European Union Governance in Central Asia

The edited volume attempts to critically approach EU-Central Asian relations asking whether – when adopting a more sectoral governance approach – the EU’s transformative power vis-à-vis the region is greater than initially argued and if so under what conditions it flourishes most. It assesses whether through adopting a sectoral approach to the area of development infrastructure water management security climate change energy trade health education or any other element defining EU-Central Asian relations the European Union is able to (co-)shape this geopolitically strategic region. If so what drives the EU’s ability to do so; if not what mitigates its (potential) influence? This book contributes to the scholarship on the EU’s external governance both empirically and theoretically.