moldova ................................................................................ 75 6. Ukraine ...................................................................................................... 79 2.2. THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF CIVILIAN SECURITY. Mihai-Bogdan Popescu ........................................................................................... 95 Armenia .......................................................................................................... 97 Azerbaijan ...................................................................................................... 101 Belarus ........................................................................................................... 104 Georgia ........................................................................................................... 105 Moldova .......................................................................................................... 108 Ukraine .......................................................................................................... 110 2.3. HOW CAN ENERGY SECURITY CONTRIBUTE TO THE OPTIMIZatiON OF CIVILIAN SECURITY NEEDS? CASE STUDY: EASTERN PARTNERSHIP StatES. Angela Gramada ................ 120 Armenia ......................................................................................................... 123 Azerbaijan ..................................................................................................... 128 Belarus .......................................................................................................... 133 6 CENTER FOR EAST-EUROPEAN AND ASIAN STUDIES Georgia .......................................................................................................... 136 Moldova .......................................................................................................... 139 Ukraine ......................................................................................................... 142 2.4. ANALYZING CIVILIAN SECURITY IN THE EAP COUNTRIES THROUGH THE LENSES OF PlatFORM 4. Mihaela-Adriana Pădureanu ...... 149 1. Armenia ..................................................................................................... 149 2. Azerbaijan .................................................................................................. 151 3. Belarus ...................................................................................................... 152 4. Georgia ...................................................................................................... 152 5. Republic of Moldova ................................................................................ 154 6. Ukraine ...................................................................................................... 156 PART II “THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND CIVIL SECURITY ISSUES OF THE MEMBER STATES: PAST REALITIES AND PRESENT TRENDs” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Bucharest, June 28-30, 2016 CONFERENCE AGENDA ........................................................................................... 165 CONCEPT FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE “THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND CIVIL SECURITY ISSUES OF THE MEMBER StatES: paST REALITIES AND PRESENT TRends” .............. 169 SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND ITS MAIN RESULTS Professor Mihail E. Ionescu ................................................................................... 174 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS H.E. Anne Lindahl Kenny, Ambassador of Sweden ................................................. 181 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AS ONE OF THE MAIN GUARANTEE OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OF GEORGIA Nika Chitadze ........................................................................................................ 183 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATION OF THE MINING AND PROSPECTS OF RESPONSIBLE MINING IN SOUTH CAUCASUS Nino Gaprindashvili .............................................................................................. 194 THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY AND THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN IDEALISTIC INTENTIONS AND REALISTIC DRAWBACKS Adrian Pop ............................................................................................................. 198 PEACEKEEPING AS A NEW POssIBLE FIELD OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EU AND ARMENIA Mikayel Avetisyan, Hayk Torosyan ......................................................................... 205 EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: A CIVILIAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE 7 FORESEEING OF HYBRID SECURITY TRENDS IN THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP WIDER CONTEXT Zlatogor Minchev ................................................................................................... 212 TOWARDS A RENEWED EASTERN PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT IN THE WIDER BLACK SEA George Vlad Niculescu ........................................................................................... 226 THE ROLE OF ROMANIA IN THE ENP: EXPECTATIONS FROM UKRAINE Sergiy Gerasymchuk ............................................................................................... 238 ROMANIA’S POSITION REGARDING THE ENP IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN AND ROMANIAN POLITICS. LATEST EVOLUTIONS (2015 - 2016) Mihai Sebe ............................................................................................................. 246 CONCLUDING REMARKS Mihail E. Ionescu ................................................................................................... 260 PART III NEWSLETTERS 2012-2016 1. Member states of Eastern Partnership .................................................................... 267 a. Armenia ............................................................................................................. 267 b. Azerbaijan ......................................................................................................... 281 c. Belarus .............................................................................................................. 295 d. Georgia .............................................................................................................. 309 e. Moldova ............................................................................................................. 318 f. Ukraine .............................................................................................................. 333 2. Russian Federation................................................................................................... 352 3. European Union ....................................................................................................... 362 4. The Eastern Partnership Multilateral Platforms .................................................. 377 a. Democracy, good governance and stability ..................................................... 377 b. Economic integration and convergence with EU policies ............................. 394 c. Energy Security ................................................................................................. 402 d. Contacts between people .................................................................................. 412 5. Flagship Initiatives .................................................................................................. 420 ABBREVIATIONS AA – Association Agreement BSEC – the Black Sea Economic Cooperation BSS – Black Sea Sinergy CIA –
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