The EU and Its Southern Neighborhood Policy: Resilience in the Era of Science Diplomacy

Abstract

The European Union science diplomacy toward the Southern Neighbourhood could take advantage of some compartments of diplomacy studies and literature on resilience to build on earlier scholarly accomplishments and avoid duplication of efforts. Structural diplomacy is the selected framework for dwelling on the intricacies and challenging aspects of the overall topic. Conceptually and policy-wise, complexities revolving around multifaceted meanings of resilience and the polyphony of terminology employed in the diplomacy studies represent contemporary legacies and a densely layered context for the launch of the European Science Diplomacy Agenda.

Keywords

• european southern neighbourhood
• diplomacy studies
• resilience
• science diplomacy
• structural diplomacy