ENP`S FUTURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN VOLATILITY AND GOOD INTENTIONS.

IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WITNESSES TO MAJOR CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE WHOLE PROJECT OF THE ENP DISTANCED ITSELF FROM THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT LEAVING MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES BEHIND. THE EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE POOR SECURITY CLIMATE IN EUROPE`S CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD REDEFINED PRIORITIES TOWARDS WHICH SCENARIOS BEST SUIT THE CURRENT, HIGHLY VOLATILE PROXIMITY? THESE INITIATIVES EMBARKED IN A MULTILATERAL ACTION PLAN, FOLLOWED BY BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS, SPICED WITH THE ENACTMENT OF SOME OLDER FORMS OF REGIONAL COOPERATION. FROM THIS PLETHORA OF COMBINED ENERGIES AND ALTERNATIVE SUPPORT THE ENP MADE SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARDS A CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE EU`S FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY, WHICH INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON A SMALLER GROUP OF STATES TO EMULATE A FAVORABLE COURSE OF ACTION, IT TILTED AGAINST THIS RATIONALE AND BECAME MUCH MORE DOMESTICALLY ORIENTED. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]