• 1. Introduction--
• 2. An analytical framework for European Union crisis responses--
• 3. The return of geopolitics--
• 4. Pre-crisis European Union eastern policy--
• 5. Eastern policy from low to high politics--
• 6. Limits to the European Union response--
• 7. Ukraine I: shepherding revolution?--
• 8. Ukraine II: containing conflict--
• 9. Ukraine III: supporting reform--
• 10. The impact on other eastern partners--
• 11. Conclusion: a half-new European Union eastern policy.
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In recent years a series of crises have erupted on the European Union's eastern borders. Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent conflict in eastern Ukraine presented the EU with a major foreign policy challenge, in both Ukraine and across the other countries of the so-called Eastern Partnership. In response, the EU has begun to map its own form of 'liberal-redux geopolitics' that combines various strategic logics. This book traces the effect of these crises on the foreign policy of the EU, examining the changes in policies towards the countries on its eastern borders, the EU's review of the Eastern Partnership, as well as the EU's relations with Russia overall. It goes on to uncover whether the EU has contained the crisis or if it has set up new conditions for more instability in the future.
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• Introduction
• The impact of climate change on security
• The EU's security identity
• The EU's climate security response
• EU climate and energy policies : foundation or diversion?
• Climate and European defence strategies
• Climate and EU conflict prevention
• The geo-economics of climate security.

It is now commonly asserted that climate change will fundamentally change international relations. It has been predicted that global warming will increase conflict within and between states, intensify food insecurity, menace the global trading system and unleash waves of migration. As a result governments are beginning to incorporate these warnings into their foreign policy initiatives. The appropriateness of their incipient responses needs to be examined in finer detail. This book looks at the impact of climate change on European Union (EU) security policy. It explores how governments are reconfiguring their geo-strategy and broader international relations in the wake of climate change warnings. The book demonstrates that although many aspects of EU foreign policies have begun to change, 'climate security' is not yet accorded unequivocal or sufficient priority. In doing so, Youngs argues that if climate change policies are to have significant effect they can no longer be treated as a separate area of policy but must be incorporated into the more mainstream debates pertinent to EU common foreign and security policy (CFSP). This book will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners of climate change and policy, energy and environmental policy, EU governance and foreign policy, European studies, international relations, geography, security studies/policy and environmental economics.
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• Introduction
• More than an economic crisis
• Boon or bane for European global influence?
• Geoeconomic Europe
• Asia's peninsula?
• Goodbye, liberal world order?
• Conclusion : redesigning global Europe.

The European Union is mired in the worst crisis it has seen for many decades. And the crisis does not stop at Europe's edge. It threatens to undercut the EU's ambitions to develop a coherent and active foreign policy, but it is also forcing European states to reevaluate their approach to security and defense. Richard Youngs examines the legacy of the crisis and what it will mean for the EU's international role. The fallout undermines the EU's foreign policy capacity and tarnishes its normative brand, compelling some member states to focus on realpolitik and their own national-level policies. But there are also signs of enhanced European cooperation, greater international ambition, and deepened commitment to the values of a liberal world order. Youngs details how the EU can craft an effective foreign policy strategy while confronting an internal economic crisis and a reshaped global order.
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• Introduction
• More than an economic crisis
• Boon or bane for European global influence?
• Geo-economic Europe
• Asia's peninsula?
• Goodbye, liberal world order?
• Redesigning global Europe.

