Synopsis of Reviews of “The EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership”
Shortly before the European External Action Service (EEAS) will publish its new progress report, the IEP Policy Paper on Eastern Europe and Central Asia presents a synopsis of previous reviews of “The EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership” (CA strategy) by other authors. After a complementary summary of the CA strategy objectives, the synopsis summarises main findings of these earlier reviews for six of the seven priorities areas outlined in the CA strategy. The reviews include those of the EU institutions (Council, EEAS, Court of Auditors) as well as two from independent researchers. This will enable the ready to compare the forthcoming EEAS review to the previous debates evaluating the progress in EU-CA relations. Finally, based on the synopsis of the reviews of the CA strategy, the document addresses the question, whether a regional approach or a country specific approach to EU-CA relations is potentially more fruitful for each of the priority areas.