Title: The EU Foreign and Security Policy after the Cold War: In Search of Identity and Role
Abstract: The focus of this paper is on analyzing the European Union foreign and security policy after the Cold War. Following the academic literature, and the treaties that emerged in the postbipolar world, the EU was led to be a purely civilian power. Therefore, the aim is to prove that the Unions’ foreign and security policy follow civilian manner. Yet, the main conclusion drawn from this study is that the civilian foreign policy that the EU holds has contributed to various high political and security failures. Accordingly, the paper shall discuss in details the defence policy as relates to the policy stand of the EU, and the collaboration with the hard power spheres like the US. As a result, with the assumption of the EU-US historical partnership, and their common belief in the Western style of Liberal-Democratic values, the paper realises that in order to bring harmony within the international affairs, or specifically international security, there is a need for the two major players to work hand in hand.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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