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ENC Analysis: Algerian Post-Bouteflika Democratisation and EU Security Implications

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ENC Analysis: Algerian Post-Bouteflika Democratisation and EU Security Implications

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled “Algerian Post – Bouteflika Democratisation and EU Security Implications.’’

The ENC Analysis is written by our Academic Council Member Dr. Ebtisam Hussein who is a tenure holder of Political Science at Cairo University and Associate Professor of Political Science at New Giza University in Egypt.

Nearly three years after the ouster, Algerian democratisation is still grappling with a compelling political reform process and major political challenges such as weakened opposition and the military’s role in civilian politics. Due to its potential negative implications for the EU’s security, it is crucial to examine these challenges preventing the prospect for the democratisation process in Algeria. In this publication, Dr. Hussein discusses the factors that led to the 2019 uprising and the current situation in Algeria while recommending that certain efforts should be examined towards promoting political reform.

The full analysis is available here.

 

ENC Analysis: Armenia and Turkey – Unpacking Negotiation Strategies and Political Conjunctures

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ENC Analysis: Armenia and Turkey – Unpacking Negotiation Strategies and Political Conjunctures

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled “Armenia And Turkey: Unpacking Negotiation Strategies And Political Conjunctures”.

The ENC Analysis is written by our academic council member Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan who is Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science and International Affairs Program at the American University of Armenia.

The Armenian internal political landscape, security foundations, and relations with neighbouring and third-party countries have changed in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In this publication, Dr. Ter-Matevosyan analyzes the current relations between Armenia and Turkey, with the latter being a staunch supporter of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, recent efforts by the two sides to appoint diplomatic envoys in order to normalize bilateral relations, and the Armenian government’s handling of the delicate situation.

The full analysis is available here.

ENC Study

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Dear Student,

We would like to organise a face-to-face interview with you to hear your views and perceptions about Turkey, European values and future job prospects.

The interview will last approximately 30 minutes and will take place at your university in September-October 2019.

All your answers will be entirely anonymous and the interview will not be recorded as our project guidelines are submitted to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.

Simply send an email to amarazis@encouncil.org with your telephone number and full name, and we will contact you to schedule the interview.

Here is some information about the project: the European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) was granted a project under the Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU) “Supporting Civil Society Dialogue Between EU and Turkey” in which we focus on “Understanding Future Values: Youth and Interaction across the EU and Turkey“. It is therefore important for our researchers to speak to you in person in order to have a better understanding about youth perceptions.

We would like to thank you for considering this personal interview request and our ENC team of young researchers very much looks forward to meeting you.

With kind regards,

Samuel Doveri Vesterbye

ENC Managing Director

 SAMUEL SIGNATURE

ENC Analysis: Mapping Russia’s Influence in the Kyrgyz Republic

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The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled “Mapping Russia’s Influence in the Kyrgyz Republic”.

The ENC analysis is written by Dr. Aijan Sharshenova, Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.

In this publication, Dr. Sharshenova maps how Russia intentionally and unintentionally influences Kyrgyz politics, economy, society and culture, and explores what challenges this influence might pose for Kyrgyz government, if it is left unchecked and unaddressed, as well as provides recommendations on how Kyrgyz policy makers could address these challenges.

The full analysis is available here.

Emerging Forms of Islamic Civil Society in Central Asia

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Emerging Forms of Islamic Civil Society in Central Asia

 

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) in cooperation with the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, released its new study: “Emerging Forms of Islamic Civil Society in Central Asia”.

The report is part of a Regional Policy Dialogue supported by the Hollings Center for International Dialogue. Over the course of three online sessions between February and March 2021, ENC and the Oxus Society gathered together a group of experts, representatives of civil society, and government officials to discuss the emergence of Islamic civil society in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, including Islamic charities, mosques, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social media.

The participants addressed the following questions:

  • How popular is Islamic civil society in Central Asia?
  • How is Covid-19 affecting the role of Islamic civil society in the region?
  • Is Islamic civil society a potential source of stability, human security, and development?
  • What opportunities are there for dialogue with forms of civil society and assistance offered by NGOs and the state?

Although the group had a wide array of viewpoints, they loosely converged around the following points:

  • Islamic civil society is growing in importance in Central Asia, but remains an understudied topic.
  • While there is no agreed upon definition of Islamic civil society, it includes six types of actors: mosques, mahallas, charities, NGOs, jamaats and muftiates, all of whom frame their activities as being driven by Islamic norms and morality.
  • Islamic civil society was strengthened by the Covid-19 pandemic, which uncovered the weaknesses of state governance and offered opportunities for new actors to step in to provide services to the local population.
  • Dynamics of Islamic civil society vary across the region, with Kyrgyzstan hosting the widest array of groups and Tajikistan the fewest (Turkmenistan is not included in this report).
  • The growth of Islamic civil society in the region has been restricted by secular regimes who view the growth of religious sentiments as an alternative source of legitimacy and potential threat to social order.

