Serena Giusti is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. She is also Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Political Studies in Milan, Italy. Irina Mirkina is Senior Data Scientist at Stena Rederi in Gothenburg, Sweden. She is also Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Economics at Lund University, Sweden.

• 1 Introduction (Serena Giusti and Irina Mirkina).- 2 From a Regional to a Global Power, in Potency: The EU’s Global Strategy (Serena Giusti).- 3 Russia’s strategy of forging spaces around itself (Tomislava Penkova).- 4 China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia: Space Shaping as Ordering (Anna Caffarena and Giuseppe Gabusi).- 5 Shifting Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy in the Trans-European Space (Elena Baracani and Merve Çalımlı).- 6 Saudi Arabia’s Regional Space-Shaping: Making or Unmaking a Region? (Irene Costantini and Ruth Hanau Santini).- 7 Iran: An Unrecognised Regional Power (Annalisa Perteghella).- 8 Facing a Fragmented Neighbourhood: The EU and Six Eastern Partnership Countries (Kateryna Pishchikova).- 9 Re-Conceptualising EU-North Africa Relations: ‘Outside-In’ and ‘Inside-Out’ Dynamics (Silvia Colombo).- 10 Economic challenges in Trans-Europe (Irina Mirkina).- 11 Do Good Neighbours Make Good Fences? Migration in the Trans-European Space (Natasja Reslow).- 12 Energy Security and Geopolitics in the Trans-Europe Space (Caterina Miriello).