Christian Kaunert is Senior Lecturer in EU Politics & International Relations at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, Italy.Sarah Leonard is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at Sciences-Po Paris, France.

• 1. Introduction: European Security Governance after the Lisbon Treaty: Neighbours and New Actors in a Changing Security Environment 2. The European Commission’s Position in the Field of Security and Defence: An Unconventional Actor at a Meeting Point 3. Is the EP Still a Data Protection Champion? The Case of SWIFT 4. The EU Strategy in Tackling Organized Crime in the Framework of Multilateralism 5. The Transition of Egypt in 2011: A New Springtime for the European Neighbourhood Policy? 6. From ‘Villains’ to the New Guardians of Security in Europe? Paradigm Shifts in EU Foreign Policy towards Libya and Belarus 7. Reconceptualizing ‘Cooperation’ in EU-Russia Relations 8. Unrecognized and Unwelcome? The Role of the EU in Preventing the Proliferation of CBRN Weapons, Materials and Knowledge 9. Russia’s Energy Leverage over the EU: Myth or Reality?

Christian Kaunert is Senior Lecturer in EU Politics & International Relations at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, Italy.Sarah Leonard is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at Sciences-Po Paris, France.

• 1. Introduction: European Security Governance after the Lisbon Treaty: Neighbours and New Actors in a Changing Security Environment 2. The European Commission’s Position in the Field of Security and Defence: An Unconventional Actor at a Meeting Point 3. Is the EP Still a Data Protection Champion? The Case of SWIFT 4. The EU Strategy in Tackling Organized Crime in the Framework of Multilateralism 5. The Transition of Egypt in 2011: A New Springtime for the European Neighbourhood Policy? 6. From ‘Villains’ to the New Guardians of Security in Europe? Paradigm Shifts in EU Foreign Policy towards Libya and Belarus 7. Reconceptualizing ‘Cooperation’ in EU-Russia Relations 8. Unrecognized and Unwelcome? The Role of the EU in Preventing the Proliferation of CBRN Weapons, Materials and Knowledge 9. Russia’s Energy Leverage over the EU: Myth or Reality?

Christian Kaunert is Senior Lecturer in EU Politics & International Relations at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, Italy.Sarah Leonard is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Salford, UK and Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at Sciences-Po Paris, France.

• 1. Introduction: European Security Governance after the Lisbon Treaty: Neighbours and New Actors in a Changing Security Environment 2. The European Commission’s Position in the Field of Security and Defence: An Unconventional Actor at a Meeting Point 3. Is the EP Still a Data Protection Champion? The Case of SWIFT 4. The EU Strategy in Tackling Organized Crime in the Framework of Multilateralism 5. The Transition of Egypt in 2011: A New Springtime for the European Neighbourhood Policy? 6. From ‘Villains’ to the New Guardians of Security in Europe? Paradigm Shifts in EU Foreign Policy towards Libya and Belarus 7. Reconceptualizing ‘Cooperation’ in EU-Russia Relations 8. Unrecognized and Unwelcome? The Role of the EU in Preventing the Proliferation of CBRN Weapons, Materials and Knowledge 9. Russia’s Energy Leverage over the EU: Myth or Reality?