TY - JOUR
T1 - EU–Central Asian interactions
T2 - perceptions, interests and practices
AU - Fawn, Rick
AU - Kluczewska, Karolina
AU - Korneev, Oleg
N1 - Funding: This work was supported by the project ‘Contested Global Governance, Transformed Global Governors? International Organisations and “Weak” States’ of the French National Research Agency [grant number ANR-16-ACHN-0034]; and the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) [grant number 12B9422N].
PY - 2023/2/1
Y1 - 2023/2/1
N2 - By shifting the study of European Union (EU)–Central Asian relations from its fixed category of black-boxing both the EU and Central Asia, this article advances the case for the approach of examining multi-level and multi-actor interactions that identify the dynamic processes of reciprocal action and meaning-making that characterize the mutual cooperation. It distinguishes perceptions, interests and practices, pointing to the rationales and modes of behaviour of multiple EU and Central Asian actors. The article also advances five reasons why EU studies should take more interest in Central Asia, given that the EU’s larger external relations and security agenda extends to this region. Similarly, it shows that Central Asian studies can benefit from the analysis of the region’s interactions with external actors, including the EU, given that external actors contribute to reshaping national policy agendas and influence everyday life.
AB - By shifting the study of European Union (EU)–Central Asian relations from its fixed category of black-boxing both the EU and Central Asia, this article advances the case for the approach of examining multi-level and multi-actor interactions that identify the dynamic processes of reciprocal action and meaning-making that characterize the mutual cooperation. It distinguishes perceptions, interests and practices, pointing to the rationales and modes of behaviour of multiple EU and Central Asian actors. The article also advances five reasons why EU studies should take more interest in Central Asia, given that the EU’s larger external relations and security agenda extends to this region. Similarly, it shows that Central Asian studies can benefit from the analysis of the region’s interactions with external actors, including the EU, given that external actors contribute to reshaping national policy agendas and influence everyday life.
KW - Central Asia
KW - Central Asian studies
KW - European Union external action
KW - European Union studies
KW - International organizations
U2 - 10.1080/02634937.2022.2134300
DO - 10.1080/02634937.2022.2134300
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-4937
VL - 41
SP - 617
EP - 638
JO - Central Asian Survey
JF - Central Asian Survey
IS - 4
ER -