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2. Turning Points and Shifting Understandings of European Security: The European Neighbourhood Policy’s Development

Authors : Maria Raquel Freire, Licínia Simão

Published in: Managing Security Threats along the EU’s Eastern Flanks

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The chapter aims at contributing to the conceptualisation of the EU’s security role and of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as a regional security policy. We argue that there have been shifts in the EU’s approach towards regional security in the framework of the ENP and that a clear trend towards a more systematic combination of structural and hard security elements is visible, reflecting both new EU institutional capabilities and a propitious international environment, demanding integrated and comprehensive approaches to security. We argue that the EU’s security actorness in the neighbourhood has benefited from this developing comprehensive approach, ingraining a mix of normative and geopolitical aspects reflected in the EU’s self-perception and its international image.

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The ENP is a far-reaching policy in terms of sectorial areas, with a strong economic and trade dimension complemented by policies directed at political reforms, security issues, educational and cultural spheres, among other.

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Title: Turning Points and Shifting Understandings of European Security: The European Neighbourhood Policy’s Development
Authors: Maria Raquel Freire
Licínia Simão
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Managing Security Threats along the EU’s Eastern Flanks
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-26936-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-26937-1

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26937-1_2