This book examines the strategies pursued by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) to foster resilience in the Middle East, Maghreb and Sahel regions, ranging from military operations to humanitarian assistance. Thanks to its constructive ambiguity, resilience can bring together policy communities and connect sponsors of reform with local societies, but also bridge rifts between and within the EU and NATO. However, existing resilience-based policies are fraught with policy, theoretical and normative dilemmas. This volume examines these dilemmas by including international relations, European politics and area studies scholars, as well as practitioners from armed forces, international organisations, humanitarian NGOs and think tanks.

Eugenio Cusumano is Assistant Professor in International Relations at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Stefan Hofmaier is Lieutenant Colonel in the German Army working at the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence at The Hague, The Netherlands.

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Eugenio Cusumano is Assistant Professor in International Relations at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Stefan Hofmaier is Lieutenant Colonel in the German Army working at the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence at The Hague, The Netherlands.

Inhalt

1. IntroductionEugenio Cusumano and Stefan Hofmaier
2. Resilience in the European Union External ActionRosanne Anholt and Wolfgang Wagner
3. Projecting Stability to the South: NATO's 'New' Mission?Jeffrey A. Larsen and Kevin Koehler
4. The EU, Resilience and the Southern Neighbourhood after the Arab Uprisings Emile Badarin and Tobias Schumacher
5. EU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation with the Middle East and North AfricaChristian Kaunert, Sarah Leonard and Ori Wertman
6. Sanctions as a Regional Security Instrument: EU restrictive measures examinedFrancesco Giumelli
7. European Energy Security and the Resilience of Southern Mediterranean CountriesLuca Franza, Coby van der Linde, and Pier Stapersma
8. Libya: From Regime Change to State BuildingArturo Varvelli and Matteo Villa
9. Resilience to what? EU capacity-building missions in the Sahel Luca Raineri and Edoardo Baldaro
10. Resilience as a tool for conflict resolution? The UN in the Sahel regionChiara Ruffa, Sebastian Rietjens, and Emma Nygren
11. Resilience in the Eye of the Storm: Capacity-Building in LebanonNick Pounds, Iyad El Alam, and Rudolf Keijzer
12. The Horn of Africa: NATO and the EU as partners against piracyStefano Ruzza
13. Paths to resilience: examining EU and NATO responses to the Tunisian and Egyptian political transitionsMariagiulia Amadio and Andrea Frontini
14. Civil-Military Cooperation in the Mediterranean Sea: Lessons not LearntHernan Del Valle
15. ConclusionsEugenio Cusumano and Nathan Cooper