The EU as a Global Actor: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Novotná, Tereza

doi:10.1111/jcms.12601

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“…At the end of the day, this makes it rather difficult for the EU to communicate crystal clear messages to less democratic others around the world. In a recent article Novotná (, p. 12) has highlighted that ‘… if the EU wants to play a significant role in the world, it needs to clearly state to third countries what its goals and ambitions are before actually carrying them out’. Her point is indeed applicable in the case of EU democracy promotion.…”

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The EU's Democratization Discourse and Questions of European Identification

Fanoulis

2018

J of Common Market Studies

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Considering EU democracy promotion as an integral part of EU foreign policy, this article discusses the link between the EU's democratization discourse and the social construction of European identity. The narrative pays particular attention to whether the difference in power between the EU and less democratic countries affects European identity formation. The empirical explorations deliver the theoretical argument that the EU establishes an aporetic – contrasting but at the same time constitutive – relationship between a democratic European self and what the EU perceives as less democratic others. The difference in power between these two affects the content and intensity of the EU's democratization discourse, while there is no firm evidence that it directly impacts the process of aporetic identification. The discussion closes with suggestions for future research.

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The EU's Democratization Discourse and Questions of European Identification

Fanoulis

2018

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Within the case of the EU as a global energy actor, studies have shown that the EU's messages led to competition instead of cooperation with regards to Russia, but they have resonated in China where the narrative of promoting the sustainable use of energy has been picked up [13] . Policy-wise the EU has been prominent as a multilateral, development and trade actor [ 14 , 15 , 16 ]. This literature shows that the EU is having multiple roles within different international contexts.…”

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The role of the European Union in global health: The EU’s self-perception(s) within the COVID-19 pandemic

Bergner

2023

Health Policy

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The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging the international system and the regional order in which the European Union (EU) aims to re-define its role in global health. The article seeks to tease out the role of the EU amidst the COVID-19 crisis by outlining three key dimensions: self-perception, external perception and performance. The paper contributes to the broader understanding of the EU's role in global health through a focus on its self-perception. This is examined by the conduct of interviews with EU representatives in 2021 and the analysis of EU press releases with reference to global health from 2014 to mid-March 2021. The results show that the EU mainly draws from a donor and provider role leaving a facilitating, partner or normative role underdeveloped – except for the EU's leading role in the context of the World Health Organisation. The COVID-19 pandemic is a driver for a more ambitious global political role. However, the main challenges identified by EU representatives constitute a lack of capacities and resources, insufficient backing by EU member states and a lack of coordination. The strongest EU conception in global health is seen when policy actions are based on multiple roles ranging from a provider and partner to a facilitating or normative role.

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“…The EU released its Global Strategy in 2016, soon after the UK's Brexit vote, and amidst deep divisions between its members that were triggered by refugee inflows and the rise of populist nationalist parties. Recent assessments of the EU as a global actor explore the EU's role as either a diplomatic, security, trade or regional actor, or as a combination of these (Dinan et al ., ; Pomorska and Vanhoonacker, ; Novotna, ; Wallace, ; Wivel and Wæver, ). We argue that what is missing is a fresh assessment of the EU's normative role in the world, in the context of parallel global and regional challenges the EU is currently facing.…”

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Normative Power Europe? The EU's Embrace of the Responsibility to Protect in a Transitional International Order

Newman

Stefan

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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This article assesses the EU's engagement with the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm and considers the scope for its integration into the EU's activities and global strategy. We examine how the EU's engagement with R2P tests its normative leadership in the context of internal and external political challenges to its authority. We expand on previous studies of the EU's failure to live by example over R2P by adding a missing analytical dimension – trends at the global level – and by suggesting an alternative explanation for the apparent ambivalence towards R2P in some parts of the EU. The EU has engaged with R2P – albeit labelling it differently at times – more than many observers recognize and despite bureaucratic resistance and diverging national approaches. Rather, the fundamental constraint on the EU's role in promoting R2P relates to a transitional international order in which the EU's normative traction is in decline and European foreign policy elites are increasingly pragmatic and cautious.

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The EU as a Global Actor: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

The EU's Democratization Discourse and Questions of European Identification

The EU's Democratization Discourse and Questions of European Identification

The role of the European Union in global health: The EU’s self-perception(s) within the COVID-19 pandemic

Normative Power Europe? The EU's Embrace of the Responsibility to Protect in a Transitional International Order

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