Find below the report in English, Turkish and Russian along with a short video featuring Dr. Edward Lemon, President of the Oxus Society and Research Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University and Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, ENC Managing Director, summarising findings and discussion ideas from the regional policy dialogue on Islamic civil society.

English version:

pdf4 Emerging Forms of Islamic Civil Soviety in Central Asia

French version:

pdf4 Formes émergentes de la société civile islamique en Asie centrale

Turkish version:

pdf4 Orta Asya’da Gelişen İslami Sivil Toplum Biçimleri

Russian version:

pdf4 Emerging Forms of Islamic Civil Soviety in Central Asia

Watch the video here:

ENC Analysis – The EU accession process in the Western Balkans and the Roma

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The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled The EU accession process in the Western Balkans and the Roma”.

The ENC Analysis is written by Dr. Yorgos Christidis, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics in the Balkans at the Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece). He is also a Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Security Policy (ELIAMEP) and ENC Academic Council member.

As the EU is getting closer to the Western Balkan countries, it is clear that in the next round of EU enlargement, another group of marginalized Roma communities will become part of the wider Roma predicament faced by the EU. In this publication, Dr. Christidis analyses the position of the Roma in the Western Balkan countries, EU’s “Roma policy” and sets some questions on the effectiveness of the current EU and national approaches.


The full analysis is available here.

ENC Analysis-Ensuring Security in Ukraine & Eastern Europe: New Formats for EU/NATO Cooperation with Ukraine

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The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis entitled ”Ensuring Security in Ukraine and Eastern Europe: New Formats for EU/NATO Cooperation with Ukraine

This ENC Analysis is authored by Samuel Doveri Vesterbye, Mykhailo Gonchar, Andreas Marazis and Vitalii Martyniuk. The European Neighbourhood Council and the Centre for Global Studies ”Strategy XXI”, with support of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine organized the two-day conference on 30-31 May 2018 in Kyiv. Based on the results of the conference, this report examines the EU-NATO cooperation in relation to Ukraine with the aim of further embedding the country’s security.

The full analysis is available in PDF format below.

pdf4Analysis of EU-NATO cooperation in relation to Ukraine

ENC Analysis: ”The Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas as part of EU-Armenia Relations”

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ENC Analysis: ”The Facilitation of the Issuance of Visas as part of EU-Armenia Relations”

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) is glad to introduce the third analysis of the new feature entitled “ENC Analysis“. The latter will display analyses by our Academic Council Members and External Advisors on relevant topics regarding the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) area and wider Europe.

This ENC Analysis features the opinion of Stepan Grigoryan and Nikolay Israyelyan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas as part of EU-Armenia relations. The final objective of the study is to develop the EU-Armenia relationship and serve as a basis for launching the EU-Armenia visa dialogue and subsequently reaching a visa-free regime.

ENC Analysis

The full analysis is available here.

ENC Analysis: The Eastern Partnership beyond Summitry

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ENC Analysis: The Eastern Partnership beyond Summitry

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis on “The Eastern Partnership beyond Summitry”.

This article is written by our academic council member Dr. Panagiota Manoli who is an Assistant Professor in Political Economy of International Relations at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese.

In this ENC Analysis, Dr. Manoli discusses the EaP’s implementation during periods of protracted volatility, putting a focus on the progress marked and its key drivers. The paper also contributes to the discussion of the direction that the EaP policy should take in light of a worsening regional security complex.

The full analysis is available here.

ENC Analysis – EU, Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) and civil society: some considerations on the IcSP in Kyrgyzstan

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ENC Analysis – EU, Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) and civil society: some considerations on the IcSP in Kyrgyzstan

The European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis on “EU, Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) and civil society: some considerations on the IcSP in Kyrgyzstan“.

This article is written by our academic council member Dr. Chiara Pierobon, a postdoctoral researcher at Bielefeld University (Germany) and an associate research fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).

In this ENC analysis, Dr. Pierobon analyses the main forms of engagement for which Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) receive funding from the Instrument contribution to Stability and Peace (IcSP) and its programme “Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism” (STRIVE) in Kyrgyzstan.

The full analysis is available here.