Essays about: "EU as a soft power"

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  1. 16. The Role of Human Rights in EU-Belarus Relations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Bastian Bayer; [2017]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Belarus; Lukashenka; EU; Foreign Policy; Jospeh Nye; Soft Power; Hard Power; Smart Power;

    Abstract : It has been proven that the burgeoning power of the EU is not negligible. However, it is still debatable whether the EU acts as a smart power in its external human rights policy. READ MORE

  3. 17. The EU's Common Security and Defense Policy : The Cases of Ukraine and the Baltic States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Greta Berkelyte; [2017]
    Keywords : Constructivism; soft power; EU; CSDP; Realism; Military intervention; Ukraine; Baltic States; Russia; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine and annexation of the Crimean peninsula raised security concerns in the Baltic States as potential targets of invasion. This anxiety was strengthened after the EU launched a civilian Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine as a response to Russia’s illegal actions. READ MORE

  4. 18. Towards a strategy for international cultural relations : The development of the role of culture within the EuropeanUnion’s external relations and construction of its internationalactorness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Magdalena Schedl; [2017]
    Keywords : EU; European Union; culture in the EU s external relations; critical discourse analysis; cultural relations; international relations; cultural diplomacy; soft power; international actorness; international narratives; global power;

    Abstract : This study traces the development of narratives on the role of culture within the EU’s external relations and aims to identify culture’s contribution to contemporary construction and self-imagination of the Union’s international actorness. The focus lies not on how individuals and publics perceive these narratives or if they are successful in construction and shaping the perceptions of their audiences. READ MORE

  5. 19. State Aid and the Financial Crisis - A Special View from Iceland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jóhann Gunnar Þórarinsson; [2012]
    Keywords : State Aid Financial Crisis 107 1 TFEU 61 1 EEA Agreement Banking Crisis EEA EFTA ESA Commission Soft Law and the Banking Crisis State Aid Exemptions Article 107 3 b TFEU Article 107 3 c TFEU Big Icelandic Banks ESA decisions on the Icelandic banks Big Icelandic Banks Glitnir bank Landsbankinn Kaupthing bank ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : European State Aid Law is rapidly becoming one of the most important area of law within the European Union. Since the beginning of 1970 the Commission and the Court have had to deal with more and more State Aid cases as it grew in correspondence with its growth. READ MORE

  6. 20. Leading actors of the free world

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elin Nolin; [2009]
    Keywords : European Union EU ; United States of America US ; securitization; European Security Strategy ESS ; National Security Strategy of the Unites States of America NSS ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Security Strategy (ESS) developed in 2003 and the National Security Strategy of the United States of America (NSS) was issued in 2002. In this thesis these two documents are compared and analyzed with reference to the securitization theory. The comparison focus on identified threats and how they aim to refute them. READ MORE