ABSTRACT
The European Union (EU) was also one of the major donors of development aid to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia from the early years of independence of these South Caucasian states. This chapter examines the EU’s impact in mediation and conflict resolution processes around three unresolved ethno-territorial conflicts that emerged in the South Caucasus in the late 1980s prior to the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. These conflicts are: the Armenian – Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Georgian – Abkhaz conflict and the Georgian – Ossetian conflict. The chapter analyses the EU's stance as a peace broker in mediation and conflict resolution efforts at global and regional levels. It presents a brief overview of EU intervention in the mediation and conflict resolution processes around ethno-territorial conflicts in the South Caucasus. The chapter examines the role of the EU policy documents and instruments at its disposal, and EU Track 2 initiatives.
