title: Stabilization through institutionalization?: institutionalization of external relations as a success factor in the reform process
abstract: The paper aims to answer the question why the process of institutionalization of the EU’s external relations with its six neighboring countries, representing the Eastern dimension of European Neighbourhood Policy (i.e., Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), has failed to perform its stabilization role. The study is exploratory and descriptive in nature. Its results indicate three main reasons for which the aforementioned institutionalization process has not been successful
journal: European Integration Studies