The European Union in a Changing World Order

This article presents the impact of the changing world order on the situation of Central and Eastern Europe, paying particular attention to Poland. It looks at the geopolitical and economic conditions during the regional superpower rivalry between the United States, China, Russia, and the European Union within the emerging multipolar order, which is manifested in the 17 + 1 format and the Three Seas Initiative. Poland, trying to get out of the peripheral status resulting from the neoliberal shock doctrine, is currently losing its ability to balance between China and the United States, is antagonizing Russia in the process, and weakening ties within the European Union. Changing its peripheral dependence requires a reevaluation of its stance toward Eurasian integration and its openness to China.

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Japan-EU Relations

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190050993.013.44 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marie Söderberg

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Domestic Politics ◽

World Order ◽

Historical Background ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

The European Union ◽

The Face ◽

Partnership Agreement ◽

High Standards

Japan and the European Union have recently made several agreements aiming to deepen their cooperation. An example of this is the “Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure between the European Union and Japan,” by which both EU and Japan agreed to “promote free, open, rules-based, fair, non-discriminatory and predictable regional and international trade and investment, transparent procurement practices, the ensuring of debt sustainability and the high standards of economic, fiscal, financial, social and environmental sustainability.” This is just the latest part in an effort by both to revive multilateral cooperation in the face of US withdrawal from international agreements and the rise of a more assertive China. Japan and EUs Strategic Partnership Agreement provides a legally binding framework for further cooperation in the field of politics, security, and development. Underpinning it are shared values and principles of democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. For the protection of democracy and the liberal world order, Japan and the EU seem like ideal partners. The question is whether ongoing shifts in the power balance, geopolitics, crises of liberalism, domestic politics, and legal and technological changes will lead to broader and deeper cooperation. This chapter provides a historical background to Japan-European relations from WWII until today. The relation started with a heavy emphasis on trade and business. It is only recently that the two have broadened their cooperation and now stand up as two of the strongest defenders of a liberal rule-based world order.

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STRATEGIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE IN THE CONDITION OF AN EXTERNAL GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGE

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.12.04.009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (12) ◽

pp. 64-74

Author(s):

V. K. Zakharov ◽

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Life Support ◽

World Order ◽

The European Union ◽

Theoretical Substantiation ◽

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Pan American

A pan-American hegemonic operational project aimed at the strategic preservation of the American-centric world order is described. Within the framework of this project, the Pan-American geopolitical world is forced to carry out strategic containment of the European Union and China, the main geopolitical and geo-economic rivals. This is impossible without such a world establishing full control over Russian natural resources and supra-natural infrastructure. The theoretical substantiation of the necessary economic and managerial measures of own population and life-support arrangement of the Russian space in the conditions of the specified external geopolitical challenge is given.

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