Gudalov, N. N. The Problem of Applying the Conditionality Principle to Solution of the Israel-Palestine Issue by the European Union (the Experience of Peace Negotiations in 2013-2014)

Abstract: Enormous economic resources and a growing political importance of the European Union (EU) used by the EU in its relations with other actors based on the conditionality principle give the EU a signifi cant but quite contradictory potential to infl uence the course of international confl icts. The subject under review of the present research article is the particular features of this potential that are the most pronounced in the EU policy regarding the Israel-Palestine issue. The purpose of research is to identity the problem of the EU infl uence on the confl ict. The EU is trying to make this infl uence through using the conditionality principle. From the point of view of methodology, discussion of this topic within the framework of the present research article involves a detailed analysis of the case study, i.e. initiatives offered by the EU during Israel-Palestine negotiations in 2013-2014. Based on the results of the research, the author shows that despite the unprecedented boldness of initiatives and a great infl uence potential of the EU, the EU did not manage to use the conditionality principle effi ciently and bring the parties to a compromise. As before, the EU did not use the conditionality principle successively in its relations with both parties and therefore damaged its infl uence on both parties and did not take into account particular features of the confl ict. Results of the research can make a contribution to both understanding this particular direction of the EU policy (which is a very important but insuffi ciently studied direction of the EU policy) and understanding particular features of the EU as an international actor.

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