{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T14:46:37Z","timestamp":1785941197055,"version":"3.56.0"},"posted":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"group-title":"SSRN","reference-count":0,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,1]],"date-time":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1735689600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"<jats:p>&lt;p&gt;This volume brings together original studies that examine the European Union\u2019s external action and internal resilience in a period marked by geopolitical shocks, hybrid threats, and social fragmentation. The first thematic block,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;EU Foreign and Security Policy&lt;\/span&gt;, analyzes how proximate and distant theaters shape European security. Leila Nicolas assesses how Middle Eastern dynamics\u2014conflict escalation, energy disruptions, migration pressures, and great-power competition\u2014reverberate across the EU\u2019s strategic environment. Shariful Islam traces the evolution of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Bangladesh\u2013EU relations&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;from aid dependence to a trade- and investment-driven partnership, highlighting preferential market access, supply-chain integration, and pandemic responses. Cristina Morari evaluates EU instruments in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Eastern Neighbourhood&lt;\/span&gt;, focusing on conditionality, resilience building, and governance reforms. Radu Carp explores the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;European model of national minority protection&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;through the case of Ukraine, with Romania\u2019s role as a kin-state. Natalia B\u00eerl\u0103deanu maps power relations among the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;EaP countries and Russia&lt;\/span&gt;, situating Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in a shifting security order. Nicolae Ploesteanu and Raul Miron advance the concept of a \u201c&lt;span&gt;Cold Security World War&lt;\/span&gt;\u201d to interpret the war in Ukraine and its implications for EU deterrence, defense, and strategic autonomy. Veronica Zaharagiu considers whether&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;cultural diplomacy&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;can reopen channels of communication in wartime. Alexandru Dorosevici-Duka analyzes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;information security in Moldova&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;under hybrid threats, while Mihaela Daciana Natea contrasts&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Education for Democratic Culture&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Education for Resilience&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;as frameworks for building competences against disinformation.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The second block,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Xenophobia, Radicalisation and Disinformation Impact over the EU and beyond&lt;\/span&gt;, deepens the societal lens.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Keywords:&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;European Union, foreign and security policy, Eastern Neighbourhood, Middle East, Bangladesh\u2013EU relations, Ukraine, Moldova, hybrid threats, cultural diplomacy, disinformation, xenophobia, radicalisation, minority protection, Transnistria, social security, resilience.&lt;\/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;MIHAELA NATEA, SIMION COSTEA Coordinators.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2139\/ssrn.5405218","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T13:27:08Z","timestamp":1785936428000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["L'EUROPE UNIE\/ UNITED EUROPE, 19\/2023: The EU Foreign and Security Dilemmas&amp;nbsp;in a Challenging World"],"prefix":"10.2139","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9751-9225","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Simion","family":"Costea","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","container-title":[],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,5]],"date-time":"2026-08-05T13:49:53Z","timestamp":1785937793000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ssrn.com\/abstract=5405218"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.5405218","relation":{},"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"subtype":"preprint"}}