ISSUE: 1/2025
- Volume 29
- Number 1
- 2025
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Studia Europejskie –
Studies in European Affairs
ISSN: 1428-149X
e-ISSN: 2719-3780
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Publication co-financed by Ministry of Science and Higher Education pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of 3 August 2021 (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1514) on the “Development of Scientific Journals” programme.
Publikacja dofinansowana przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego na podstawie rozporządzenia Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z 3 sierpnia 2021 r. (Dz. U. z 2021 r. poz. 1514) w sprawie programu „Rozwój czasopism naukowych”.
Publication co-financed by the University of Warsaw within the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” programme.
Czasopismo otrzymało dofinasowanie w ramach Programu „Inicjatywa Doskonałości – Uczelnia Badawcza”.
Normative Power Europe. Complexity and Challenges for Global Strategy After 2022
Abstract
In the context of the current international geopolitical landscape, characterised by the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, numerous actors in international relations are reassessing the strategic premises of their foreign and security policies. The aim of this article is to analyse the possible impact of the war in Ukraine on the EU’s international identity as a normative power actor and its policies. It is assumed that the end of liberal order is a moment for a redefinition of the EU’s strategy in international relations towards that of a power-oriented actor. The methods used in the article are comparative, institutional, and discourse analysis. The decline of the previously-established model of international relations is a significant factor influencing the formulation of strategic assumptions and foreign and security policy in the international arena, leading to an increased reliance on power politics rather than soft power instruments.
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Language: English
Pages: 273-286
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Skolimowska, A. (2025) "Normative Power Europe. Complexity and Challenges for Global Strategy After 2022". Studia Europejskie – Studies in European Affairs, 1/2025, pp. 273-286. DOI: 10.33067/SE.1.2025.14