The EU’s Neighbourhood Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expanding the European Security Community

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This book addresses the potential and limitations of the European Union Neighbourhood Policy in sustaining the expansion of the European security community towards the South Caucasus. The Caucasus’ complex regional security dynamics are a hard test for regional security community building and showcase both the challenges of security provision through liberal reforms and integration and of the interaction between security communities and balance of power. The author begins by conceptualizing security community expansion and then considers the ENP through this perspective, before moving on to individual case studies on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The book will appeal to both scholars and practitioners interested in European security, the European Union external action, and the post-Soviet space. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Introduction (Licínia Simão)....Pages 1-20 European Security Community Expansion (Licínia Simão)....Pages 21-49 The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Expansion of the European Security Community (Licínia Simão)....Pages 51-93 Regional and Global Neighbours of the South Caucasus (Licínia Simão)....Pages 95-145 Armenia: Breaking Isolation to Reach Europe (Licínia Simão)....Pages 147-184 Azerbaijan: Strategic Partnership Instead of Europeanisation (Licínia Simão)....Pages 185-213 Georgia: Building a European State (Licínia Simão)....Pages 215-244 Re-Imagining the European Security Community (Licínia Simão)....Pages 245-250 Back Matter ....Pages 251-256