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Differentiated Integration and Europe’s Global Role: A Conceptual Framework

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Summary:

In a time of global challenges, rising geopolitical tensions and a weakening of the traditional trans-Atlantic security community, we can expect pressures for Europe to play a more important role in the world. Various initiatives have been taken to strengthen the role of the European Union (EU), but there are also tendencies towards a more complex European governance structure in the making, characterized by a combination of both EU and non-EU (but still European) initiatives. This introductory article presents a framework for studying a European role that includes initiatives taken within and outside the EU framework, but closely interlinked, indicating that the concept of differentiated integration (DI) may help to clarify Europe’s role in a changing and volatile global context.
  • Published year: 2021
  • Full version: Read the article here
  • Page count: 14
  • Language: English
  • Volume: 26
  • Journal: European Foreign Affairs Review

Themes

  • Defence and security
  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy and foreign policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Regions
  • Europe
  • Global governance
  • The EU