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Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: BECKOUCHE, Pierre.
Other Authors: BESNARD, Pierre., PECOUT, Hugues.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps
  • Introduction. Should and Could Europe Use a Territorial Approach to Regain the Influence It Has Lost in Its Region?
  • 1 Political Context, Conceptual Framework
  • Abstract
  • 1.1 The Rise of the Neighbourhoods in the Regionalisation Context
  • 1.1.1 The Dialectic Between Globalisation and Regionalisation
  • 1.1.2 How the Neighbourhoods Issue Is Addressed in International Scientific Literature…
  • 1.1.3 … and in the EU Political Framework
  • 1.2 Assumptions and Key Questions
  • 1.2.1 Two Assumptions: "One Region", "Greater Opportunities than Threats"
  • 1.2.2 Three Objectives
  • 1.2.3 What Do We Call "Neighbourhoods"?
  • 1.3 Methodological Challenges in Unstable Territories
  • 1.3.1 The Difficult Geometries Issue
  • 1.3.2 The Local Data Issue: Scarcely Available, Reliable and Comparable
  • 1.3.3 The Climax of Geometries and Data Complexity: The Israel-Palestine Puzzle
  • References
  • 2 Presentation of the European Neighbouring Space
  • Abstract
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.1.1 Main Figures
  • 2.1.2 Transport and Energy Networks Make the Region
  • 2.1.3 The (Relative) Importance of Neighbours for Europe
  • 2.1.4 The Strong but Declining Importance of Europe for Neighbours
  • 2.1.5 The Prevailing Core-Periphery Pattern
  • 2.1.6 Neighbours' Preferential Relations with Specific EU Countries
  • 2.2 The Neighbourhoods: Opportunities and Challenges for Europe
  • 2.2.1 Opportunities: Labour Forces, Markets, Investment
  • 2.2.1.1 Population Dynamic and Rising Role of Diasporas
  • 2.2.1.2 Markets
  • 2.2.1.3 Investment
  • 2.2.2 Energy: Threat or Opportunity?
  • 2.2.2.1 Strategic Complementarities
  • 2.2.2.2 How the EU Tries to Reduce Its Dependence upon Russia and How It Barely Manages.
  • 2.2.2.3 The Two Drivers of a Common Energy Policy Between Europe and the Neighbour Countries
  • 2.2.3 Challenges: Environmental Risks, Water Scarcity, Non-inclusive Growth, Political Unrest
  • 2.2.3.1 Environmental Risks
  • 2.2.3.2 Non-inclusive Growth
  • 2.2.3.3 Political Challenges
  • 2.2.4 The Neighbours' International Openness as a Major Stake for Interaction with Europe
  • 2.3 Do Europeans Care About Their Neighbourhoods? An Analysis of Media Data
  • 2.3.1 The Choice of Our Corpus of European Newspapers
  • 2.3.2 Silence and Noise in the European Media Regarding Neighbourhoods
  • References
  • 3 Northern Neighbourhood: Climate Change and Concern for International Common Goods
  • Abstract
  • 3.1 Stakes
  • 3.1.1 Demographic
  • 3.1.2 Socio-economic
  • 3.1.3 Environmental
  • 3.2 The Arctic: A Remote but Increasingly Compelling Neighbourhood for the EU
  • 3.2.1 To Whom Does the Arctic Region Belong?
  • 3.2.2 Organisation of Space: The Key Role of Air Transport
  • 3.2.3 The Impact of the Climate Change: Opportunities, Risks and Governance Challenges
  • 3.2.4 What Role for the EU?
  • 3.3 Strategic Synthesis: Importance of the Arctic, Common Goods Governance, Role of Russia
  • References
  • 4 Eastern Neighbourhood: Territorial Cooperation Implies a Common Energy Strategy
  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Stakes
  • 4.1.1 Demographic
  • 4.1.2 Socio-economic
  • 4.1.3 Environmental
  • 4.2 Baltic Sea Region: Case Study on the EU/Russian on-the-Ground Partnership
  • 4.2.1 What Delineation?
  • 4.2.2 Russia Versus Rest of the BSR
  • 4.2.3 Kaliningrad: Stumbling Block or Touchstone of the Cooperation with Russia?
  • 4.2.4 Cross-Border Cooperation as a (Fragile) Means to Foster Ties with Russia
  • 4.2.5 Commonalities for Regional Integration: Transport, Environment, Tourism
  • 4.2.6 The Key Issue of People Mobility.
