Publication

This Working Document examines the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as an attempt by the European Union to transform its external borders and to create an area outside its boundaries that constitutes a stable, prosperous and friendly neighbourhood. To unravel some of the contradictions surrounding the highly contested phenomena of mobility in the neighbourhood, this paper analyses three bordering strategies: state borders, the imperial analogy and borders as networks. Each corresponds to different forms of territoriality and implies a different mode of control over the population.