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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Print version: BECKOUCHE, Pierre Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2016 ISBN 9783319285207
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