The European Union is mired in the worst crisis it has seen for many decades. And the crisis does not stop at Europe's edge. It threatens to undercut the EU's ambitions to develop a coherent and active foreign policy, but it is also forcing European states to reevaluate their approach to security and defense. Richard Youngs examines the legacy of the crisis and what it will mean for the EU's international role. The fallout undermines the EU's foreign policy capacity and tarnishes its normative brand, compelling some member states to focus on realpolitik and their own national-level policies. But there are also signs of enhanced European cooperation, greater international ambition, and deepened commitment to the values of a liberal world order. Youngs details how the EU can craft an effective foreign policy strategy while confronting an internal economic crisis and a reshaped global order.
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The European Union has made firm commitments to democratic reforms and human rights initiatives around the world. This volume examines and evaluates the efficacy of these efforts. Individual case studies review the background and discuss the current state of initiatives in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Ukraine, Central Asia, Morocco, Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and Nigeria. The contributors identify lessons from each instance and offer concrete policy recommendations for strengthening the EU's efforts to promote democracy. Together, these assessments show that EU member states are less invested in promoting political change in third world nations, suggesting that the EU is failing to live up to its ideals. Designed to spur debate on how to incorporate democracy and human rights initiatives into the mainstream foreign policy of the EU and its member states, this study challenges the standard view that the EU has established itself as a distinctive normative power.
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• Preface
• Responding to decline
• The scramble for new alliances
• Maximising a bit part in security
• European identity and global decline
• Citizens' values in a reshaped world
• The chimera of a European economy
• Conclusions: the road less travelled
• Appendix
• Index.

The European Union is in inexorable decline. The outlook is gloomy for the economy and nobody listens to European politicians. Any authority or power that it once had on the world stage is being lost, and its claims to the moral high ground in international affairs are increasingly shaky. But this lamentable state of affairs is neither inevitable nor irreversible. The emerging new world order offers opportunities for the EU, if it can only act systematically and develop a new cosmopolitan strategy based on principled and consistent support for universal values. Here is a bold analysis of the problem and a brilliant proposal for a remedy. 'Richard Youngs has produced a passionate but clear-headed analysis of Europe's shrinking status in world affairs. Sarkozy and Merkel should read and react to this wake-up call to reverse Europe's decline before it is too late.' Denis MacShane MP, Britain's longest serving Europe minister.
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• European challenges in the Middle East after September 11
• Iraq : Europe's nemesis
• Iran : the end of the affair
• The Maghreb and Mashreq : new directions
• Palestine : state building in hard times
• The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula : not-so-benign neglect
• Turkey : success and its malcontents
• Conclusion : Europe in the Middle East.

• European challenges in the Middle East after September 11
• Iraq : Europe's nemesis
• Iran : the end of the affair
• The Maghreb and Mashreq : new directions
• Palestine : state building in hard times
• The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula : not-so-benign neglect
• Turkey : success and its malcontents
• Conclusion : Europe in the Middle East.

In the wake of September 11, the European Union proclaimed a new commitment to encouraging processes of political liberalization in the Middle East, and a plethora of initiatives were introduced to that end. Richard Youngs offers a thorough analysis of the policies actually followed by the EU - by national governments, as well as collectively - in the intervening several years. Drawing on official documents and extensive interviews with key policymakers, Youngs assesses EU policies implemented throughout the Middle East: in Iraq, the Maghreb and Mashreq, the Palestinian Territories, the Gulf states, and Turkey. His analysis sheds light not only on the EU's strengths and weaknesses as an international actor, but also on the impact of external factors on political change and on the hotly debated topic of the relationship between democracy and security.
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• European challenges in the Middle East after September 11
• Iraq : Europe's nemesis
• Iran : the end of the affair
• The Maghreb and Mashreq : new directions
• Palestine : state building in hard times
• The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula : not-so-benign neglect
• Turkey : success and its malcontents
• Conclusion : Europe in the Middle East.

• European challenges in the Middle East after September 11
• Iraq : Europe's nemesis
• Iran : the end of the affair
• The Maghreb and Mashreq : new directions
• Palestine : state building in hard times
• The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula : not-so-benign neglect
• Turkey : success and its malcontents
• Conclusion : Europe in the Middle East.

In the wake of September 11, the European Union proclaimed a new commitment to encouraging processes of political liberalization in the Middle East, and a plethora of initiatives were introduced to that end. Richard Youngs offers a thorough analysis of the policies actually followed by the EU - by national governments, as well as collectively - in the intervening several years. Drawing on official documents and extensive interviews with key policymakers, Youngs assesses EU policies implemented throughout the Middle East: in Iraq, the Maghreb and Mashreq, the Palestinian Territories, the Gulf states, and Turkey. His analysis sheds light not only on the EU's strengths and weaknesses as an international actor, but also on the impact of external factors on political change and on the hotly debated topic of the relationship between democracy and security.
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