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The new challenges vs. old formulas: what would make the European Union a greater global player?
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Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyse the main determinants that can affect the functioning of the European Union as one of the key global players in the contemporary world. Being a unique and highly specific international actor, the EU is a major power in terms of economic potential and the att... mehr
The purpose of this article is to analyse the main determinants that can affect the functioning of the European Union as one of the key global players in the contemporary world. Being a unique and highly specific international actor, the EU is a major power in terms of economic potential and the attractiveness of its social and cultural model, but it is also a dwarf in the sphere of foreign and security policy. This considerably diminishes is capabilities as an effective global actor. These weaknesses can be divided into two categories: (1) external problems resulting from the current international situation; (2) difficulties related to the internal situation of the Union. One of the main deficiencies is the inconsistency of the EU's external policy. This policy comprises a relatively well-developed economic component as well as the foreign and security policy, which is plagued with numerous flaws. Reducing their impact would greatly strengthen the EU as a global player, but this would require (in accordance with the concept of "avant-garde Europe") greater communitisation of this policy - which is what this text advocates.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; Global Player; Außenpolitik; Sicherheitspolitik; GASP; europäische Integration; internationale Beziehungen; Weltordnung; internationale Führungsmacht
Klassifikation
Europapolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
avant-garde Europe
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 26-54
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 3 (2017) Supp. 1
ISSN
1857-9760
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)