02530nam 2200445 450 991082495490332120180321083530.01-4985-4224-7(CKB)4340000000257773(MiAaPQ)EBC5309103(EXLCZ)99434000000025777320180326h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe European Union's influence in Central Asia geopolitical challenges and responses /Olga Alinda SpaiserLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2018.©20181 online resource (245 pages)Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures1-4985-4223-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The European Union as a global actor : conceptual framework -- Analyzing the EU as a foreign actor : the three levels of EU's influence -- The European Union in Central Asia -- The context : geostrategic stakes in an unstable environment on European doorsteps -- The emergence of the EU's policy toward Central Asia : the "far neighborhood" approach -- Analyzing the EU's strategy for Central Asia : discourse, instruments, and reception -- The broader geopolitical context of EU policy in Central Asia : competition for influence and influence parallelism -- Case studies : the EU as a "consultant" in Central Asia's security sphere -- Border insecurity in Central Asia and the EU's response -- Governance crises in Central Asia and the EU's response -- Water conflict in Central Asia and the EU's response.This study examines the role of the European Union in Central Asian affairs. The author analyzes the various ways the European Union exerts influence in a region where other global powers have dominant positions and emphasizes the Central Asian states themselves as subjects and actorsContemporary Central Asia (Lanham, Md.)GeopoliticsAsia, CentralEuropean Union countriesForeign relationsAsia, CentralAsia, CentralForeign relationsEuropean Union countriesGeopolitics341.242/20958Spaiser Olga A.1658272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824954903321The European Union's influence in Central Asia4012172UNINA