Elena Korosteleva is Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Director of the Centre for European Studies at Aberystwyth University, UK. She is the editor of The Eastern Partnership: a New Opportunity for the Neighbours? (2011), and co-editor of The Quality of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe (2006) and Contemporary Belarus: Between Democracy and Dictatorship (2003), all published by Routledge.

This book explores the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours. Based on extensive original research - including in-depth interviews with key people in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and Brussels - it assesses why the EU's initiatives have received limited legitimacy in the neighbourhood. The book shows how the key elements of partnership have been driven mainly by the EU, rather than jointly, and examines the idea and application of external governance, and how this has been over-prescriptive and confusing.

Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Figures Map Introduction: Questioning the Foundations 1. A More Ambitious Partnership for the Neighbourhood? 2. The Supremacy of External Governance 3. Eu Partnership/Governance in Belarus: Towards Policy Legitimation? 4. Eu Partnership/Governance in Ukraine: A Deadlock Of Ambitions? 5. Eu Partnership/Governance in Moldova: An Unrequated 'Partner'? Conclusion. The Eu and Its Eastern Neighbours: 'Us-Ness' vis-a-vis 'Other-Ness'.