The chapter argues that the ENP has functioned as a mechanism of geopolitical ordering for how the EU approaches the areas immediately beyond its borders. It is, however, one premised on a particular mindscape or geospatial vision that infuses the ENP with an imperial impulse. Despite this, the chapter argues that the EU’s ability to order the neighbourhood is limited by the actions and preferences of partner countries and other neighbours whose constitutive capabilities should not be discounted. One consequence is that the geospatial construction of the neighbourhood and the construction of the EU more generally are mutually imbricated
