European Union Governance in Central Asia

A Sectoral Approach
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-67019-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Europa Regional Perspectives

The edited volume attempts to critically approach EU-Central Asian relations, asking whether – when adopting a more sectoral governance approach – the EU’s transformative power vis-à-vis the region is greater than initially argued and if so, under what conditions it flourishes most. It assesses whether, through adopting a sectoral approach to the area of, development, infrastructure, water management, security, climate change, energy, trade, health, education, or any other element defining EU-Central Asian relations, the European Union is able to (co-)shape this geopolitically strategic region. If so, what drives the EU’s ability to do so; if not, what mitigates its (potential) influence? This book contributes to the scholarship on the EU’s external governance both empirically and theoretically.

Zielgruppe

Academic and General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bayramov, Agha

Neuman, Marek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The European Union’s Governance in Central Asia –
A Sectoral Approach 
JULIA K. MEYER, MAREK NEUMAN AND AGHA BAYRAMOV

PART I
European Union Governance in Central Asia: A Conceptual
Account
1 EU Foreign Policy and How Contested Spaces Become Regions
SENKA NEUMAN STANIVUKOVIC AND MAREK NEUMAN
2 Designing, Mapping, and Reshaping Borders: European
Neighbourhood Policy and Central Asia
MUSTAFA ALI SEZAL
3 The EU’s Role as a Partner in Region-Building in Central Asia
IKBOLJON QORABOYEV

PART II
European Union Governance in Central Asia: An Empirical
Account of Energy and Security Politics
4 Geopolitical Constraints in the EU’s Revised Strategy towards
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan
AGHA BAYRAMOV AND FABIO INDEO
5 The EU’s Green Normative Power in Central Asia: The Case of
the Aral Sea and Water Management Policies in Kazakhstan and
Uzbekistan
ANA-MARIA ANGHELESCU AND IOAN-DAVID ONEL
6 The European Union’s Role in Addressing Environmental
Disputes in Central Asia: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a
“Reluctant 3rd Party”
ALEXANDRU BALAS
7 Turning Bridges into Walls: The EU and Border Management in
Central Asia
VIKTORIA AKCHURINA AND VINCENT DELLA SALA

PART III
European Union Governance in Central Asia: An Empirical
Account of Sectoral Politics
8 The Promotion of EU Principles and Values through Facebook
Diplomacy in the Countries of Central Asia
BORNA ZGURIC, ÐANA LUŠA AND LIDIJA KOS-STANIŠIC
9 EU Aid and Good Governance in Central Asia
TAALAIGUL USONOVA AND AILUNA SHAMURZAEVA
10 The European Union as a Rule of Law Promoter in Central
Asia: Some Lessons Learned from e-Justice Implementation in
Kyrgyzstan
ALIIA MARALBAEVA
11 Various Understandings of Rule of Law: Conceptualization of an
Actor-Centric Perspective
NARGIZA KILICHOVA
12 The Role of Foreign Actors in the Modernization of Higher
Education in Uzbekistan
ALEX KROUGLOV
Conclusion: EU-Central Asia Relations – Adapting to New Realities
on the Ground
AGHA BAYRAMOV AND MAREK NEUMAN

Über Autor(innen)

Marek Neuman is Assistant Professor in EU Foreign Policy and Jean Monnet Chair of European Policy and Governance at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests are the EU’s foreign policy vis-à-vis Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the role Central and Eastern European countries play in shaping this.

Agha Bayramov is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and International Organization of the University of Groningen. His research interests are energy security, the Caspian Sea region, Karabakh, Eurasia, infrastructure, and climate change. He is a co-founder of The Hague Research Institute for Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.