The European Neighbourhood Policy A Geostrategic Tool For European Energy Security

Author : Josephine Susan Götze
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783668572621

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The European Neighbourhood Policy. A Geostrategic Tool for European Energy Security? by Josephine Susan Götze Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: German Foreign Policy, grade: 1,3, University of Cologne, course: Aktive Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik: Geopolitik, Geostrategie, Change Management und Völkerrecht als Mittel zur Politikgestaltung, language: English, abstract: The European Union (EU) has an increasing demand for energy, which is the basis for its economy and the prosperity of its citizens. Given the fact that the Union itself does not have the necessary resources at its disposal, it is dependent on other resource exporting countries – especially Russia. To become more independent from those countries, the EU follows a strategy of diversification of energy supplies and market liberalisation. In this context, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), bringing together the EU and 16 of its Eastern and Southern neighbouring states, plays a significant role. But the rapprochement between the EU and its neighbours is problematic regarding relations with Russia, which see its interests in its traditional zone of influence threatened. Given the high dependence of European (and ENP) states on Russian gas, Russia was traditionally able to use energy deliveries (or rather their non-delivery) as a geostrategic tool to push through its interests. With the ENP, which enables the coordination of deliveries and pipeline projects with energy transit countries, the EU has developed a geostrategic tool to potentially reduce the Russian influence on deliveries. Against the background of relations between the EU and Russia being characterised by non-static mutual interdependence, (geopolitical) strategies can be used to change the power relations between states in favour of one actor or another. In this context, the aim of this paper is first, to elaborate on the geostrategic functioning of the ENP and second, to evaluate the value of the ENP for European Energy Security focusing on the Eastern Partnership and the resulting changes in the energy relations between the EU, its neighbours and Russia, to finally be able to give an answer to the question "To what extent does the ENP serve the EU as a geostrategic instrument to improve its energy security?". In the analysis, the European as well as the Russian standpoint will be considered to be able to reveal strengths and weaknesses of the ENP-strategy.

Author : Hrant Kostanyan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786604460

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Assessing European Neighbourhood Policy by Hrant Kostanyan Pdf

Several events in the past few years have dramatically shown how the interests of European citizens are directly affected by the stability, security and prosperity of their neighbouring regions. At the same time, the European Union and its member states face many challenges and dilemmas in designing and pursuing policies that not only effectively promote these interests, but also build stronger partnerships with neighbouring countries based on the values on which the Union is founded. First the Arab revolts and then Russia’s assertiveness in the eastern neighbourhood prompted reviews by the EU of its European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), in 2011 and 2015, respectively. These reviews, in turn, have renewed scholarly interest in the ENP. By deliberately focusing on the recent literature (since 2011), this book by CEPS identifies the factors that explain the (lack of) effectiveness and coherence of the ENP. This exercise has resulted in a rich overview of and deep reflection on a wide variety of ENP-related themes, such as conditionality and leverage, the interests vs values dilemma and the role of third parties. The study identifies where there is consensus among scholars and where perspectives and judgements differ. It also identifies important gaps in the literature where further research is needed. This book will be of interest to a wide audience of officials, diplomats, parliamentarians, researchers at think tanks, civil society organisations, university teachers, trainers, students and journalists who want to know more about the challenges and dilemmas arising from the ENP. The work has been carried out by a team of researchers from CEPS in Brussels, with the support of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

Author : Richard Youngs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134021185

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Energy Security by Richard Youngs Pdf

This book charts the EU’s response to the challenge of energy security with a focus on the foreign policy dimensions and examines how the EU’s approach to energy security is played out in different producer countries and regions.

