The E.U.’s role as an international player began to upgrade alongside the effort to coordinate its external action by adopting a common foreign and security policy (CFSP). As a result, the E.U. has developed a wide range of activities that extended from “the traditional field of external trade to democracy promotion and cooperation in various policy areas falling under its legislative competence” ( Lavenex & Schmimmelfenning, 2009 : p. 791 ) . After the end of the Cold War, the European Union addressed the challenges arising from the emergence of post-conflict states, a considerable number of which were in its neighborhood. Peacebuilding and state-building interventions were necessary for the post-conflict transition and socioeconomic rehabilitation of these fragile states with contested sovereignty. The EU supported countries with contested statehood both in consolidating peace and building a modern state with political and economic means. Moreover, the EU has adjusted its interventions to the realities and conditions prevailing in each country. Since the impact of the E.U.’s integrated intervention on contested states remains a research concern, the present dissertation aims to address whether the E.U., as a global power, has the mechanisms and appropriate political skills to face up to the challenges presented in countries with contested statehood.
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