Initiated in May 2009, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) represents the EU’s most recent policy initiative to develop closer relations with its eastern neighbours (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus). Almost five years later, the policy has had some notable successes, but has also faced disappointments. Most recently, before the EaP Summit held in Lithuania in November 2013, the Ukrainian leadership, under heavy pressure from Russia, backed off from signing a previously-initialled Association Agreement with the EU. This workshop will assess how goals and objectives of the policy have evolved, consider problems and challenges with the EaP framework, and reflect on adjustments the EU might make to ensure that the policy achieves its objectives.