THE question of where Europe's eastern border lies has bedevilled statesmen for centuries. It has proved equally difficult for the European Union, which must decide how to deal with countries to its east that would like to join the club. In 2009 the eu launched the Eastern Partnership, meant to handle the European aspirations of Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The idea was to promote economic integration and European values, and to fend off Russian influence-but with no promise that the partner states could ever join. Now, with a summit between the eu and the partners coming up in November, they are growing dissatisfied with the arrangement.
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