Hans-Jürgen ZAHORKA
This issue contains various
contributions on the Eastern Partnership countries: one about Moldova, its way to the EU,
but also about the problems of this country which is not yet too well known in the EU, one with
a creative contribution by an author who knows exactly what he is writing about: Eduardo
Lorenzo Ochoa on a possible new association agreement between Armenia and the EU,
one which explains Georgia's statehood from a historical perspective and a factsheet on
EU-Ukraine affairs. This was just finished several days before the downing of Malaysia
Airlines MH17. But there is also a short paper on EU sanctions;
this became even more topical
after the tragic loss of the 298 humans in this aircraft. It might be of use if one wants to make
an assessment if EU foreign policy is efficient enough or not. And there must also be
mentioned a report on a Berlin conference of the European Geopolitical Forum, Brussels,
with a scenario on the economy of Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan and Armenia.