Foreign Affairs of the European Union: How to Become an Independent and Dominant Power in the International Arena

Troitiño, David Ramiro; Kerikmäe, Tanel; Chochia, Archil

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38399-2_12

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“…153 As a particular feature of this relationship, the EU has been accused of applying double standards, because it appears to forget its principles on human rights, democracy and national minorities when dealing with China. 154 While there is a difference between claimed rights and granted rights, and the balance of power is a dynamic phenomenon which will always lean to one side, for example to the side of those who wield more economic power, 155 the EU's identity narrative as an advocate for the protection of human rights (online or offline) has not been notable in its dealings with China. Relations have rather been more compounded by the EU's empowerment to screen foreign direct investments from non-EU countries on grounds of security or public order, and the discussions around the strategic and legal implications of the potential reliance on Chinese technology in the rollout of 5G.…”

Section: Asia-pacific Focus Of the Eu: A Cybersecurity Contextmentioning

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The EU’s cybersecurity: a strategic narrative of a cyber power or a confusing policy for a local common market?

Kasper

Vernygora

2021

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In the last decade, cybersecurity has swiftly turned into a strategic issue and became an important horizontal policy area in the EU, which is treated in this article as one of the four contemporary political empires. These days, the policy arguably encompasses both internal and external aspects, often making it difficult to assess the level of its actual effectiveness as well as outreach. Initially, the EU’s introverted vision on the issue drove the policy to focus on cyber resilience and strategic autonomy. Evidently, the EU’s strategic narrative that could assist it in leading the process of creating an open, free, stable and secure cyberspace in the digital decade, in the context of international security, is emerging. Thus, this contribution is to test the argument that the EU, utilizing an imperial paradigm (consciously or not), is gradually becoming a global steering power in cybersecurity. In this article, firstly, we identify and examine the process of formation of the EU’s narratives about (its) cyber power. Secondly, we establish a discussion framework to highlight the methodological relevance of the imperial paradigm, cyber power Europe and Strategic Narrative Theory for a multidisciplinary debate on global geo-strategic redesign, in which the EU takes part. Thirdly, we look into bilateral and multilateral forums and processes that deal with cybersecurity and in which the EU participates, in order to understand more specifically how the EU is projecting its cyber-power narratives internationally and how cybersecurity-associated challenges impact current dynamics in other policy domains in the field of international relations. Recibido: 20 noviembre 2020Aceptado: 18 mayo 2021

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Section: Asia-pacific Focus Of the Eu: A Cybersecurity Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%