Author : Andrea Prontera
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317022695

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The New Politics of Energy Security in the European Union and Beyond by Andrea Prontera Pdf

Combining theoretical reflections and empirical insights from paradigmatic case studies in the area of external energy governance, pipeline politics, Liquefied Natural Gas development and offshore petroleum policy and politics, this ground-breaking study demonstrates that a distinctive and new politics of energy security is definitively emerging in the European Union. Innovative not only in regard to the case studies presented (which include the Caspian region, the Baltic, Mediterrean countries, Central Asia and EU-Russia relations), but also in regard to the analytical framework adopted – an International Political Economy approach informed by an historical institutional perspective – the book challenges the common view of the ‘de-politicisation’ of energy security supported by the mainstream market approach and the power politics and ‘zero-sum game’ view supported by the geopolitical perspective. This book places the study of EU energy politics in the broader, evolving context of global energy markets and explores the complex interactions between EU and national political dynamics and between energy security and environmental concerns at the local level.

Author : Meliha B. Altunışık,Oktay F. Tanrisever
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317511144

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The South Caucasus - Security, Energy and Europeanization by Meliha B. Altunışık,Oktay F. Tanrisever Pdf

This book explores developments in the countries of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – since the EU included the region in the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2003. It considers issues related to energy, ethnic conflict, steps towards regional integration, and, above all, security – including the involvement of Russia, Iran, Turkey and the United States. It assesses the key importance of energy, argues that the prospects for regional integration are weak, and contends that while the approach of Europe and the United States has been confused and weak, not holding out great hope of EU or NATO membership, Russia’s interest and involvement in the region is strong, and growing.

Author : Licínia Simão
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319657929

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The EU’s Neighbourhood Policy towards the South Caucasus by Licínia Simão Pdf

This book addresses the potential and limitations of the European Union Neighbourhood Policy in sustaining the expansion of the European security community towards the South Caucasus. The Caucasus’ complex regional security dynamics are a hard test for regional security community building and showcase both the challenges of security provision through liberal reforms and integration and of the interaction between security communities and balance of power. The author begins by conceptualizing security community expansion and then considers the ENP through this perspective, before moving on to individual case studies on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The book will appeal to both scholars and practitioners interested in European security, the European Union external action, and the post-Soviet space.

Author : Michael Emerson
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9789290795926

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Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood by Michael Emerson Pdf

Approaches democratization of the European neighbourhood from two sides, first exploring developments in the states themselves and then examining what the European Union has been doing to promote the process.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215554760

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First report of session 2010-11 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Pdf

First report of Session 2010-11 : Documents considered by the Committee on 8 September 2010, including the following recommendations for debate, the Cotonou Agreement; a twelve-point EU action plan in support of the MDGS; European security and defence pol

Author : Mark Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 1910118559

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Connectivity Wars by Mark Leonard Pdf

Author : Stephan Keukeleire,Tom Delreux
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350930490

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The Foreign Policy of the European Union by Stephan Keukeleire,Tom Delreux Pdf

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, and that areas such as trade, development, environment and energy are inextricable elements of it. This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the EU's key foreign relations – with its neighbourhood, with the US, China and Russia, and with emerged powers – and argues that the EU's foreign policy needs to be understood not only as a response to crises and conflicts, but also as a means of shaping international structures and influencing long-term processes. This third edition reflects recent changes and trends in EU foreign policy as well as the international context in which it operates, addressing issues such as the increasingly contested international order, the conflict in Ukraine, the migration and refugee crisis, Brexit and Covid-19. The book not only clarifies the formal procedures in EU foreign policy-making but also elucidates how it works in practice. The third edition includes new sections and boxes on 'strategic autonomy', European arms exports, the EU's external representation, the 'Brussels Effect', and decentring and gender approaches to EU foreign policy. Up to date, jargon-free and supported by its own website (eufp.eu), this systematic and innovative appraisal of this key policy area is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners.

Author : Raffaella A. Del Sarto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198833550

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Borderlands by Raffaella A. Del Sarto Pdf

The study proposes a different understanding of the complex relationship between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa, it challenges the conventional wisdom on Europe's benevolent foreign policy and the image of 'Fortress Europe' alike.

