EU's development policy vis-à-vis Ukraine after the Euromaidan: securitisation, state-building and integration

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on key trends in EU development policy regarding post-Euromaidan Ukraine against the background of the EU's commitment to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The trends considered include comprehensiveness of the policy response, stronger coordination and coherence, security-development nexus, and policy securitisation, as well as values in development policy. This article touches upon the interplay of the EU's foreign, security, and development policies in the Eastern Neighbourhood; the role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the implementation of SDGs; and the role of development policy in the EU's Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises.

KEYWORDS:

• Ukraine crisis
• EU
• development policy
• securitisation
• integration
• state-building

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Notes on contributor

Maryna Rabinovych, LL.M (Hamburg) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Hamburg and Global Community Manager at the Ukraine Democracy Initiative (University of Sydney, Australia). Her research interests include EU external relations law, EU trade law, trade and development nexus in the EU, Agenda 2030 and its implementation by the EU. Ms. Rabinovych was a researcher at the Odessa National University (2015–2018) and held visiting positions at the Universities of Thessaloniki (2016/2017) and Vienna (2018). She holds an LL.B from Odessa National University and an LL.M in EU law from the University of Hamburg.