Eu, Security and the Eastern Partnership: Resilient States Versus Resilient Societies

This book connects the scholarly discussions on ’security’ and ’resilience’, by examining the various definitions and meanings of the terms in the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) policy, and in what ways the EU has attempted to define the relationship between security and resilience in its official rhetoric and in policy practice.

Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security at Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. In addition, he is Jean Monnet Chair, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Director of the Jean Monnet Network on EU Counter-Terrorism (www.eucter.net).

Giselle Bosse is Associate Professor in EU External Relations and Director of the Research Master European Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. She is co-director of the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) (from September 2019) and founder and coordinator of the Research Colloquium on ’The Politics and Governance of Administrative Reform in Central and Eastern Europe’.

Alena Vieira is Assistant Professor at CICP/University of Minho, Portugal. She holds PhD in Political Science from the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. She was Visiting Researcher da Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Instituto Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais (Lisbon), e Universidade Católica de Leuven.