The EU grand strategy: in and between great power politics
To be a global actor one can defend it implies the need for a grand strategy that allows that kind of power actorness. But is the EU (already) a great… Read more »
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A Normative Power Europe in the Caucasus? Human Rights in Georgia since the Rose Revolution
The concept of Normative Power Europe (NPE), as developed by Ian Manners, conceives the Europe Union (EU) as an actor with an ideational nature, embodying common principles and shaping norm… Read more »
The European Union as a Middle Power
A very popular concept in the late 20th century, especially after the fall of Soviet Communism left only one superpower standing on the international system, a middle power can be… Read more »
The local construction of Euroscepticism: a downsian approach to the positioning of the Portuguese Communist Party vis-à-vis the European project
This study aims to understand the process of building Euroscepticism, resorting to the case of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and its positioning towards a set of dimensions of the… Read more »
European elections, democracy, and Euroscepticism: a systematic literature review
Even the dominant theoretical model in Eurosceptic studies, ‘hard / soft’ approach recognises no a priori reason for the existence of Euroscepticism except as a means of political differentiation of… Read more »
Euroscepticism within the post-2008 European Parliament
Ever since 2009, Euroscepticism has become a reality in the European Parliament (EP), something reflected in the emergence of Eurosceptic party groups, such as the European Reformists and Conservatives (ECR)… Read more »
Nationalism and Authoritarianism in Interwar Europe: Contemporary Lessons?
This article is a study on the reactionary appropriation of the concept of nation in interwar Continental Europe. It shows how this takeover occurred in political theory by examining the… Read more »
From the passenger to the driver’s seat? The International Liberal Order and the European Union’s pragmatism in the face of American illiberal hegemony
The systemic crisis the International Liberal Order (ILO) is undergoing has resulted in, and been amplified by, the unilateral turn taken by the United States (US) under Trump at the… Read more »
Germany and the United States: no longer united in safeguarding the transatlantic security community?
The Transatlantic Security Community – the core centre of the liberal post-war international order – is being challenged by internal and external crises. Internal factors like the rise of populist… Read more »
Playing the long game: the EU’s approach to political change in Kenya
The EU has long been a major promoter of democratic values. Many African countries count the EU and its member states as their highest donors of foreign aid. Such is… Read more »