nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181005-171251-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 140320s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20181005-171251-0 doi ger 342 23 van Elsuwege, Peter Author aut Another litmus test for the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy van Elsuwege, Peter Verfassungsblog 2014-03-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently observed, the crisis in Ukraine is “the gravest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.” It is somewhat ironic that this crisis unfolded as a result of discussions surrounding the planned signature of an Association Agreement, which essentially aims to create a zone of stability, prosperity and security on the European continent. This raises the need for self-reflection on the part of the EU. Does the crisis in Ukraine illustrate the limits of the European Neighbourhood Policy? And, how can the EU play a constructive role to solve the crisis? As NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently observed, the crisis in Ukraine is “the gravest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.” It is somewhat ironic that this crisis unfolded as a result of discussions surrounding the planned signature of an Association Agreement, which essentially aims to create a zone of stability, prosperity and security on the European continent. This raises the need for self-reflection on the part of the EU. Does the crisis in Ukraine illustrate the limits of the European Neighbourhood Policy? And, how can the EU play a constructive role to solve the crisis? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/another-litmus-test-for-the-eus-common-foreign-and-security-policy/ raw object