1st Edition
EU, Security and The Eastern Partnership Resilient States versus Resilient Societies
Introduction: Resilient states versus resilient societies? Whose security does the EU protect through the Eastern Partnership in times of geopolitical crises?
Christian Kaunert, Giselle Bosse and Alena Vieira
1. Resilient states vs. resilient societies? The ‘dark side’ of resilience narratives in EU relations with authoritarian regimes: A case study of Belarus
Giselle Bosse and Alena Vieira
2. A new business as usual? The impact of the ‘resilience turn’ on the EU’s foreign policy and approach towards the eastern neighbourhood
Cristian Nitoiu and Loredana Simionov
3. Resilience in EU crisis interventions in Ukraine: A complexity perspective
Michal Natorski
4. Going back and forth: European Union resilience-building in Moldova between 2014 and 2020
Mihai-Razvan Corman and Tobias Schumacher
5. Connectivity of the EU’s Eastern Partnership region: Contestation between liberal and illiberal approaches
Kristi Raik
6. EU Eastern Partnership, Ontological Security and EU- Ukraine/Russian warfare
Christian Kaunert and Joana de Deus Pereira
7. China’s discourse on the belt and road initiative: A hidden threat to European security logic?
Stefanie Weil
8. Do the EU and Ukraine speak the same language? The various notions of resilience before the military intervention
Kateřina Kočí, Marianna Gladysh and Oksana Krayevska
9. Alliance-building between great power commitment and misperceptions: Failed balancing despite alignment efforts in the post-Soviet space
Kavus Abushov
10. A divorce of convenience: exploring radical right populist parties’ position on Putin’s Russia within the context of the Ukrainian war. A social media perspective
Benedetta Carlotti
11. Depoliticising the people: Post-normative power Europe in the women-led protests in Belarus
Emily Loucas
Afterword
Christian Kaunert
Biography
Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security at Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. In addition, he is Jean Monnet Chair, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Director of the Jean Monnet Network on EU Counter-Terrorism (www.eucter.net).
Giselle Bosse is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in EU International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. She is also a fellow at the European Democracy Hub in Brussels.
Alena Vieira is Integrated Member of CICP/UMinho and Assistant Professor at the Department for Political Science of the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho.
