Resilience And The EU’s External Action Instruments: Towards Multiple, Sustained, And Indirect Actions
This paper examines the diplomatic, economic, and military instruments that the EU mobilises in a resilience-informed external action.
This paper examines the diplomatic, economic, and military instruments that the EU mobilises in a resilience-informed external action.
The European Union should engage cautiously with state religious institutions so as to not unintentionally damage their legitimacy in the religious sphere.
State Religious Institutions In The MENA: Can They Prevent Violent Radicalization? Read More »
The aim of this policy paper is to examine the EU’s conflict management approach to protracted conflicts in its neighbourhood and analyse how the resilience paradigm can mitigate the effects of areas of limited statehood and contested order in the European neighbourhood.
Protracted Conflicts In The EU’s Neighbourhood: Does Resilience Apply? Read More »
This paper explores the extent to which global and diffuse risks impact the Eastern Partnership countries of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood.
GLOBAL AND DIFFUSE RISKS IN THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES Read More »
This booklet presents 13 scenarios for governance breakdown and violent conflict in the EU’s neighbourhood which were created in the context of the EU-LISTCO research project.
Scenarios For Governance Breakdown And Violent Conflict In The EU’s Neighbourhood Read More »
The EU needs to prioritize the global risks which not only endanger the EU and its surroundings in the long term, but can also act as major spoilers in the short term.
Rethinking EU Responses To Global And Diffuse Risks Read More »
The EU should seek to strengthen societal resilience by supporting democratic reforms in its southern neighborhood. Such support should be guided by local priorities, those that address the economic and well as the political, educational, and health needs of the Arab public.
Stability Vs. Democracy In The Post Arab-Spring: What Choice For The EU? Read More »
This report details the unique challenges posed to the external action of the EU and its member states by Mali, a land-locked country in West Africa spanning mountainous, desert, and tropical terrains. But what is the background of the areas of limited statehood and contested orders in the country?
Mali Country Report Read More »
Drawing on EU-LISTCO’s conceptual framework, this paper defines the analytical category of resilience and provides a roadmap to study its characteristics in configurations of areas of limited statehood and contested order.
RESEARCHING RESILIENCE: Implications For Case Studies In Europe’s Neighbourhoods Read More »
Libya is a special case within the EU-LISTCO project. It is in the western region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Algeria and Tunisia to the west, Chad and Niger to the south, Sudan to the south-east and Egypt to the east. But what is the background of the areas of limited statehood and contested orders in the country?
Libya Country Report Read More »