Introduction : the European neighbourhood policy in a comparative perspective / Sieglinde Gstöhl -- Mapping the European Union's neighbourhood relations : the European economic area as a prototype for the integration of EU neighbours / Sieglinde Gstöhl -- Differentiated integration in the Eeuropean economic area : what lessons can be drawn for the European neighbourhood policy? / Christian Frommelt -- Who can join the European economic area? / Georges Baur -- Challenges in exporting the internal market : lessons from the energy community / Dirk Buschle -- The northern dimension : a format for pragmatic cooperation with the EU's biggest neighbour / Peter Van Elsuwege -- EU-Turkey relations : customs Union and more... or less? / Tamás Szigetvári -- Switzerland's bilateral approach to European integration : a model for Ukraine? / René Schwok and Cenni Najy -- EU-Russia relations in the wider europe : from strategic partner to major competitor? / Irina Petrova -- Comparing the european union's policy towards the western Balkans and the South Caucasus / Syuzanna Vasilyan -- The effectiveness of institutional arrangements in the European Union's relations with its neighbours / Marc Franco -- The EU's differentiated integration frameworks : legislative approximation and lessons for the eastern partnership / Aaron Matta -- The EU's enlargement and neighbourhood policy strategies : the role of political conditionality / Sühal Semsit -- The European Union and (frozen) conflicts in its neighbourhood : the SAP and the ENP compared / Julija Brsakoska Bazerkoska -- European Union or Eurasian Union? : a dilemma for the eastern partnership countries / Ramunas Vilpisauskas -- Markets versus morals? : assessing EU arms exports to autocratic regimes in its closer and wider neighbourhood / Giselle Bosse -- A comparative analysis between pre-accession and ENP reforms in the agricultural sector of the EU neighbouring countries / Christos Kourtelis -- The eu's other neighbours : lessons for the European neighbourhood policy / Sieglinde Gstöhl.