Author : Viktoria Akchurina,Vincent Della Sala
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000630237

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The European Union, Russia and the Post-Soviet Space by Viktoria Akchurina,Vincent Della Sala Pdf

This book is an exploration of how the European Union (EU) and other regional actors construct, understand and use different forms of power in a political space that is increasingly referred to as "Greater Eurasia". The contributors examine the extent that the understanding of power shapes how states and the EU act on a range of questions from energy to the balance of power in Eurasia. They explore how the EU’s and other regional actors’, primarily Russia’s, understanding of power determines whether the post-Soviet space is a neighbourhood, a battleground or an arena for geopolitical and geostrategic confrontation. The chapters deal with a range of issues from negotiations between the EU and Azerbaijan, to how the EU and Russia are trying to shape relations in Central Asia. The volume represents an innovative way of understanding the changing dynamics of the relationship between Russia and the EU, with some original empirical data, and presents these dynamics within a broader conceptual and geographic framework. It also contributes to emerging debates about how the ideational construction of political space may provide insight into how actors behave. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Europe-Asia Studies.

Author : Dominik Kalweit
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638886635

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The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Rise of Non-Traditional Security Threats by Dominik Kalweit Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Western Europe, grade: B+, University of Malta (University of Malta - Faculty of Arts / International Relations), course: European Security and Defence II (IRL2095), 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The socio - political developments of the outgoing 1980s and beginning 1990s to the greatest extent in Europe initiated the rise of a new era, impacting various political, societal and economic levels drastically throughout the world. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, i.e. the drowning of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its split into (semi-) independent states, the breakdown of East Germany (GDR) and its unification with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), and the turn up of the United States of America (USA) as the only liable superpower, the final act of the forty years lasting Cold War era found its cumulating closure. The paradigm of the West versus the East, of democracy versus communism was determined, and new patterns had and - since this redefinition appears to be an ongoing process - have to be rethought. In terms of security, the school of the political scientist Barry Buzan presented a structural cluster for the understanding of new evolving threats, resulting from the dissolution of the bipolarity with Russia and USA as having been oppositional poles of more or less equal strength. Apart from the military - related aspects that have dominated the thinking of conflict research throughout the period of the Cold War, this approach includes the means of politics, society, economy and environment as inter-relating and equally impacting issues of high importance for the analysis of security politika. This analysis strives to present the main issues which characterise the transformation of the European security system from the 1990s until today. Hereby, conceptual approaches regarding a theoretical framework of th

Author : Michael Kaeding,Johannes Pollak,Paul Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031432347

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Enlargement and the Future of Europe by Michael Kaeding,Johannes Pollak,Paul Schmidt Pdf

This book analyses Member States’ and EU neighbours’ national visions for the enlargement of the European Union (EU), highlighting 41 national histories, policies, and corresponding public perceptions of European integration. In a geopolitical context in which Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has renewed the impetus for EU enlargement, national views vary considerably on the timing, conditions, and reforms necessary to welcome Eastern neighbours and the Western Balkans countries into the European family. Moreover, EU enlargement policy is not only an investment in peace and stability; it has also become a political tool in response to the exploitation of interdependencies and illiberal pressures. This book presents concrete policy recommendations to national governments and the EU on how to move forward productively.

Author : K. Dyson,A. Sepos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230289529

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Which Europe? by K. Dyson,A. Sepos Pdf

The Euro Area, the Schengen Area, and Airbus - the 'Anglosphere', the Franco-German 'motor' and Nordic cooperation – each illustrates how differentiation has become a pervasive feature of European integration. Which Europe? offers an authoritative and comprehensive examination of differentiated integration in its functional and its territorial aspects. It focuses on its implications for both the practice and the theory of European integration. Is it strengthening or weakening the EU and its Member States? Are territorial identities being undermined or strengthened? Are new theories of integration required? In particular, this book looks at the relationship between the growth in use of differentiated integration and the widening of European Union membership, the broadening in its policy scope, and the deepening in integration.