The European Union and the civilian model of foreign policy

Lofthouse, Alexander; Long, David F.

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“…Lithuania, and Bulgaria and Romania, will be achieved later, and membership is also likely to be extended to the new states of former Yugoslavia. Lofthouse and Long (1996) A moderating factor has been the coming to power of the Socialist/Greens coalition government in Germany, with Green Joschka Fischer being appointed foreign minister. As a Green, Fischer was noted at the time for his impeccable antimilitarist credentials, which facilitated his decision to send German troops to participate in the peacekeeping force for Kosovo.…”

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China and the European Union: Potential beneficiaries of Bush's global coalition

Dellios¹,

Field²

2002

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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China and the European Union: Potential Beneficiaries of Bush's Global Coalition by Rosita Dellios and Heather Field China and the European Union may be expected to emerge as global power beneficiaries of American coalition-building in the 'war against terrorism'. Both, in past incarnations, had been civilisational superpowers in their own right, and often this entailed the ancillary possession of impressive military and economic power. 1 But both had also been eclipsed by the 20 th century's superpowers of nuclear terror: the United States and the Soviet Union. By the turn of the 21 st century, only one such superpower prevailed. This reductive process in the number of great powers and qualities required for their recognition (the term 'superpower' was introduced with the acquisition of large nuclear arsenals) was challenged by the historically defining events of 2001. Low-tech terrorism, employing suicide strikes against New York and Washington on September 11, rendered the remaining superpower's nuclear arsenal a mere 'paper tiger'; terrorists without state affiliations swam like the proverbial fish in 1 China's 'Celestial Empire' and Europe's Christendom may be regarded as 'civilisational superpowers' of the past, regardless of later ethical and political conflicts. Economic and military power, while still considerable in absolute terms in 19 th and early 20th China, was not competitive with that of the West, as evidenced by China succumbing to the imperial reach of Europe's 'great powers'.

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Section: China's Long March To Global Standingmentioning

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China and the European Union: Potential beneficiaries of Bush's global coalition

Dellios¹,

Field²

2002

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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Pax Bruxellana? The European Union and NATO as Multilateral Approaches

Haglund¹,

Pentland²

1999

Ukraine and European Security

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The Benefits and Limitations of European Union Membership as a Security Mechanism

Stoian¹

2007

Journal of European Integration

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With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the post-1945 'pax Sovietica' led not to the 'end of history' (Fukuyama, 1992), but rather to an 'awakening of history ' (Hyde-Price, 1991:49). The wider Europe that emerged in 1989 is facing changing security concerns, which affect both the new democracies and the European Union (EU). Internal security has become increasingly important and has been affected by external security concerns. In particular, threats other than military ones have emerged, leading to the rethinking of the institutional framework entrusted with the safeguarding of security in Europe. EU membership appears to be an effective tool of ensuring European security. This paper highlights the new internal and external political and economic security concerns in transition economies in order to evaluate the benefits and limitations of EU enlargement as a way of addressing these changing security concerns.Several countries, particularly Poland and Romania, are used to exemplify the EU's role in enhancing security in the applicant countries. We conclude with policy recommendations for dealing with the limitations of EU membership, and for using the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as a tool of ensuring security beyond the EU enlargement.

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The European Union and the civilian model of foreign policy

Cited by 4 publications

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China and the European Union: Potential beneficiaries of Bush's global coalition

China and the European Union: Potential beneficiaries of Bush's global coalition

Pax Bruxellana? The European Union and NATO as Multilateral Approaches

The Benefits and Limitations of European Union Membership as a Security Mechanism

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