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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809168403321

Titolo

The European Union and Central Asia / / edited by Alexander Warkotsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-19300-2

1-135-19301-0

1-282-93050-8

9786612930508

0-203-86441-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in Central Asian studies ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

WarkotschAlexander <1973->

Disciplina

341.242/20958

Soggetti

International relations

Asia, Central Foreign relations European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign relations Asia, Central

European Union countries Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The tool kit and framework of EU-Central Asian cooperation; 1 The Central Asia Strategy: An exercise in EU foreign policy; 2 The tool kit of EU-Central Asian cooperation; 3 EU Member States in Central Asia; 4 EU-Central Asian bilateral cooperation; 5 The EU and Central Asian geopolitics; Part II Fields of cooperation; 6 Security assistance and border management; 7 Human rights, democratization and good governance; 8 Youth and higher education; 9 Economic development and trade

10 Energy cooperation: The Southern gas transport corridor11 Water and environmental sustainability; 12 The dialogue of civilizations, inter-cultural dialogue or engaging 'Islam' in Central Asia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In June 2007, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted The EU in Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership, highlighting the growing importance of Central Asia to the EU. This book examines the EU's



policy towards the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in light of this Strategy.   The analysis focuses on the EU's Central Asia Strategy and provides an evaluation of the EU's performance in meeting its policy goals in the region. It starts by looking at the EU as an actor, and discusses the general framework of EU-Central Asia coo