The ineffectiveness of the "Neo-Functionalist Peace": The Limits of the EU Peacebuilding in Kosovo and Mali

Milutinović, Petar (2023) The ineffectiveness of the "Neo-Functionalist Peace": The Limits of the EU Peacebuilding in Kosovo and Mali. Nauka i Društvo – Science and Society, 10 (2). pp. 66-108. ISSN 2335-0792

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Abstract

The European Union (EU) implements the process of peacebuilding on the territory of the countries in its immediate surrounding and wider neighborhood. Considering that the EU’s predominant facilitator technique in resolving contemporary long-term disputes represents the ‘neo-functional peace’ approach, this paper claims that in today’s circumstances, by transforming high-level policy issues into their technical nature, as well as emphasizing the importance of flexibility of meaning and practical solutions, the ‘neo-functional peace’ contributes only to extended peace enforcement rather than peacebuilding. By comparing two case studies, this article questions the peacebuilding effectiveness of the ‘neo-functional peace’ approach by the EU in Kosovo and Mali, as the Brussels Agreement in 2013 and Algiers Peace Agreement in 2015 haven’t achieved the comprehensive conflict settlement, but instead contributed to the prolongation of their contested statehood status and systemic rivalries. Thus, this paper tends to contribute further to conceptual and empirical research grounds regarding the very concept of ‘neo-functional peace’ and explore its effectiveness and situational adaptation in managing the EU’s geopolitical actorness and its foreign and peace support policy.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Depositing User:	Mr Petar Milutinović
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2024 12:12
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2024 13:40
URI:	http://repo.ies.rs/id/eprint/63

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