The EU and China in a Changing International Environment

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Keyword(s):  
International Environment ◽  
The Eu

The EU–China ‘Strategic Dialogue’: Pathways in the International System

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID SCOTT
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
International System ◽  
Political Language ◽  
System P ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Dialogue Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

By examining the strategic dialogue process, this chapter conducts a wider evaluation across time and the issue areas of the relationship. It provides a careful textual analysis of the discourse mechanisms that Europe and China are using to develop their political language; but it also points to the gaps, inconsistencies, and slippages between what is being said and what is being understood. The discussion considers the emergent actors to be seeking pathways in a fluid international environment, in which they sometimes seem to be on parallel paths, at other times on divergent ones, with the result that it cannot easily be deduced at this stage whether these pathways will lead to a common end destination or not. Still, if liberalism-functionalism has any credence, then EU multilateralism may also be encouraging similar multilateralism trends in China.

scholarly journals Deepening the single market and enhancing EU democracy: A justification for ‘more Europe’

European View ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Theodore Pelagidis ◽  
Michael Mitsopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Single Market ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Political Radicalism ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

The need for ‘more Europe’ stands out today in an international environment that is contaminated by populism, authoritarianism and demagogy. Consequently, when confronting political radicalism, the domains that the EU should henceforth concentrate on in a positive way must be specified, explaining practically and with pragmatism the reasons for ‘more Europe’. In particular, the EU must deliver concrete benefits that citizens can see in their daily lives, but, at the same time, it has to give them more democratic control over their representation in EU bodies and in the way EU law is shaped and implemented. To accept such progress, the EU must first recognise the critical flaws in its current economic and political architecture, before proceeding to adopt policies that will adequately restore the dynamism of the European dream, leading to a more efficient and just EU. More democracy will help gather support, and ensure renewed progress towards a closer Union in which the single market is meaningfully deepened.

Chinese Diplomacy towards the EU: Grand Vision but Hard to Manage

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Gaenssmantel
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Foreign Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Sudden Rise ◽  
Slow Decline ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Arms Embargo ◽  
Chinese Diplomacy ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article investigates the sudden rise and subsequent slow decline of the European Union (EU) in Chinese diplomacy between 2002 and 2007. China’s decision in 2003 to consider relations with the EU as ‘strategic’ in nature does not reflect a fundamental change of mind but rather a perception of favourable circumstances. China has a long track record of high expectations towards a united Europe. After the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations had created a positive image of a united and independent EU, the transatlantic rift over the Iraq War in 2002 and 2003 seemed to present an international environment that was conducive to stronger China‐EU ties. Subsequently, however, the difficulties of engaging with a complex entity like the EU have contributed to souring diplomatic relations. This development is traced for two major cases of Chinese foreign policy towards the EU: the quest for recognition as a market economy; and the push to have the EU’s arms embargo lifted. Over time, Chinese engagement with the EU on these issues has gone through different phases, reflecting repeated attempts to improve the diplomatic approach, to eliminate unsuccessful strategies and to react to EU feedback. China has not yet reached its goal on either issue. The article concludes by pointing to the specific difficulties that have emerged from the evolution of Chinese diplomacy towards the EU on these two cases.

scholarly journals Governance within European Space Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-290
Author(s):  
Irma Słomczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Space Policy ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Experimentalist Governance ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of the article is to analyze ESP in the context of different modes of governance. Assuming that ESP is a unique and multidimensional product of dynamic political, technological, and social processes and ideas coordinated by the EU, its member states as well as non-member ones and implemented in an international environment, there are some research questions to be answered. First, is there any particular mode of governance that should be applied to the analysis of ESP implementation? Second, in what way the EU introduced space policy and space assets to the European agenda? Third, how ESP can be framed within the overall process of European integration? A qualitative research approach has been applied as well as theoretic apparatus embedded in European integration studies and political science. The main finding of the article is that the most promising way of governance within ESP is experimentalist governance. The originality of the article results from the application of the newly established experimentalist governance theory to an analysis of the increasingly important segment of EU activity.

Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Bipolar System of Coordinate

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-152
Author(s):  
P. V. Shlykov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
International Context ◽  
Turkish Foreign Policy ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Eu

Turkey's foreign policy in the first decade after the collapse of the bipolar system retained features of its continuity in comparison with the Cold War: the Kemalist principles of laicism and the choice in favor of further Westernization, with its orientation towards cooperation with the EU and Euro-Atlantic structures remained firmly in place. However, the post-bipolar period demonstrated a significant change in Turkey's foreign policy. The existing explanations for this phenomenon often start either from the appeal to the Islamic identity of the Justice and Development Party as the main reason for the changes, or from the approaches that prioritize Turkey's economic interests and emphasize Turkey's attempts to strengthen economic interdependence with neighbors in the region. Given the increasing complexity of the domestic and foreign policy nexus and the increasingly fluid characteristics of the international environment, it seems that an analysis of Turkish foreign policy in the post-bipolar period requires an alternative conceptual and methodological approach that allows the changes in Turkey's foreign policy to be viewed along three dimensions. In this article, the author resorts to just such an approach. It includes the study of domestic policy, the international context and the transformation of the ideological and institutional support of foreign policy. This approach makes it possible to explain the logic of Turkey's «sudden» reorientation from cooperation with the EU and Western countries in general to attempts to consolidate its leading role in the Middle East and establish itself as a regional hegemon in relation to situational alliances with various state and non-state actors in the broader international context.

scholarly journals „Dyplomatyczna Republika Europy”?

