The concept of the European Union’s normative power
Traditionally, studies into a state’s foreign policy focus on the international situation and national interests of the parties. However, such approach does not completely conform to the objectives of studies into the foreign policy of the European Union – an example of unique integration of states....
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Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
2015-12-01
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| description | Traditionally, studies into a state’s foreign policy focus on the international situation and national interests of the parties. However, such approach does not completely conform to the objectives of studies into the foreign policy of the European Union – an example of unique integration of states. One of the modern approaches aimed to describe the nature of the EU as an actor in world politics is the concept of the EU’s ‘normative power’ arguing that the ‘power’ of the EU lies in the ability to change the international community’s idea of the ‘norm’. The concept of the EU’s ‘normative power’ is the focus of the article. The author describes the historical background of EU’s foreign (and to a degree, domestic) policy, assuming that the policy is a ‘product’ of its time. The article examines three approaches to understanding these concepts and analyses the correlation between the ‘normative’ and ‘soft power’ as well as related contradictions. In conclusion, the author identifies prospects of studies into the сoncept of ‘normative power’ of the European Union. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ba7065b07af401e9678079be3c1dbd02022-12-21T23:21:35ZengImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityBaltic Region2079-85552310-05242015-12-0174557610.5922/2079-8555-2015-4-5The concept of the European Union’s normative powerSavorskaya Ekaterina 0Moscow State UniversityTraditionally, studies into a state’s foreign policy focus on the international situation and national interests of the parties. However, such approach does not completely conform to the objectives of studies into the foreign policy of the European Union – an example of unique integration of states. One of the modern approaches aimed to describe the nature of the EU as an actor in world politics is the concept of the EU’s ‘normative power’ arguing that the ‘power’ of the EU lies in the ability to change the international community’s idea of the ‘norm’. The concept of the EU’s ‘normative power’ is the focus of the article. The author describes the historical background of EU’s foreign (and to a degree, domestic) policy, assuming that the policy is a ‘product’ of its time. The article examines three approaches to understanding these concepts and analyses the correlation between the ‘normative’ and ‘soft power’ as well as related contradictions. In conclusion, the author identifies prospects of studies into the сoncept of ‘normative power’ of the European Union.https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/4a1/Savorskaya_66-76.pdfforeign policy of the European UnionEuropean UnionEU‘normative power’ |
| spellingShingle | Savorskaya Ekaterina The concept of the European Union’s normative power Baltic Region foreign policy of the European Union European Union EU ‘normative power’ |
| title | The concept of the European Union’s normative power |
| title_full | The concept of the European Union’s normative power |
| title_fullStr | The concept of the European Union’s normative power |
| title_full_unstemmed | The concept of the European Union’s normative power |
| title_short | The concept of the European Union’s normative power |
| title_sort | concept of the european union s normative power |
| topic | foreign policy of the European Union European Union EU ‘normative power’ |
| url | https://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/4a1/Savorskaya_66-76.pdf |
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