European Union foreign policy in a changing geopolitical context

Authors

  • Maria Raquel Freire University of Coimbra, 165 Dias da Silva Avenue, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal

Keywords:

the European Union, foreign policy, geopolitics, the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Eastern Partnership
Supporting Agencies
This work is funded by Fundos Nacionais through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within Project «PTDC/IVC-CPO/1245/2014».

Abstract

This article aims at understanding how the European Union (the EU) has been positioning itself regarding its foreign policy agenda in a changing geopolitical context. It analyses the challenges associated to this geopolitical context and how the EU has been responding and positioning itself in face of these challenges. It discusses the actorness of the EU and how this has been developing with a particular focus on its foreign policy. It follows a reflexivist approach looking at foreign policy from both a material and immaterial perspective, fundamental for understanding policies and actions. The article focuses on the evolution of the EU foreign policy towards its neighbours, with a particular emphasis on the European Neighbourhood Policy (the ENP), and the most particularly its Eastern Partnership (the EaP) dimension.

Author Biography

  • Maria Raquel Freire, University of Coimbra, 165 Dias da Silva Avenue, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal

    doctor of science (international relations), associate professor; head of Jean Monnet chair, researcher at the Centre of Social Studies

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Published

2019-03-14

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No. 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Freire, M.R. 2019. European Union foreign policy in a changing geopolitical context. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 2 (Mar. 2019), 20–29.