A new type of foreign relations
enhancing Europe’s resilience and its impacts on the EU’s external actions
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2023.10.61-70Ключови думи :
Resilience, International Relations, Sustainable Development, Democracy, European UnionАбстракт
The “polycrisis” Europe has been undergoing for over a decade has called for a more robust, more resilient European Union. Resilience is now a key element of policy design on the EU level and will have ground-breaking effects in all policy fields. Yet, surprisingly, the impact of this transformation on the foreign relations of the Union (and its member states) in terms of trade relations and security has hardly been discussed and understood. The article will analyse the evolution of this concept in EU Policy and its effects on reshaping EU external policies. Three dimensions of resilience: democracy promotion, trade relations and green transformation are taken as case studies. The analysis aims at contributing to a better understanding of the future of international relations and the need for modernising the toolset of the EU as a unique actor in global policies.
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