Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on, or just beyond, Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy on conflict resolution.

1. Introduction 2. The EU's Role in Conflict Resolution: A Framework of Analysis 3. The Missed Opportunity to Promote Reunification in Cyprus 4. Ebbs and Flows in the Europeanization of Turkey's Kurdish Question 5. Mixed Signals to Serbia and Montenegro 6. The Glaring Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 7. Caught Between Neglect and Competing Mediation in Georgia's Secessionist Conflicts 8. Comparing the EU's Role in Neighbourhood Conflicts 9. Conclusions

Nathalie Tocci is a Senior Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy.