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This book explores the images and perceptions of the EU in the eyes of their Strategic Partners. Spanning four continents, these ten important global actors - the BRICS together with the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Mexico - are of profound significance to the EU in economics, politics, security and global governance. In 2015, the volume's editors and contributors were commissioned by the European External Action Service to research these countries' perceptions towards the EU. The research highlights how in changing multilateral settings, images and perceptions significantly influence the behaviour and foreign policy choices of actors. The findings presented in this book helped to inform the content and focus of the 2016 EU Global Strategy, and will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign policy, European integration and public diplomacy. Natalia Chaban is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has published on image and political communication studies within international relations contexts involving the EU in numerous journals and books. Together with Martin Holland, she co-leads the internationally recognised project "EU Global Perceptions", involving more than 30 locations since 2002. Martin Holland holds a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and is the Director of New Zealand's EU Centres Network. His research spans a wide range of EU policy areas: institutional integration, common foreign policy, development and EU perceptions. He regularly lectures at universities in China, Malaysia and Thailand as well as New Zealand.--

"The European Union considers it is influential in shaping global politics and has secured a reserved seat at every significant international table. However, this self-asserted confidence raises a number of questions. What is the nature of the EU's roles in the world? How is the EU seen in third countries and to what extent is it influential in setting global agendas? Has the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis made others outside Europe question the EU's capacity to deliver on its aspirations and promises? This cutting edge collection addresses these questions by drawing on a number of substantive research projects concerning EU external perceptions. It presents theoretically grounded empirical analyses from which evidence-based public diplomacy recommendations can be drawn and focuses on the evolution of the EU's external image before and after the Lisbon Treaty, as well as before and after the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis. Exploring how it is viewed externally and the impact of events such as the Eurozone debt crisis, this book offers a true reflection of the EU as an international actor"--

"The European Union considers it is influential in shaping global politics and has secured a reserved seat at every significant international table. However, this self-asserted confidence raises a number of questions. What is the nature of the EU's roles in the world? How is the EU seen in third countries and to what extent is it influential in setting global agendas? Has the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis made others outside Europe question the EU's capacity to deliver on its aspirations and promises? This cutting edge collection addresses these questions by drawing on a number of substantive research projects concerning EU external perceptions. It presents theoretically grounded empirical analyses from which evidence-based public diplomacy recommendations can be drawn and focuses on the evolution of the EU's external image before and after the Lisbon Treaty, as well as before and after the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis. Exploring how it is viewed externally and the impact of events such as the Eurozone debt crisis, this book offers a true reflection of the EU as an international actor"--

"The volume presents findings from a systematic research project designed to measure the EU's external 'communication deficit' and to raise the level of its awareness in other regions through three perception levels: the study of EU images in news mass media production; a survey of general public perceptions and attitudes on the EU; and a survey of the elite perceptions of the EU." "Drawing on research from New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and Thailand, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of politics, communication studies, European studies and Asian studies."--Jacket

Introduction. Uncertain change and changing uncertainty : the Brexit referendum and the EU in the eyes of the world / Johanna Speyer, Natalia Chaban and Arne Niemann -- The UK's view on Brexit and its foreign policy implications / Geoffrey Edwards -- 'Brexit' in Turkish political debates : end of the road or a new trajectory? / Başak Alpan and Özgehan Şenyuva -- Perceptions of the EU and Brexit in Russia and their influence on Russia-EU relations / Elena Ananieva -- Brexit and EU perceptions in Ukraine / Natalia Chaban and Michèle Knodt -- Increasingly Brittle? US-perceptions of the EU after Brexit and their impact on EU-US relations / Johanna Speyer, Laura Hähn and Arne Niemann -- Canada's two Europe's : Brexit and the prospect of competing transatlantic relationships / Achim Hurrelmann -- Perceptions of the EU/Brexit in Mexico : offsetting negative impacts / Roberto Dominguez -- Brazil's perceptions of the EU after Brexit : a weaker but desirable partner / Elena Lazarou, Tatiana Cuotto and Bruno Theodoro Luciano -- A troubled pair? the MENA region and the EU after Brexit / Mujtaba Isani, Bernd Schlipphak and Daniel Silverman -- South Africa's perception of the EU after Brexit / John Kotsopoulos -- China's perception of Brexit and its influence on China-EU relations / Ling Jin and Emil Kirchner -- A shift of strategic interests : Indian elite perceptions of Europe after Brexit / Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron -- Japan facing Brexit : EU perceptions after Brexit in Japan / Ken Endo -- EU perceptions in Korean YouTube Videos before and after the Brexit referendum : a semantic network analysis approach / Sung-hoon Park and Sae Won Chun -- So close yet so far : Australian and New Zealand perceptions of the EU post-Brexit vote / Serena Kelly and Antonia Mochan -- Conclusion: External perceptions of the EU and EU foreign policy making at times of Brexit / Natalia Chaban, Arne Niemann and Johanna Speyer.

