The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

This Book Provides A Comprehensive Study Into The Promotion Of Regional Integration As A Central Pillar Of European Union (eu) Relations With The Rest Of The World. It Is A Strategy To Deal With A Core Security Challenge: The Transformation Of Conflicts And, In Particular, Regional Conflicts. Yet To What Extent Has The Promotion Of Regional Integration Been Successful In Transforming Conflicts? What Can We Regard As The Core Mechanisms Of Such An Impact? This Volume Offers A Comprehensive Assessment Of The Nexus Between Promoting Integration And Conflict Transformation. The Authors Systematically Compare The Consequences Of Eu Involvement In Eight Conflicts In Four World Regions Within A Common Framework. In Doing So, They Focus On The Promotion Of Integration As A Preventative Strategy To Avoid Conflicts Turning Violent And As A Long-term Strategy To Transform Violent Conflicts By Placing Them In A Broader Institutional Context. The Book Will Be Of Use To Students And Scholars Interested In European Foreign Policy, Comparative Regionalism, And Conflict Resolution. Promoting Regional Integration And Transforming Conflicts? / Thomas Diez, Nathalie Tocci, With Giovanni Faleg, And Eva Scherwitz -- Adapting To Regional Challenges? : The Brussels Perspective On The Promotion Of Regional Integration And Conflict Transformation / Eva Scherwitz, Giovanni Faleg, And Eleonora Poli -- Israel-palestine : The Mediterranean Paradox / Hirah Azhar And Marco Pinfari -- Western Sahara : A Head-in-the-sand Approach To Maghrebi Integration / Justine Louis And Marco Pinfari -- The Eu And Regional Integration In West Africa : What Effects On Conflict Transformation? / Giulia Piccolino And Stephanie Minou -- The Great Lakes And The Eu : Formal And Informal Regionalism And Conflict Transformation / Sonja Theron -- The Eu, Regional Conflicts And The Promotion Of Regional Cooperation : A Successful Strategy For A Global Challenge? : Colombia's Case / Cinthia Pestana Haddad And Kai Lehmann -- The Eu, Regional Conflicts And The Promotion Of Regional Cooperation : A Successful Strategy For A Global Challenge? : Honduras Case / Octávio Forti Neto And Kai Lehmann -- The Eu And Regional Integration As A Form Of Conflict Transformation In The South China Sea / Yeikyoung Kim -- The Eu, Regional Cooperation And Regional Conflicts : The Case Of The North Korean Nuclear Crisis / Moosung Lee -- The Eu, Regional Integration And Conflict Transformation / Thomas Diez And Nathalie Tocci. Thomas Diez, Nathalie Tocci, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 271-320) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Introduction: Promoting Regional Integration and Transforming Conflicts?....Pages 1-28 Adapting to Regional Challenges? The Brussels Perspective on the Promotion of Regional Integration and Conflict Transformation....Pages 29-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-55 Israel-Palestine: The Mediterranean Paradox....Pages 57-80 Western Sahara: A ‘Head-in-the-Sand’ Approach to Maghrebi Integration....Pages 81-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-107 The EU and Regional Integration in West Africa: What Effects on Conflict Transformation?....Pages 109-130 The Great Lakes and the EU: Formal and Informal Regionalism and Conflict Transformation....Pages 131-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-154 The EU, Regional Conflicts and the Promotion of Regional Cooperation: A Successful Strategy for a Global Challenge?: Colombia’s Case....Pages 155-173 The EU, Regional Conflicts and the Promotion of Regional Cooperation: A Successful Strategy for a Global Challenge?: Honduras Case....Pages 175-196 Front Matter....Pages 197-199 The EU and Regional Integration as a Form of Conflict Transformation in the South China Sea....Pages 201-224 The EU, Regional Cooperation and Regional Conflicts: The Case of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis....Pages 225-248 Conclusion: The EU, Regional Integration and Conflict Transformation....Pages 249-269 Back Matter....Pages 271-336