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (54) ◽  
pp. 147-161
Author(s):  
Barbara Curyło
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Institutional Order ◽  
The Eu

‘Diplomatic Republic of Europe’? Reflections on the Impact of Selected Lisbon Solutions on EU Diplomacy in a Multilateral International Environment The aim of the reflections in this article is to analyze the impact of selected institutional solutions adopted by the Treaty of Lisbon on the EU diplomacy in contemporary international relations. The article does not refer to all regulations that concern broadly defined EU External Policy, but those which, by the nature of their connections, content of competence and meaning, became the object of special interest of the treaty architects and whose implementation was to counteract deficits in continuity, coherence and leadership in EU External Policy in pre‑Lisbon period. This assumption determined the structure of the article in which, after a brief reflection on the EU nature in context of the nature of contemporary international relations, the deficits in the institutional order of the EU External Policy before the Lisbon Treaty were analyzed and then they were confronted with treaty reforms.

scholarly journals Organized Economic Interests and European Integration: the Question of (neo)corporatism

Equilibrium ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Anna Ząbkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Commission ◽  
National Level ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Social Dialogue ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Eu

When economic development is considered, political economy is at stake; in this perspective growth or counter-growth forces operate within the institutional framework. The analysis focuses on corporatist forms of social dialogue in the international environment of the EU and within the European structures. First, the notion of corporatism as opposed to other institutionalized channels of access is explained. Then, the paper presents corporatist forms at the national level under change. Next, it deals with interest coordination at the European Commission level. The paper concludes that an erosion of corporatist forms is visible; no embracing pattern in the EU should be expected instead; on the contrary, increasing fragmentation of lobbying is observed.

9. Estonia: Excelling at Self-Exertion

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piret Ehin
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines Estonia’s relations with the European Union. Estonia showed dedication in pursuing integration with the EU as it sought to strengthen statehood in a complex international environment. In the course of its post-communist transition, Estonia’s homegrown reforms gradually gave way to policy change and institution building driven by EU accession conditionality. The small nation’s track record as an EU member state points to continued compliance with EU law and pre-accession demands. However, legal alignment has not always been accompanied by behavioural and attitudinal change. The chapter first provides an overview of Estonia’s integration with the EU before discussing the pattern of its relations with the EU before and after accession. It then assesses the impact of EU membership on Estonia’s public opinion, political parties, political institutions, governance, and public policy.

The Indonesian Way

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Rüland
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Norm Diffusion ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Press ◽  
Asian Regionalism ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Eu

This book challenges the proposition that regional organizations across the world exhibit increasing similarities with the European Union as a result of norm diffusion. It examines how and to what extent Indonesian foreign policy stakeholders—the government, civil society, legislators, the academe, the press and business representatives—sought to influence reforms of Southeast Asian regionalism by adopting ideas and norms of regional integration championed by the EU. Triggering the Indonesian debate on regionalism was the decision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Indonesia is a founding member, to draft an ASEAN Charter, a quasi-constitutional document adjusting the grouping’s repository of cooperation norms to a changing international environment. Applying and developing further Amitav Acharya’s theory of “constitutive localization,” the analysis of the ASEAN Charter debate shows that—to varying degrees—Indonesian foreign policy stakeholders transfer the terminology of European integration to ASEAN’s organizational structure, but that they adopt only partially, if at all, the normative substance of the EU model for regional integration. Instead, they skillfully reconcile alien norms with local norms, with the effect of retaining what could be called an Indonesian way of foreign policy-making.

Is the European Union still an attractive international actor? Challenges for the global role of the EU

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beata Piskorska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Relations ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Significant Power ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of the article is to try to outline whether the EU is still an attractive actor in international relations, which is conceptualised as a specific soft, normative and the same transformative power and the centre of attraction for states located outside this organisation. The credibility of the European Union on international arena was undermined by global changes taking place in the 21st century, including emergence of new non-European powers, and particularly a series of crises (financial, migration, identity) that have affected the EU recently. In the article the following analysis will be made: the basic components consisting of attractiveness of the EU and evolution of its perception on the international arena, and the main challenges that the EU has to cope with in order to become a significant power again. It is assumed that the European Union certainly lost its attractiveness and prestige as a result of recent transformations that affected it within the system, but also due to the dynamics of the international environment.

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