Suchergebnisse

Instruments of conduct of European external relations --. - European geopolitical discourse and the EU as a "model" in times of crisis --. - External dimensions of europeanisation and regulated spaces of interaction --. - An institutional ethnography of the sites of diplomatic conduct in Nairobi --. - Positioning collective Europe abroad : operating EU diplomacy --. - Perceiving collective Europe abroad : interaction with the "partners" --. - What should the EU do? : expectations of the EU as a geopolitical actor --. - The EU's global role : what happened to the model? --. - Conclusion : a less global and a more European Union?

This article exposes the dilemma between the EU's civilian geopolitical model and its role as a dominant geoeconomic power. While the success of the European model for political-economic organisation and for overcoming war is appealing, the EU's external relations frequently fail to avoid the traps of Europe's imperial past (and present), thus undermining the EU's credibility and legitimacy in international development policy. This article therefore argues for a critical engagement with views on the EU from the outside. It draws on qualitative fieldwork on EU development policy in East Africa and illustrates how such external perceptions sometimes differ considerably from dominant European ones articulated in official EU geopolitical discourse. Adapted from the source document.