European Critical Analytics in Search of Answers to New Challenges
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2022-24-3-326-332
Abstract
Until today, the European Union (EU) has associated its foreign policy with normative power, which is the main instrument of soſt power. However, the crisis of global governance has affected the global strategy of the EU. The article explores the most pressing of these changes. The research was based on official publications made by various European think tanks and individual analysts. The EU has an effective mechanism for interaction between think tanks and political leaders. As a result, the European analytics can justify various concepts and approaches that later acquire legislative forms. Also, the scientific analytics makes it possible to test the decisions being made. The article focuses on the following EU issues: new strategic culture; geopolitics and normative power in strategic documents; strategic autonomy; differentiation and fragmentation as policy tools; the end of unanimity in making responsible decisions; the concept of pragmatic federalism; military development; the so-called Strategic Compass; the Russian military special operation and the concept of world order, etc.
About the Author
V. I. Mikhaylenko
Ural Federal University
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Valery I. Mikhaylenko
Ekaterinburg
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The author declared no potential conflicts of interests regarding the research, authorship, and / or publication of this article.
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Mikhaylenko V.I. European Critical Analytics in Search of Answers to New Challenges. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2022;24(3):326-332. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2022-24-3-326-332
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