European Contestations of EU Democracy Support in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine

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dc.contributor.authorMikhelidze, Nonaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGawrich, Andreaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchöppner, Fabianen_US
dc.contributor.authorOsypchuk, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuslov, Antonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-03T07:57:13Z
dc.date.available2026-03-03T07:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how European actors contest and reinterpret the European Union’s democracy support in Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine across pivotal political turning points: Georgia’s candidate status and electoral crises (2022–2024), Armenia’s trajectory from the 2013 Association Agreement reversal through the Velvet Revolution to the post-Karabakh crisis (2017–2025), and Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests and the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion. Across the cases, the EU emerges as both a cautious supporter and an uneven enforcer of democratic conditionality, while local civil societies appear as democratic drivers, ruling elites as obstacles, and Russia as the external antagonist. When conditionality is inconsistently applied, as in Georgia, the Union undermines its credibility; when external threats reveal the limits of Russian influence, as in Armenia and Ukraine, the EU shows greater capacity for adaptation and decisive action. The findings demonstrate that contestation within the EU shapes democracy support in uneven ways: discourse often signals learning and adjustment, yet practice remains constrained by geopolitical calculations and entrenched approaches. The analysis underscores the EU’s ambivalence between strategic pragmatism and normative commitments, raising the broader question of whether it can unlearn ineffective patterns and act as a genuine promoter of democracy in its eastern neighbourhood.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Contestations of EU Democracy Support in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine / Nona Mikhelidze, Andrea Gawrich, Fabian Schöppner, Anna Osypchuk, Anton Suslov ; National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [et al.]. - [S. l.] : SHAPEDEM-EU consortium, 2025. - 32 p. - The case study on Georgia was authored by Nona Mikhelidze. The case study on Armenia by Andrea Gawrich and Fabian Schöppner. The case study on Ukraine was written by Anna Osypchuk and Anton Suslov. - This publication is part of WP4, led by Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/38513
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectelectoral crises Georgia’sen_US
dc.subjectUkraine’s Euromaidanen_US
dc.subjectRussiaen_US
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectEUen_US
dc.subjectdemocracyen_US
dc.subjectreporten_US
dc.titleEuropean Contestations of EU Democracy Support in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraineen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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