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Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union

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Compared to the world’s major countries, the European Union (EU) has consistently ranked among the most attractive to foreign audiences. A poll conducted in 2009 for the BBC World Survey found that of the people in the 21 countries surveyed, all but Turkey had mainly positive views of the EU. By contrast, for example, twice as many countries had mainly negative views of the US. The EU’s relative success in this regard increasingly depends on its ability to speak with one voice in a variety of policy areas, and to deliver on its commitments. Euro-sceptics have long argued that this level of integration is impossible. But it is in the very nature of the EU – with over 50 years of economic, social, and political integration following two devastating world wars – to project an image of being a champion of multilateralism, transnationalism, democracy, and cooperation. The EU is a strong example of diplomacy that has not only sustained international cooperation, but has advanced it beyond most expectations.

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  1. University of Nicosia, Cyprus

    Costas M. Constantinou (Professor of International Relations) (Professor of International Relations)

  2. Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, USA

    James Der Derian (Research Professor of International Studies) (Research Professor of International Studies)

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Davis Cross, M.K. (2010). Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union. In: Constantinou, C.M., Der Derian, J. (eds) Sustainable Diplomacies. Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297159_10

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