Antagonisms in the EU’s neighbourhood The EU, Russia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia struggle for influence in their common neighbourhood. Bertelsmann Stiftung Strategies for the EU neighbourhood #1

Bauer, Michael W. and Jilge, Wilfried and Koch, Christian and Meister, Stefan and Möller, Almut and Tabatabai, Adnan and Yalcin, Erdal (2018) Antagonisms in the EU’s neighbourhood The EU, Russia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia struggle for influence in their common neighbourhood. Bertelsmann Stiftung Strategies for the EU neighbourhood #1. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

In pursuing its objective of building a ring of stable states to the east and south of its borders from Belarus to Morocco, the European Union must recognise that the room for manoeuvre in its neighbourhood has become narrower. Four states in particular are playing an ever more active role: Russia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. They are increasingly influencing the EU's immediate neighbours, many of whom are also their immediate geographical neighbours. From a European perspective, these four large countries can also be described as "neighbours of the EU's neighbours" and "key states" in relation to the European neighbourhood

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