The European Union's Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World [1 ed.] 3030660605, 9783030660604

Table of contents :
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introducing the European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: Global Diplomacy in a Contested World
The Strategic Partnerships Within the Field of European Foreign Policy
Focus and Content of the Volume
References
Part I Strategic Partnerships in the European Union’s Diplomatic Practice: Evolution and Analysis
2 Strategic Partnerships in European Union External Action: Evolution and Analysis of a Developing Policy Instrument
Introduction
The European Union’s Strategic Partnerships: From the European Strategic Security Strategy to the Global Strategy and Beyond
Strategic Partnerships in Time of Crisis
Analysing Strategic Partnerships: Logics and Images
Logics
Images
Themes, Frameworks and Theories
Conclusions
References
3 Institutional Perspectives on the EU’s Strategic Partnerships: Where Is the Focus and Authority?
Introduction
A Lack of Overarching Goal Formulation for EU Strategic Partnerships
Diverging Frameworks—A Plethora of ‘Strategic Partnerships’
Institutional Complexity and EU Strategic Partnerships
Conclusion
References
4 Soft Power in the European Union’s Strategic Partnership Diplomacy: The Erasmus Plus Programme
Introduction
The Erasmus+ Programme and the EU’s Soft Power Operation in the World
The Erasmus+ Programme and Strategic Partnerships: The Cases of Brazil and Russia
Brazil
Russia
Conclusion
References
Part II The Transatlantic Partners: The United States and Canada
5 The European Union and the United States: Competition, Convergence and Crisis in a Strategic Relationship
Introduction
After the Cold War: Building a Strategic Partnership?
The Anatomy of a Transatlantic Crisis: 2001–2009
A More Strategic Relationship? 2009–2017
Crisis and Breakdown: 2016–2020
Conclusions: A Strategic Relationship, But Not a Strategic Partnership?
References
6 The EU-Canada Strategic Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
What Is the Canada-EU Strategic Partnership Agreement? a Review of the Literature on the Canada-EU Relations
Evaluating the Strategic Partnership
Conclusion
References
Part III Strategic Partnerships with the BRICS
7 European Union-Brazil Relations: A Strategic Partnership in Suspended Animation
Introduction
The Short History of the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership: Key Motivations, Major Themes, Policy Areas and the Institutional Dimension
Crises as the Order of the Day: The European Union and Brazil Under Stress
2015–2020: Five Years, Five Missed Opportunities for Revamping Bilateral Cooperation
Conclusion
References
8 The End of Ambiguity: Excavating the Remains of the EU–Russia ‘Strategic Partnership’
Introduction
From an Unambiguous Starting Point to ‘the Proliferation of the Fuzzy’
The Internal EU and Russian Logics and Dynamics
The EU–Russia Strategic Partnership in a Triangular Setting
Conclusions
References
9 The European Union and India: A Reluctant Partnership Between Aspiring Global Powers
Introduction
Process Tracing the EU-India Strategic Partnership
The ‘Lost’ Decade of the 1990s
The 1999 Transformation: A Coincidental Juncture
Post-1999 Relations: Struggling to Define the Strategic Partnership
Conclusion
Bibliography
10 The European Union and China: Partnership in Changing Times
Introduction
The European Union and China: From Non-Relationship to ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’
The EU, China and the Return of Great Power Geopolitics
The EU, China and Asia: Beyond ‘China First’
Global Challenges: Sino-European Convergence or Divergence?
Conclusion
References
11 The European Union-South Africa Strategic Partnership: Aligning Interests in a Multi-Layered Environment
Introduction
Contexts
South Africa as a Strategic Partner
The Regional Dimension
The Strategic Partnership in the Doldrums
Conclusion
References
Part IV Reaching Out for Strategic Partnerships Beyond the BRICS
12 The EU and Mexico: The Strategic Partnership in the Context of the Global Agreement
Introduction
Pragmatism and Adaptation
Strategic Partnership: A Political Framework
Institutional Dimension: The Global Agreement and the Strategic Partnership
Conclusions
References
13 The EU’s Strategic Partnerships with Japan and South Korea: A Comparative Analysis of the Drivers, Outcomes and Limitations
Introduction
Drivers of “Strategising”
The EU, Japan and ROK: A Comparison of Critical Drivers
Japan: Strategic Considerations
ROK: Strategic Considerations
From Cooperation to Strategic Partnership
The EU-Japan Case: Evolution and the Role of Conjuncture
The EU-ROK Case: A Matter of Strategic Choice and Negotiation
Agreements: Significance and Limitations
Significance of the Strategic Partnerships
Limitations of the Strategic Partnerships
Conclusions
References
14 Conclusions: The Rise and Fall of an Idea
The Globalisation of Partnership Diplomacy
Europe’s Way: Partnering Without Pattern
Assessing the EU’s Strategic Partnerships
References
Index