European Union Foreign Affairs Journal eQuarterly for European Foreign, Foreign Trade, Development, Security Policy, EU-Third Country Relations and Regional Integration (EUFAJ) N° 03– 2016 ISSN 2190-6122 Contents Editorial .................................................................................................................................................. 5 A GloЛКl StrКtОРв Пor tСО EuropОКn Union’s ForОiРn КnН SОcuritв Policв: “SСКrОН Vision, Common Action: A StronРОr EuropО” .................................................................................................................... 7 Joint Declaration EU-NATO from 8 July 2016 .................................................................................... 40 The Destiny of South Ossetia: Between Independence and Integration into Russia Gražvydas Jasutis ......................................................................................................................................... 42 Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Azerbaijan: Restrictive Laws, Criminal Prosecutions, Tax Penalties Zohrab Ismayil & Ramute Remezaite ......................................................................................................... 109 Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine as a Factor Destabilizing Domestic and Foreign Policy of the State ..... Iuliia Tsyrfa ................................................................................................................................................ 150 Eurasian Integration and the EU Mathieu Duchâtel, François Godement, Kadri Liik, Jeremy Shapiro, Louisa Slavkova, Angela Stanzel & Vessela Tcherneva ...................................................................................................................................... 158 United States of Europe: The Future of the European Union - An American View Patrick M. Katsaris ..................................................................................................................................... 169 The Sino-Russian Cooperation in Economy: A View from Russia Veronika Bondareva ................................................................................................................................... 180 European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 3 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 1 India and China: Too Close for Comfort? Laurence Vandewalle ................................................................................................................................. 192 Three Themes that Can Hit the Chinese Engine - A View from India Sourajit Aiyer .............................................................................................................................................. 211 Reviews ............................................................................................................................................... 215 European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 3 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 2 European Union Foreign Affairs Journal (EUFAJ) eQuarterly for European Foreign, Foreign Trade, Development, Security Policy, EU-Third Country Relations and Regional Integration ISSN: 2190-6122 Published by: LIBERTAS – Europäisches Institut GmbH, Lindenweg 37, 72414 Rangendingen, Germany Phone: +49 7471 984996-0, fax +49 7471 984996-19, e-mail: [email protected] Managing Director: Hans-Jürgen Zahorka Registered: AG Stuttgart, HRB 243253, USt ID no.: DE811240129, Tax no.: 53 093 05327 Internet: www.eufaj.eu, www.libertas-institut.eu Subscription Rate: Free. 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Welcome on LinkedIn! European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 3 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 4 Editorial Dear readers, after some years we finally found the time to put our editorial policy in a few phrases. It should become a very short manifest only, and it is good to write it once the policy has been confirmed many times. Please see the text following this Editorial. The highlights of this EUFAJ number are quite simple: First the new EU Global Strategy for its foreign and security policy, then the Joint Declaration EU/NATO from 8th April 2016. This is a kind of documentary part. Then the Eastern Partnership countries: Georgia's South Ossetia - a portrait with an accent on security policy, by Grazvydas Jasutis, a Lithuanian expert for the region, Azerbaijan's civil society and the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis, for which we are most grateful to our colleagues of "Ukraine Analytica". Thirdly, the Eurasian integrtion and the EU, with a paper by the Europea Council of Foreign Relations, and a refreshing paper on the United States of Europe - by a student from the United States of America. Finally the Russian-Chinese-Indian triangle, mainly under economic auspices. With best regards, Hans-Jürgen Zahorka European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 3 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 5 Editorial Guidelines of European Union Foreign Affairs Journal (EUFAJ) (as of August 2016) 1. The Paper covers European Foreign, Foreign Trade, Development, Security Policy, EU-Third Country Relations and Regional Integration as well as everything which is related to the EU internal policy and is of interest to third countries. The subject of EUFAJ is, therefore, rather large than narrow. 2. EUFAJ openly pleads for an integrationist view on the subjects mentioned, above in 1., i.e. also a critical approach towards all the aspects of European policies, noted in 1. 3. 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