  • 4.2.7 Intergovernmental Institutions Include Russia but not Always Efficiently
  • 4.3 Black Sea: Case Study on the Local Ties with EU and Russia
  • 4.3.1 City Twinning: Balanced Partnerships with the EU and Immediate Neighbours-Especially Russia
  • 4.3.2 Diplomacy Networks of the Black Sea Countries: Rather with the EU or with Russia?
  • 4.4 Ukraine: Case Study on the Territorial Divide and Cohesion of a Contested Country
  • 4.4.1 Ukraine in Its Macro-Regional Context: A Fragile Interface Between Europe and Russia
  • 4.4.2 Nation-Building, Declining Regional Disparities, Rising Concerns
  • 4.4.3 Conclusion: A Jaws Effect in the East
  • 4.5 Strategic Synthesis: Role of Territorial Cooperation, Key Russia and Energy Issues
  • References
  • 5 Western Balkans: Deep Integration with EU Relies on Internal Integration
  • Abstract
  • 5.1 Stakes
  • 5.1.1 Huge Demographic Changes, Re-bordering Process and Mobility Issue
  • 5.1.2 Social: Undeniable Income Rise, Rising Social Disparities
  • 5.1.3 Economy: Still Recovering, Still Geographically Fragmented
  • 5.1.4 Environment: Early Stage Regulation, Necessary and Rising International Cooperation
  • 5.2 Strategic Synthesis: Connection to EU Hindered by Internal Fragmentation
  • 5.2.1 Still Low International Openness: Role of Transport Infrastructures
  • 5.2.2 Economic Flows with the EU: A Core-Periphery Pattern
  • 5.2.3 Measuring the EU's Diplomatic Influence
  • 5.2.4 Shortcomings of the Territorial Cooperation Between the EU and the Western Balkans
  • 5.2.5 From "Western Balkans" to "South-East Europe"?
  • 6 Mediterranean Neighbourhood: The Key Triptych Energy-Water-Agriculture
  • Abstract
  • 6.1 Stakes
  • 6.1.1 The Only Neighbourhood Whose Population and GDP's World Share Is Growing
  • 6.1.2 Demographic Gift: Territorial Impacts
  • 6.1.3 Addressing Social Booming Disparities, Gender Gap and Numeric Illiteracy.
  • 6.1.4 Territories and Economic Issues: Small but Rising Role of Clusters, Huge Investments Needs
  • 6.1.5 Environment: The Critical Case of Water and Agricultural Land
  • 6.1.6 Difficult Decentralisation
  • 6.2 Regionalism and Regionalisation in the Euro-Mediterranean Space
  • 6.2.1 Regionalisation: The Euro-Mediterranean Missing Link Is Productive Integration
  • 6.2.2 Regionalism: European Aid Too Small and Too Scattered to Really Impact the Mediterranean
  • 6.2.3 Regionalism: A Slow but a Real Trend Toward Regional Deep Integration
  • 6.3 Strategic Synthesis: Time to Political Boldness in the Euromed Process
  • 6.3.1 Avoiding Water Wars
  • 6.3.2 The Need for a Food Security and Agricultural Policy
  • 6.3.3 A "Euro-Mediterranean Energy Community"?
  • 6.3.4 From "Migration" to "Mobility"
  • References
  • 7 Orientations for Territorial Cooperation
  • Abstract
  • 7.1 Synthesis: Are We Really "One Region"?
  • 7.1.1 Rather "Shallow" than "Deep" Regional Integration
  • 7.1.2 Rather Regional De-integration than Integration
  • 7.1.3 Regional Integration by Transport and Energy Networks
  • 7.2 Reducing Risks and Fostering Opportunities with Neighbours
  • 7.2.1 Promoting the Territorial Approach Is a Competitive Advantage for Europe in Its Neighbourhoods
  • 7.2.2 Ending with Dissymmetrical Relationship and with a Cooperation Driven by Aid
  • 7.2.3 Focusing on a Few Key Issues: Mobility, Energy, Agriculture, Water and Environment
  • 7.2.4 Promoting the ENP and the Notion of Greater Region (Europe + Neighbourhoods)
  • 7.2.5 Reformulating the Neighbourhoods Vision Thanks to European Policies Cross-Cutting
  • 7.3 Towards a "Neighbourhoods Territorial Agenda"
  • 7.3.1 Why?
  • 7.3.2 What?
  • 7.3.3 How?
  • References
  • Appendices.

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