The EU Strategy for Central Asia says ‘security’. Does this include Security Sector Reform?
Introduction Central Asia faces a broad range of security challenges.(1) Due to the region’s position at the crossroads between Russia,...
Jos Boonstra
Before joining the Centre for European Security Studies in 2016, Boonstra worked as senior researcher, and later as head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia programme at FRIDE, a think tank with offices in Madrid and Brussels. He completed MAs in Contemporary History and International Relations at the University of Groningen. His work focuses on Eurasian and transatlantic security issues (in particular EU, NATO and OSCE policies) as well as on development policies and democratisation in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Boonstra is member of several internal research networks and regularly comments on international issues in the media.
Getting to know each other: the EU and civil society in Central Asia
Forging links between European civil society organisations and their counterparts in Central Asia is no easy task. Delivering on EU...
The Energy Problematique in EU-Central Asia relations
In discussing the opportunities for importing Central Asian energy opinion and policymakers can be divided in two groups. Those that...
Czech Presidency overwhelmed by challenges: Is Central Asia one of them?
Editorial Every member state that chairs the EU Council must strike a balance between the policies it wants to develop...