EU External Governance: Regionalizing Multilevel Networks of Governance

Abstract

European Union (EU) external governance is predisposed to strategic concerns of effectively strengthening security and maintaining stability in third countries. This is exemplified by a consequential use of a transgovernmental strategy leaning on connections for interdependent policy co-ordination in its inexorable good governance influence. This strategy reflects soft-partnership-based norms of horizontal cooperation that coordinate actors at various political levels in favour of regional security and national stability. Relying on multilevel governance, this article analyses the potentials of EU external governance in GLA region, which indicates that it is contingent on the domestic governance equilibrium. The analysis shows that EU considerations for regional stability and security ensue into horizontal multilevel governance networks. It is further evinced that this increases societal interactions incessantly allowing receptivity and implementation of good governance ideas. This appreciably, complements the salient hierarchical and bottom-up modes of governance conversely impelling robust EU leverage in the region.

Key Words:

• European Union
• external governance
• GLA region
• MLG networks
• regionalism
• APRM