European Union Foreign Affairs Journal eQuarterly for European Foreign, Foreign Trade, Development, Security Policy, EU-Third Country Relations and Regional Integration (EUFAJ) N° 01– 2016 ISSN 2190-6122 Contents Editorial........................................................................................................................................... 5 New Member of the Editorial Advisory Board............................................................................... 6 European Union - China Relations - A Report of the European Parliament .................................. 7 The Asia-Pacific Region and the European Union - A Factsheet for the European Parliament .. 13 How to Work for EU Foreign Policy Goals in the UN - European Parliament Resolution on the EU Role within the United Nations .............................................................................................. 19 What Lessons the EU Can Learn from Denmark’s Relations with Greenland and the Faroe Islands - Or: Secession on the State and Supra-State Level: The Brexit and Other Cases Matthias Major ............................................................................................................................. 21 Does Russia Have an Imperialistic Foreign and Security Policy? – A Discourse on Empires Tsoghik Khachatryan .................................................................................................................... 32 Is Russia Withdrawing from Rule of Law Principles? ............................................................... 110 Azerbaijan: Searching for the ‘Armenian Lobby’ Arzu Geybulla ............................................................................................................................. 112 European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 1 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 1 Corruption in the Western Balkans: Its Impact on Governance Petrit Bushi ................................................................................................................................. 119 The Conduct of the Constitutional Referendum in Armenia on 6 December, 2015 ................... 129 Rural Development in Armenia: Significance of Non-Farm Activity - the Case of Tavush Region Margarita Artemyan ................................................................................................................... 132 Strategic Challenges for a New Model of European Economic Development Nuno Gama de Oliveira Pinto .................................................................................................... 162 Intellectual Property in Kosovo: The Case of Musical Works Arbëreshë Zogjani ....................................................................................................................... 165 Response of Arctic Temperature to Changes in Emissions of Short-lived Climate Forcers ...... 177 European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 1 – 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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Chief Editor: Hans-Jürgen Zahorka Editors: Ofelya Sargsyan (managing), Frederic Labarre Editorial Advisory Board: Židas Daskalovski, Ph.D., CRPM Skopje, professor of political science, University of Bitola, Macedonia Ioseb Kelenjeridze, Ph.D., professor, Dean of Legal, Humanities and Social Science Faculty, European University, Tbilisi, Georgia Catherine Maia, professor of law, University Porto, Portugal, and Dijon, France; Director of MULTIPOL, Geneva Pierre Menguy, president of Maison de l'Europe de la Seine, Le Havre/France, Member of Team Europe France Sergey Metelev, professor of economy, Russian State University for Economy, Omsk, Russia Saulius Nefas, professor of administrative science, Mykolos Romeros University, Vilnius/Lithuania Martin Pontzen, Dr. rer. pol., Bundesbank Director, German Federal Bank, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Viktor Yengibaryan, President of European Movement Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia Assistant Editors: Eka Meskhrikadze, Tbilisi, Georgia Meerim Oboskanova, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic Tamara Vatsadze, Tbilisi, Georgia All authors are responsible for their published texts. 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Then write "EUFAJ" or "European Union Foreign Affairs Journal" into the search box (if you have access to LinkedIn). Also here, news are regularly spread. Welcome on LinkedIn! European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N° 1 – 2016 www.eufaj.eu, [email protected] 4 Editorial Dear readers, EUFAJ has a spinoff - a quarterly entitled "Eurasian Economic Union Observer". The EEU, with Russia and four other states around, is a creation by the Russian president. It is also perceived as one step in the direction of an ideology of an empire which is definitely nationalist, and has been created as a "counterpart to the European Union". In the EU, nobody would be against a regional economic integration, and what is good for the South Pacific, Africa and the Caribbean world, can be good for Russia and the surrounding states, too. So we have decided to publish an observer paper on the Eurasian Economic Union, where also original texts will be offered to readers in English language. Its editor is Ofelya Sargsyan M.A., speaking not only Shakespeare's language but also her native Armenian and Russian. The first issue (1/2015) can be found, for free download, on www.eufaj.eu. Besides this, we had an interesting success with an old proposal. We dared to remind of a proposal discussed in some of the preparation talks of the Maastricht Treaty 1990: a European Intelligence service. This exists meanwhile, as INTCEN (Intelligence Centre) under the EEAS (European diplomatic service), but it has not very many coordination functions and is not very much regarded by the EU Member States. However, it should now coordinate the gathering of information about terrorists which strike anywhere in the EU and go from one country to the other just ad libitum. This should be upgraded, e.g. with a parliamentary control by the European Parliament, and it should be possible also without changes of the Lisbon Treaty, as not all EU Member States would have to take part in the beginning. See our blog with details: https://libertasblogs.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/the-eu-should-establish-a-real-intelligence- service/ With best regards, Hans-Jürgen Zahorka. European Union Foreign Affairs Journal – N°