ABSTRACT

Over the past decade the European Union (EU) has gradually developed the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) with its neighbours. At the same time, the ‘neighbours of the EU’s neighbours’ have presented new challenges.

This book addresses the EU’s broader neighbourhood, comprising of the ENP countries and the neighbours of its neighbours. With specific focus on Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, it discusses trans-regional policy issues that arise from the EU’s relations with regions beyond the ENP. Based on an interdisciplinary, policy-oriented approach, this volume explores major political, legal, security and socio-economic challenges and identifies opportunities for cooperation across the EU’s broader neighbourhood.

This book will be of interest to students, experts and scholars interested in EU affairs and politics, international relations, EU and international law, diplomacy and area studies.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

Building bridges between the EU's immediate and broader neighbourhood

part |99 pages

Economic and societal challenges

chapter |32 pages

The EU and state fragility in its broader neighbourhood

Development cooperation in the name of the ‘security–politics–development nexus'

chapter |25 pages

‘Gendering the neighbours'

The European Union's policies on gender and equality in Saharan Africa and Central Asia

chapter |18 pages

The limits of EU democracy support

Central Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council

chapter |12 pages

Conclusion

Lessons and policy proposals