Essays about: "soft power EU"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words soft power EU.

  1. 1. The European Union and the 21st-century realities: A document analysis examining changes in EU policies towards Southeast Asia following the rise of China

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Malte Nilsson; [2023-10-26]
    Keywords : The EU; China; Southeast Asia; containment; engagement; power;

    Abstract : This study explores changes in the European Union’s policies towards Southeast Asia, following China’s recent increased assertiveness in the region. The study's primary objective is to investigate how the EU adapts to a shifting global political environment, as revealed through a qualitative analysis of specific EU documents concerning China's rise and its implications for the EU. READ MORE

  2. 2. Speaking with one voice : The European Union’s path of changed actorness in the Eastern Partnership despite long term differences in foreign policy views of its Member States

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Melisa Puric; [2023]
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    Abstract : This paper explores the actorness of the European Union (EU), and how it has developed within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in the aftermath of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Through the theoretical lens derived from The Multiple Streams Framework, understanding is brought regarding intra-EU dynamics in relation to the union’s outer international context and geopolitical positioning. READ MORE

  3. 3. THE EU’S RESPONSE TO CHINA AS A GROWING ACTOR ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT - Text analysis on the EU-Africa strategies of 2007 and 2021

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Daniel; [2022-08-11]
    Keywords : EU Foreign Policy; China; African continent; Neocolonialism; Soft Power; Hard Power; Smart Power; Governance; Human Rights; Security; Multilateralism; Normative Power;

    Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims at examining the EU's power usage on China's role on the African continent. In particular, this thesis aims at synthesising the EU's role as a normative actor in the international system through analysing the EU-Africa strategies from 2007 and 2021. Theory: In order to conduct this comparative analysis, Joseph S. READ MORE

  4. 4. CULTURE AS SOFT POWER IN THE EU : A Thematic Analysis of Creative Europe as A Tool of Soft Power to Increase Europeanness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Lola Iguacel Garcia; [2022]
    Keywords : European Union; Creative Europe; cultural and creative sectors; Europeanness; European identity; soft power; European Studies; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In the following paper Creative Europe 2014-2020 becomes subject of study as a tool of soft power by using Thematic Analysis as the method to analyse three fundamental documents: the Regulation on Establishing Creative Europe, the Creative Europe Sub-programme 2014-2020 Guidelines and the Creative Europe 2014-2020 Mid-term Evaluation. The goal is studying how the program can help the development of the European identity among citizens of different Member States of the European Union by having artists working together and fostering a better understanding of each other’s culture. READ MORE

  5. 5. Culture and Power in EU's Neighbourhood Policy : Case Study of EU4Culture Project

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Aydan Salimkhanova; [2022]
    Keywords : European Union; ENP; Neighbourhood East; cultural policy; governmentality; biopolitics;

    Abstract : The European Union uses different means of power to exert its influence on the direct Neighbours of the polity.  One of the most influential and widely used means in the EU's foreign policy is soft-power and the value diffusion process. READ MORE