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The EU as an Actor in Central Asia

External Impacts, Regional Responses

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  • Oct 2024

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Editors:
  1. Sebastian Mayer

    1. OSCE Academy and Associate Fellow, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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  2. Jakob Lempp

    1. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Science, Kleve, Germany

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  • Explains the behavior of the European Union (EU) towards Central Asia
  • Considers how the responses of regional and other extra-regional actors have shaped the EU’s conduct
  • Analyzes how successful the EU has been in achieving its stated objectives in this region

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)

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Keywords

  • European Union
  • Central Asia
  • Trade
  • Security
  • Democratization
  • Environmental Affairs

About this book

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; Democratizationand Human Rights; Water; and Education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • OSCE Academy and Associate Fellow, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    Sebastian Mayer

  • Rhine-Waal University of Applied Science, Kleve, Germany

    Jakob Lempp

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The EU as an Actor in Central Asia

  • Book Subtitle: External Impacts, Regional Responses

  • Editors: Sebastian Mayer, Jakob Lempp

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51353-4Due: 26 October 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51356-5Due: 26 October 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-51354-1Due: 26 October 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2662-5873

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-5881

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

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