Eu and its Neighbours

Gergana Noutcheva is Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of Maastricht University, the Netherlands.|Karolina Pomorska is Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of Maastricht University, the Netherlands.|Giselle Bosse is Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

• 1. Values versus Security? The Choice for the EU and its NeighboursPart I: Power and values in the EU’s relations with its neighbours2. The EU as a Regional Hegemon? From Enlargement to ENP3. The Re-Bordering of Values through the European NeighbourhoodPart II: Democracy and good governance4. EU Political Dilemmas in North Africa and the Middle East: the Logic of Diversity and the Limits to Foreign Policy5. Values and Security: the European Union’s Dilemma of Democracy Promotion in the Middle East6. Forging a Wider European Security Community? Dilemmas of ENP in the South Caucasus7. Values versus Security? Assessing the EU’s Pragmatic Engagement with Belarus in the Eastern Partnership PolicyPart III: Hard and soft security challenges8. EU and Ethno-political Conflicts. A Secure Europe in a More Peaceful Neighbourhood?9. Deeds not Declarations: Ukraine’s Convergence with the EU’s Foreign and Security Policies until 201010. Conducting Relations with a Difficult Neighbour. The European Union’s Struggle to Influence Russian Domestic Politics11. Values versus Security in the External Dimension of EU Migration Policy: a Case Study on the Readmission Agreement with RussiaPart IV: Conclusion12. Conceptualising the EU’s Role in the European Neighbourhood

The EU and its neighbours: Values versus security in European foreign policy is a compelling reminder of the need for ontological and methodological openness. The empirical cases studies demonstrate, in their own ways, that values and security interact in far more complex ways than has been suggested hitherto in the existing literature. Pomorska and Noutcheva's conclusions paint a picture of a policy with complex motives and unclear goals. Students and policy-makers alike will find this a remarkably refreshing and challenging book that deserves close reading. -- Professor Simon Duke. This is an excellent, thoughtful and provoking exploration of the all too often oversimplied dichotomy or dilemma of security versus security. It takes a highly sophisticated approach to the inter-related issues and challenges that Europe faces in the Neighbourhood. -- Dr Geoffrey Edwards.