Azerbaijan and the European Union

Eske van Gils is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent.

• List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Special Characters; Acknowledgement; Annex I; Annex II; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual framework: Legacies, policy strategies and bargaining power; 3. EU relations with Azerbaijan and the post-Soviet region over time; 4. Limits to EU influence: Democracy and Human Rights promotion; 5. Azerbaijan and values promotion by other European institutions; 6. Limits to bargaining power: Putting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the agenda; 7. Negotiations over economic co-operation and the legal basis for relations: Bargaining power at its best; 8. Conclusion and further discussion