Part I: The EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Context.- 1. Introduction: Resilience and the Eastern Partnership—What Relevance for Policies?- Gabriela Carmen Pascariu and Gilles Rouet.- 2. Increasingly Geopolitical: EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood in the Age of Multiple Crises- Cristian Nitoiu.- 3.Public Administration and Governance in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood Countries: Comparative Approach and Relevance for the European Neighbourhood Policy Effectiveness- Mihaela Onofrei and Florin Oprea.- 4. The Economic Dynamics of the Eastern Partnership Countries: Between Development Gaps and Internal Fragilities- Oana-Ramona Socoliuc and Liviu-George Maha.- Part II. The EU’s Actorness and Eastern Neighbourhood Challenges.- 5. (In)securitising the Eastern Neighbourhood. The European Union Eastern Partnership’s Normative Dilemma: Resilience Versus Principled Pragmatism- Grzegorz Pożarlik.- 6. The EU’s Actorness in the Eastern Neighbourhood- Teodor Lucian Moga and Lucian-Dumitru Dîrdală.- 7. Resilience of the EU and Leverage of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Good News and Bad News- Michael Bolle.- 8. Geostrategic Interests of the EU and Their Implementation on the Example of the Ukrainian Crisis- Ivana Slobodnikova, Peter Terem and Radovan Gura.- 9. Measuring Hierarchy in the European Union and Eastern Partnership Countries- Yuval Weber.- 10. Organisations and Resilience: What Relevance for the Eastern Partnership?- Thierry Côme and Gilles Rouet.- Part III. Eastern Neighbourhood Countries’ Resilience. Case Studies and Prospects.- 11. Current Methodological Approaches in Economic Resilience Analysis. Empirical Findings in the EaP Countries- Carmen Pintilescu and Daniela Viorică.- 12. Borderlines: Economic Resilience on the European Union’s Eastern Periphery- Adrian Healy and Gillian Bristow.- 13. Resilience at the EU’s Eastern Borders: A Comparative Analysis of Post-Soviet Countries Through an Institutional Approach- Ramona Țigănașu and Loredana Simionov.- 14. The Eastern Partnership and the Idea of Europeanisation Challenged in the Age of Hybrid Challenges- Sergiy Gerasymchuk.- 15. Whose Resilience? Resilience and Regime Strength in EU-Azerbaijan Relations- Eske Van Gils.- 16.Migration and Resilience in the Eastern European Neighbourhood: Remittances as a Mechanism for Boosting Recovery After Shocks- Cristian Incaltarau and Gabriela Pascariu.- 17. Adaptation, Marketisation or Resilience? Multiculturalism in Local Practices at the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland- Dariusz Wojciech Wojakowski.- 18. General Conclusions- Gabriela Carmen Pascariu and Gilles Rouet.

Resilience has emerged as a key concept in EU foreign policy. The policy debate around this concept has been vigorous, but theoretical attempts to develop the concept are few.  Covering fields of strategical importance, such as economic governance; growth and sustainable development; energy, environment and climate action; education, the labour market, and foreign affairs, this book is one of the first attempts to profoundly theorise the concept of ‘resilience’ in international relations by looking at several policy areas and countries. Faced with multiple crises (the economic crisis, the Brexit referendum, the refugee crisis, terrorist attacks, geopolitics such as events in the Ukraine), and challenges with its integration process, the European Union needs to become not only more intelligent, more inclusive and more sustainable, but also more resilient and more capable of reacting to different internal and external shocks. This book integrates a systemic assessment of the regions’ specific shocks and risks in relation to internal vulnerabilities (i.e. structural economic, social, institutional and political fragility) and to their long and medium-term impact on the stability, security and sustainable development in the region.   

“The notion of ‘resilience’ permeates academic and policy dialogue on international development and security, but too often the term is used diffusely, sapping the concept’s power. This important volume fuses a nuanced theoretical understanding of resilience with an empirically rich study of its meaning and relevance in diverse European and Eurasian countries and regional organizations. Its detailed case studies provide a conceptual map of the key strengths and vulnerabilities of the European Union and Eastern Partnership states. At the same time, its authors offer much-needed new insights on how to assess resilience in practice. Both are essential for effective policy action to build more resilient states, societies, and institutions.” This volume will be of great use to scholars and practitioners of development and foreign affairs in Europe, the Eastern Partnership area, and beyond.” (Dr John D. Ciorciari, University of Michigan, US) “This monograph is an important and timely contribution to the debates on resilience in the policy, and scholarly communities. It While becoming the buzzword of the global governance agenda, resilience is still a rather misunderstood and even misconceived concept, and its potential as an analytic of governance could be lost if not properly researched and debated. This volume does just that, and is a must for scholars and practitioners working to make governance more adaptive and sustainable.” (Professor Elena Korosteleva, University of Kent, UK)“Europe is in a state of flux. Not only do we face a weakening of the pillars of the EU caused mainly by Euro-scepticism and Brexit, but also new attempts to expand the range of associated countries. This volume offers a wealth of new insights into the hurdles and opportunities of the ‘European way of life’. This book is a rich source of novel information and original perspectives on a resilient Europe.” (Professor Peter Nijkamp, Jheronimus Academyof Data Science, The Netherlands)“This volume by Rouet and Pascariu is a comprehensive treatment of the subject of resilience in European Union (EU) foreign policy as it relates to the Eastern partner, and a must-read for scholars and students of the EU, International Relations, practitioners, journalists and the intelligent reader alike.” (Dr. Neil Winn, University of Leeds, UK)“This important volume provides a conceptual map of the key strengths and vulnerabilities of the European Union and Eastern Partnership states. At the same time, its authors offer much-needed new insights on how to assess resilience in practice.” (Dr John D. Ciorciari, University of Michigan, US) “This monograph is an important and timely contribution to the debates on resilience in the policy, and scholarly communities. It is a must for scholars and practitioners working to make governance more adaptive and sustainable.” (Professor Elena Korosteleva, Universityof Kent, UK)

Bridges ‘resilience’ debates from a multi-disciplinary perspective Offers case studies to provide and foster a better understanding of the new realities at EU’s Eastern borders Presents an international cast of respected contributors to cover all angles of the foreign policy debate of 'resilience'

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