Resilience is a widespread concept and akey priority for the EU. We focus on resilience’s relations with stability. Thesenotions have been subject to ongoing theoretical debate and have not beenclearly separated in EU discourses. We explore how resilience and stabilityhave been used regarding the Southern and Eastern dimensions of the European NeighbourhoodPolicy (ENP) and suggest how their different meanings may be better distinguishedand conceptualised. Resilience has penetrated the ENP’s discourses unevenly andattracted the limited interest of the neighbours. Besides, the EU’s policieswill likely face numerous practical problems mostly similar to the ENP’s bothdimensions. The EU’s policies themselves have disturbed stability in its neighbourhood,and now, even restoring the old stability would be problematic, let aloneattaining a more positive one. Furthermore, the EU could impose its viewsregarding stability and/or resilience. Also, Brussels could de facto upholdnegative stability and/or resilience.

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欧盟邻国对南方和东方的复原力

弹性是一个普遍的概念，也是欧盟的一个关键优先事项。我们关注韧性与稳定性的关系。这些概念一直受到正在进行的理论辩论的影响，并且在欧盟的话语中没有明确分开。我们探讨了弹性和稳定性如何被用于欧洲邻里政策 (ENP) 的南部和东部维度，并建议如何更好地区分和概念化它们的不同含义。弹性不均衡地渗透到 ENP 的话语中，并吸引了邻国有限的兴趣。此外，欧盟的政策可能会面临许多与ENP的两个维度大体相似的实际问题。欧盟的政策本身已经扰乱了其周边地区的稳定，现在，即使恢复旧有的稳定也会有问题，更不用说获得更积极的了。此外，欧盟可以强加其关于稳定性和/或弹性的观点。此外，布鲁塞尔实际上可以维持消极的稳定性和/或弹性。