The article shows that the term “soft power”, first coined for the American foreign policy, is now used in the speeches on external relations of the European Union. It explores the hypothesis that this discourse represents an attempt to go beyond a traditional understanding of foreign policy and of conditionality. While in the European context the notion of “soft power” means either the power of attraction or of persuasion, in practice, the EU tries to position itself on the international stage by preferring civilian over coercive means. To show this, it analyses the case of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), a policy launched in 2003 for the new neighbours of the EU which draws on the experience of enlargement by exporting internal n...
Treating the EU through the civilian power prism and its civilisatory mission (la mission civilisatr...
The contributions to this book analyse Europe’s global role, with a particular focus on its various ...
Traditionally, studies into a state's foreign policy focus on the international situation and nation...
The article attempts to analyze how the European Union plays its distinctive international role as a...
Very recently, a new buzz word has appeared in official speeches in the field of the European Union ...
This study addresses what characterises the EU’s role as an international actor by drawing on ‘civil...
FræðigreinQuestions about the future of the European Union as an international actor continue to puz...
During the Cold War the European Community lacking common military instruments was perceived as the ...
The central focus of this paper is the concept of ‘civilian power Europe’, which has been associated...
Enlargement is often seen as the Union’s most successful foreign policy tool. In particular, enlarge...
EU's foreign policy operational endeavours of the last decade have given tangible evidence of a chan...
Departing from the 'civilian power Europe' debate, my thesis explores the development of the Europe...
Questions about the future of the European Union as an international actor continue to puzzle studen...
This paper criticizes existing conceptions of the EU as a 'civilian’/’normative’/’civilizing’ power ...
What is the European Union international role and identity becoming after the cold war, September 11...
Treating the EU through the civilian power prism and its civilisatory mission (la mission civilisatr...
The contributions to this book analyse Europe’s global role, with a particular focus on its various ...
Traditionally, studies into a state's foreign policy focus on the international situation and nation...
The article attempts to analyze how the European Union plays its distinctive international role as a...
Very recently, a new buzz word has appeared in official speeches in the field of the European Union ...
This study addresses what characterises the EU’s role as an international actor by drawing on ‘civil...
FræðigreinQuestions about the future of the European Union as an international actor continue to puz...
During the Cold War the European Community lacking common military instruments was perceived as the ...
The central focus of this paper is the concept of ‘civilian power Europe’, which has been associated...
Enlargement is often seen as the Union’s most successful foreign policy tool. In particular, enlarge...
EU's foreign policy operational endeavours of the last decade have given tangible evidence of a chan...
Departing from the 'civilian power Europe' debate, my thesis explores the development of the Europe...
Questions about the future of the European Union as an international actor continue to puzzle studen...
This paper criticizes existing conceptions of the EU as a 'civilian’/’normative’/’civilizing’ power ...
What is the European Union international role and identity becoming after the cold war, September 11...
Treating the EU through the civilian power prism and its civilisatory mission (la mission civilisatr...
The contributions to this book analyse Europe’s global role, with a particular focus on its various ...
Traditionally, studies into a state's foreign policy focus on the international situation and nation...