RT journal article
T1 The European Union and the Egyptian Neighbour: assessing the characterization of resilience as an external action priority
T2 La Unión Europea y el vecino egipcio: evaluación de la caracterización de la resiliencia como acción exterior prioridad
A1 Bordón, Javier
K1 state/societal resilience
K1 ENP
K1 MENA
K1 stability-democracy dilemma
K1 authoritarianism
K1 civil society
K1 policy outputs
K1 Annual Action Programmes
AB The concept of resilience acquired academic momentum and pervaded a growing number of crosscutting disciplines along the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on its epistemological flexibility, its implicit redefinition of agency and the inclusion of the parameters of uncertainty and the inevitability of crisis in its very core, it did not take long until the fields of International Relations and foreign policy-making paid thorough attention to its potential outreach and operationalization. Nor it is surprising that the European Union, imbued in a comprehensive review of its external strategy’s flaws and shortages, embraced the term as a means to underpin the paradigmatic bridge laid by the guidance of principled pragmatism. Yet, resilience-fostering can point at states or societies, and the authoritarian nature of Egypt’s regime compels to prioritize the latter, in accordance to EU’s democratic stance. The current paper will offer a brief review of EU foreign-policy approaches vis-à-vis Egypt, an European Neighbourhood Policy/Instrument walkthrough and it will aim at putting in quantitative terms what kind of resilience is the Union placing at the forefront. To conclude, a series of recommendations will be formulated for EU resilience strategy.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 2341-0868
YR 2019
FD 2019-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22111
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22111
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026