04895nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-51354-1 DE-He213 20251030113116.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240930s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031513541 978-3-031-51354-1 10.1007/978-3-031-51354-1 doi JN1-9692.2 JP bicssc 1D bicssc POL058000 bisacsh JP 1D thema The EU as an Actor in Central Asia [electronic resource] : External Impacts, Regional Responses / edited by Sebastian Mayer, Jakob Lempp. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXIII, 318 p. 11 illus., 5 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, 2662-5881 1. Introduction: The European Union and Central Asia -- 2. Key turning points in EU-Central Asia Relations -- Part I. EU External Action and Regional Response -- 3. European Union Action towards Central Asia -- 4. EU Member States and Central Asia -- 5. Negotiating and Implementing the (E)PCAs -- 6. The EU and Central Asia: Mutual Perceptions -- Part II. Action-Response across Issue Areas -- 7. Economic Development and Trade -- 8. Provision of Security -- 9. Democratization and Human Rights -- 10. Environmental Affairs -- 11. Education -- 12. Conclusions. "The European Union has matured as an actor in Central Asia but research has not followed suit. This is changing with this volume. Longtime Central Asia watchers with insights into EU policies offer a tour through the EU kitchen of foreign policymaking and discuss the Central Asian reaction to Brussels’ menu." –Jos Boonstra, Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Europe-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) initiative at the Centre for European Security Studies in Groningen, The Netherlands. This volume explains the behavior of the European Union (EU) towards Central Asia. In so doing, the responses of regional actors which impact the EU’s regional conduct, and the effects of competing external governance providers (particularly Russia and China), are considered. The current literature – often from an interdisciplinary, descriptive area studies angle – reveals some research gaps. Scholars chiefly explore the impacts of the EU on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, while action of the EU itself with its decision-making, preferences, and underlying drivers, remains underspecified. Focusing more explicitly on the EU, chapters in the book are systematically organized along a set of shared, overarching questions. Ultimately, the authors depict and explain EU action and assess how successful the organization has been in achieving its stated regional objectives in a number of policy fields: Economic Development and Trade; Security; Democratization and Human Rights; Water; and Education. Sebastian Mayer is DAAD Associate Professor of International Relations at the OSCE Academy and Associate Fellow at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Jakob Lempp is Full Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Relations at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany. Europe Politics and government. 69875 Political science. 58714 International relations. 58103 Europe Economic integration. 81247 Economic development. 58075 European Politics. 69876 Politics and International Studies. 70610 International Relations. 58103 European Economic Integration. 81248 Economic Development, Innovation and Growth. 69035 Mayer, Sebastian. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 84767 Lempp, Jakob. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 84766 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031513534 Printed edition: 9783031513558 Printed edition: 9783031513565 Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, 2662-5881 29913 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51354-1 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 63855 63855