The Changing Role of the European Union in Conflict Resolution

Many of the post-Soviet developing countries have not yet resolved the conflicts that started in the early stages of the transition period. For the last decades the representatives of the conflicting parties and negotiators have changed several times, the stage of military actions has been covered with the curtain of negotiation and diplomats have come to replace military commanders exhausted by war.

The European Union is a new player, which perhaps unnoticeably, but quite steadily has entered the stage of conflict resolution. Initially taking up the passive and secondary role of humanitarian aid provider, locally it has been supporting the development of civil society and assisting business practices.