My latest paper “EU Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism (PVE) by Engaging Civil Society in Kyrgyzstan” was published by Central Asian Affairs. The paper examined the EU’s engagement in preventing violent extremism (PVE) through the involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kyrgyzstan. In particular, by providing new insights into the EU-funded civil society projects under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) and its program Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism (STRIVE), the article deepens our understanding of the security–development nexus and the approach to stability and peace that characterises EU assistance on the ground. At the same time, by looking at the concrete activities carried out by EU-funded organisations in Kyrgyzstan, this article presents a classification of CSO forms of engagement in PVE that is relevant for the selected country and beyond. This study was conducted in the framework of the research-professionalisation project “Between Stability and Transformation: Regional and Transnational Cooperation in Central Asia and between Central Asia and Europe” funded by VolkswagenStiftung and in cooperation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.

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- Chiara Pierobon