Abstract
This chapter leads to introduce the European Union generally and importance of global leadership of EU particularly. All over the world, the EU is increasing its reputation as an international organization, generally as an economic bloc but geo-political and economic conditions are pressuring the EU to play its global role as a leader. Emerging role of China as a global power, ever-changing settings of Middle East and rise of Russian military urges in international politics are some common factors force the EU for exploring its political wings towards new horizon of international politics. Undoubtedly, the Brexit undesirably affected the EU’s overall supranational status that leads the bloc to contemplate itself towards developing the viable and appropriate strategic goals for European and global leadership. This chapter also introduces the political wing of EU, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) responsible for maintaining political gesture and astute worldwide.
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Last, David. 2003. “From Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding,” The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution 5(1) Summer: 1–8. The correspondent wrote “Germany is the peacemaker and peacekeeper of Europe” (Last 2003)
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The American Heritage Dictionary (2009), 4th edition, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/peacekeeping accessed 16/07/2013
- 3.
According to UN, “Peacekeeping has unique strengths, including legitimacy, burden sharing, and an ability to deploy and sustain troops and police from around the globe, integrating them with civilian peacekeepers to advance multidimensional mandates”. http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/peacekeeping.shtml; Accessed 16/07/2013
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Pijpers, Alfred. 2007. The EU and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Limits of the CFSP, Netherlands Institute for International Relations, Clingendael. Prepared for the conference: “Military Transformations and Peace Support Operations: Current Experience, Future Developments and Possible Implications for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Theatre,” 18–21 June 2007, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. (Pijpers 2007)
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Kintis, A. 1997. “The European Union’s Foreign Policy and the War in the Former Yugoslavia” in Martin Holland (eds), Common Foreign and Security Policy: The Record and Reforms. London: Pinter. (Kintis 1997)
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Smith, K.E. and Laatikainen, K.V. 2006. The European Union at the United Nations: Intersecting Multilateralism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p118. (Smith and Laatikainen 2006)
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Ibid, p. 173. (Smith and Laatikainen 2006)
- 8.
Allen, David. 1998. “Who Speaks for Europe? The Search for an Effective and Coherent External Policy” in J. Peterson and H. Sjursen (eds), A Common Foreign Policy for Europe? Competing Visions of the CFSP. London: Routledge. (Allen 1998)
- 9.
Ibid. (Allen 1998)
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Ifestos, P. 1987. European Political Cooperation: Towards a Framework of Supranational Diplomacy? Aldershot: Avebury. (Ifestos 1987)
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Antje Herrberg. 2008. Perceptions of International Peace Mediation in the EU: A Needs Analysis. IFP Mediation Cluster, Crisis Management Initiative. http://www.initiativeforpeacebuilding.org; Accessed 04/09/2007. (Herrberg 2008)
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Ibid, pp. 6, 7. (Herrberg 2008)
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Benita Ferrero-Waldner. 2007. The European Union and the World: A Hard Look at Soft Power, Speech/07/576. Columbia University: New York, 24 September (Ferrero-Waldner 2007). She describes it as, ‘We need some combination of the two [soft and hard]. Or perhaps a new form of power altogether, what some scholars have called “smart power”…As the EU continues to develop its role in the world, the challenge is two-fold: to ensure coherence between the civilian and military sides; and to use our soft, attractive power more strategically’ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/576; Accessed 19/11/2010
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Møller, B. 2008. “European Security: The Role of the European Union,” Crisis States Working Paper, Series 2, 29. London: CSRC, London School of Economics. (Møller B. 2008)
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Wind, Marlene. 2000. “Sovereignty, Anarchy and Law in Europe: When Legal Norms Turn into Political Facts” in Morten Kelstrup and Michael C. Williams (eds), International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration. Power, Security and Community. London: Routledge. (Wind 2000)
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Thomson, Robert and Hosli, Madeleine. 2006. “Who Has the Power in the EU? The Commission, Council and Parliament in Legislative Decision-Making,” Journal of Common Market Studies 44(2): 391–417. (Thomson and Madeleine 2006)
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Moberg, Axel. 2002. “The Nice Treaty and Voting Rules in the Council,” Journal of Common Market Studies 40(2): 259–282. (Thomson and Hosli 2006)
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Hussain, M. (2017). Introduction. In: The European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2884-7_1
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