Globale Energie-Governance vollzieht sich in einer multipolaren Welt, die von einer wachsenden Nachfrage nach Energie gekennzeichnet ist. Die EU und die aufstrebenden Staaten Brasilien, China, Indien und Südafrika (BICS) konkurrieren dabei um knappe Ressourcen. Gleichzeitig kooperieren die EU und BICS in bilateralen Energiedialogen.Dieser Band untersucht gegenseitigen Wahrnehmungen der EU und der aufstrebenden Staaten bei der Energie-Governance, den Herausforderungen der Energiekooperation und der gemeinsamen Governance knapper Ressourcen. Die Ergebnisse speisen sich aus der Analyse von Elitendiskursen sowie Medienanalysen, die sich auf die Sichtweisen aus BICS, der EU und den EU-"Big 3"-Mitgliedstaaten Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien beziehen.

Global energy governance is occurring in a multipolar world characterised by a growing demand for energy. The EU as well as the emerging powers of Brazil, China, India and South Africa (BICS) are competing for scarce energy resources. At the same time, the EU and BICS are engaged in bilateral energy talks. This volume explores mutual perceptions of the EU and emerging powers in terms of energy governance, the challenges involved in them cooperating over energy, and the joint governance of scarce resources. Results are gathered from elite discourse as well as media analyses, including the views from BICS, the EU and the EU's "Big 3" member states Germany, France and the UK. --

Globale Energie-Governance vollzieht sich in einer multipolaren Welt, die von einer wachsenden Nachfrage nach Energie gekennzeichnet ist. Die EU und die aufstrebenden Staaten Brasilien, China, Indien und Südafrika (BICS) konkurrieren dabei um knappe Ressourcen. Gleichzeitig kooperieren die EU und BICS in bilateralen Energiedialogen.Dieser Band untersucht gegenseitigen Wahrnehmungen der EU und der aufstrebenden Staaten bei der Energie-Governance, den Herausforderungen der Energiekooperation und der gemeinsamen Governance knapper Ressourcen. Die Ergebnisse speisen sich aus der Analyse von Elitendiskursen sowie Medienanalysen, die sich auf die Sichtweisen aus BICS, der EU und den EU-"Big 3"-Mitgliedstaaten Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien beziehen.

This interdisciplinary work presents a conceptual framework and brings together constructivist and rationalist accounts of how EU norms are adopted, adapted, resisted or rejected. These chapters provide empirical cases and critical analysis of a rich variety of norm-takers from EU member states, European and non-European states, including the rejection of EU norms in Russia and Africa as well as adaptation of EU practices in Australia and New Zealand. Chapters on China, ASEAN and the Czech Republic demonstrate resistance to EU norm export. This volume probes differences in willingness to adopt or adapt norms between various actors in the recipient state and explores such questions as: How do norm-takers perceive of the EU and its norms? Is there a "normative fit" between EU norms and the local normative context? Similarly, how do EU norms impact recipients? interests and institutional arrangements? First, the authors map EU norm export strategies and approaches as they affect norm-takers. Second, the chapters recognize that norm adoption, adaption, resistance or rejection is a product of interaction and a relationship in which interdependence, asymmetry and power play a role. Third, we see that domestic circumstances within norm-takers condition the reception of norms. This book's focus on norm-takers highlights the reflexive nature of norm diffusion and that nature has implications for the EU itself as a norm exporter. Anyone with an interest in the research agenda on norm diffusion, normative power and the EU's normative dialogue with the world will find this book highly valuable, including scholars, policy makers and students of subjects including political science, European studies, international relations and international and EU law.

Asia and Europe have become increasingly interconnected over the last few decades; this growth in mutual interest is due largely to their economic, political, cultural, and historical ties to one another. Due to the deepening relationship between the two regions, it seems natural to ask, "How is the European Union perceived in Asia?" This question has become very relevant to Asia-Europe relations, especially as the EU is the most significant economic partner for many Asian countries, while at the same time emerging as an increasingly prominent political and security dialogue partner for the region. This second volume offers a new and reliable insight into the perception of the EU in Asia. In 2006, the Asia-Europe Foundation and National Centre for Research on Europe (University of Canterbury) created the European Studies in Asia (ESiA) Network and initiated the "EU through the Eyes of Asia" survey. This unprecedented comparative study looks at the attitudes and citizens' perceptions of the EU in Asia, and, by 2009, has been undertaken in 12 research sites throughout Asia. In each locality, the project systematically assessed daily representations of the EU in reputable local news media, as well as the EU's imagery among the general public and the EU's vision among the national stakeholders and opinion leaders. Presenting the findings of this project, this book provides a systematic and detailed empirical insight into EU visibility in the public discourses of three Southeast Asian countries - Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines - the so-called "VIP". The data and analyses in this work cover 2008 and the first half of 2009, and it compares the findings with those published in Volume I, which examined the perceptions of the EU in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. EU through the Eyes of Asia is indispensable to policy-makers and opinion leaders in the Asian and European milieux, putting forward vital recommendations to the EU, Asian governments, the media and those managing relations between the two regions. Volume I was published in 2007 by ASEF and is available in the publication section of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) website; see http://www.asef.org for more details