UID:
kobvindex_DGP1642614858
Format:
Kt.
ISSN:
0039-6338
Content:
The European Union's handling of the Iraq crisis was a self-inflicted disaster. But the signs are that the Europeans are learning from that failure. A more robust and self-confident EU foreign policy is emerging.The European Convention and its draft Constitution, was an important exercise in self-definition and institutional reform. Many of the proposed reforms - a European Council President, an EU Foreign Minister, a joined-up diplomatic service - should make the EU a more effective international actor. But institutional reforms will have little effect without a clearer sense of purpose. Hence the momentum behind the EU security strategy, sketching out a shared vision on the nature of today's threats and on the appropriate policy responses. The EU's stance on some of the key strategic issues - WMD proliferation, failed states, the rules governing the use of force - will determine whether the EU's new-found assertiveness will endure or degenerate, yet again, into internal divisions and inaction. (Survival / SWP)
In:
Survival, Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.] : Routledge, 1959, 45(2003), 3, Seite 167-186, 0039-6338
Language:
English
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