Essays about: "EU as a soft power"

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1. 21. Developing countries and emergency safeguard measures in world trade law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Carl-Owe Olsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Before going into details and regulations behind the safeguard measures it's important to understand the basic starting point. The members of WTO all agree to have tariffs at a certain level and the member countries are prohibited to raise the tariffs above this level. This makes the system predictable&semic every one knows the tariff levels. READ MORE

3. 22. NATO and ESDP - Roommates or Rivals?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Björn Mc Clintock; [2006]
   Keywords : European Security and Defence Policy; ESDP; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO; United States; European Union; Security Policy; European Security Strategy; ESS; US National Security Strategy; NSS; Military specialisation; European Defence Agency; EDA; Realism; Liberal Institutionalism; Social Constructivism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Are NATO and the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) destined to be roommates or rivals? The transatlantic relationship between the EU and the United States permeates this question, which is examined by three theoretical approaches. Firstly, a realist perspective is used to answer: What are the national interests of the four pivotal states regarding the ESDP and NATO? For France, the ESDP strengthens the EUs military muscle and acts as a counterweight to US hegemony. READ MORE

4. 23. EU's Strategy in its Trilateral Relationships with China and the US - China's Accession to the WTO

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Vivian Chin; [2006]
   Keywords : China s Accession to the WTO; EU; US; Realism; Alliance Partnership; Balance of Threat; Interdependence; Soft Balancing; Bridge-Builder; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : China's accession to the WTO was perceived as the West integrating the East into the international economy with market economy reforming the planned economy. The major actors, the United States (US) and the Euorpean Union (EU), with similar economic structures and ideologies were expected to cooperate and bargain the best offers from China. READ MORE

5. 24. Soft and Hard Power? - A Comparison of the EU and the US Foreign Policy Actions.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Casserlöv; Emilia Pernaa; [2006]
   Keywords : foreign policy; the EU; the US; hard power; soft power; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union is often portrayed as a soft, civilian power. In this thesis we question this view of the Union, by comparing it to the United States of America; usually described as a hard power user. We compare the foreign policy actions of the EU and the US in the seventeen conflicts of 2004. With help from K. READ MORE

6. 25. The EU as a soft power: does discourse mean practice? The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy through a critical feminist lens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kathleen LaZelle; [2005]
   Keywords : military discourse; hegemonic masculinity; soft power; security studies; feminist perspectives; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Extant work on the European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) argues that it is unique as a ?soft power? in the international system, especially in comparison to the United States. The term's recent attachment to gender, through Robert Kagan's ?Mars vs. READ MORE