ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to analyse the European Union's (EU) approach and policies towards the South Caucasus. It discusses the EU's policies towards this region since the end of the Cold War and explores how and in what ways the EU has been engaged in region building as part of its approach. The chapter discusses the EU's construction of the South Caucasus only as part of the post-Soviet space. The three countries that constitute the South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, have been part of various spaces, and under different names. There are three main challenges to EU policy in the South Caucasus. The first is the Russian policy that aims to limit other powers' role in the region. The second is the limitations originating from the region itself which is characterized by low level of regionness and even existence of conflictual relations. Finally, the EU itself faces important challenges that weakens its efforts in neighbouring regions, including the South Caucasus.
