Igor Lyubashenko is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. He obtained a PhD at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin for his thesis about the European Neighbourhood Policy towards Eastern European states. Together with prof. Klaus Bachmann he co-edited a book “The Maidan Uprising, Separatism and Foreign Intervention. Ukraine’s complex transition” (published by Peter Lang, November 2014). He is also a member of the editorial team of the Polish New Eastern Europe magazine.
Igor Lyubashenko
Associate Professor at the University of Social Science and Humanities (SWPS)
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Commentary
The deficit of trust in the Eastern neighbourhood: A challenge for the Riga summit
Igor Lyubashenko argues that the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme has failed to display a sense of purpose, resulting in a significant loss of trust in the EaP by those living in its target region. Only concerted reform will save the programme.