Book

«The EU's Neighbourhood Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expanding the European Security Community»

Author: Licínia Simão || Palgrave Macmillan (2018)

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.


About the author:
Licínia Simão is assistant professor at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra, teaching in International Relations, where she is currently the Scientific Coordinator for Mobility in International Relations. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, where she is involved in several research projects on the post-Soviet space. Licínia holds a PhD in International Relations (specialisation in European Studies) from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis on European foreign and security policy for the South Caucasus. Her research interests include foreign policy analysis and security studies, with a focus on European foreign policy and the former-Soviet space. Her most recent publication is the the book "The EU's Neighbourhood Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expanding the European Security Community" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).