The EU in a Trans-European Space: External Relations across Europe, Asia and the Middle East

by Serena Giusti (Editor), Irina Mirkina (Editor)

Overview

This book examines political, social, and economic interactions in highly interconnected areas, stretching from Europe to Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia, labelled as Trans-Europe. The first part of the book focuses on the interests of several leading actors in Trans-Europe. The second part deals with the actions of national actors trying to compete with the EU influence in their shared neighbourhood. The third part studies cross-border issues, such as economic dynamics, migration flows and energy markets in the Trans-European space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030036782
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	02/19/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Serena Giusti is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. She is also Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Political Studies in Milan, Italy.

Irina Mirkina is Senior Data Scientist at Stena Rederi in Gothenburg, Sweden. She is also Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Economics at Lund University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction (Serena Giusti and Irina Mirkina).- 2 From a Regional to a Global Power, in Potency: The EU’s Global Strategy (Serena Giusti).- 3 Russia’s strategy of forging spaces around itself (Tomislava Penkova).- 4 China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia: Space Shaping as Ordering (Anna Caffarena and Giuseppe Gabusi).- 5 Shifting Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy in the Trans-European Space (Elena Baracani and Merve Çalımlı).- 6 Saudi Arabia’s Regional Space-Shaping: Making or Unmaking a Region? (Irene Costantini and Ruth Hanau Santini).- 7 Iran: An Unrecognised Regional Power (Annalisa Perteghella).- 8 Facing a Fragmented Neighbourhood: The EU and Six Eastern Partnership Countries (Kateryna Pishchikova).- 9 Re-Conceptualising EU-North Africa Relations: ‘Outside-In’ and ‘Inside-Out’ Dynamics (Silvia Colombo).- 10 Economic challenges in Trans-Europe (Irina Mirkina).- 11 Do Good Neighbours Make Good Fences? Migration in the Trans-European Space (Natasja Reslow).- 12 Energy Security and Geopolitics in the Trans-Europe Space (Caterina Miriello).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This volume offers a persuasive and innovative way of thinking regional spaces which have become the focus of current debates in international relations. It is a welcome and timely contribution to understanding how fluid regional orders interact, overlap and sometimes collide. ” (Laure Delcour, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, France)

“Various regional powers – the EU being just one of them – are struggling for influence in Europe, its neighbours and the neighbours of its neighbours. This diverse and dynamic space has to cope with complex patterns of cooperation, competition and conflict. Thinking of it as Trans-Europe, as this highly recommended volume suggests, helps to better understand the many interconnected challenges that are reshaping the regions around the EU. ” (Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of Studies, College of Europe, Belgium)

“Giusti and Mirkina provide a welcome and long-overdue breath of fresh air to academic and policy debates alike: a must read for all those wishing to unpack the conceptual and empirical strands lying behind our eccentric Trans-European space.”(Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy, Special Adviser to EU HRVP Federica Mogherini, Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany)