ORTA ÖLÇEKLİ BİR GÜÇ OLARAK AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ: SÖYLEM VE UYGULAMA

Öz

Bu makale, AB’nin, dış politika amaçları, ilkeleri ve davranışlarını göz önüne alarak Andrew F. Cooper, Richard A. Higgott ve Kim Richard Nossal tarafından ortaya konan davranışsal model ışığında orta ölçekli bir güç olarak tanımlanıp tanımlanamayacağı sorusuna cevap bulmayı amaçlamaktadır. Sonuç olarak, Birliğin “hayır için güç” söylemi çerçevesinde dünyayı herkes için daha iyi bir yer haline getirmek için yürüttüğü faaliyetler, dış politikasında etkin çok taraflılığa ve Birleşmiş Milletlere verdiği önem, Paris İklim Anlaşmasının imzalanması ile sonuçlanan 2015 Paris İklim Konferansı öncesi ve esnasında oynamış olduğu entelektüel ve girişimci liderlik, arabuluculuk ve köprü kurucu rol ve kendi ile hemfikir olan aktörlerle kurduğu işbirlikleri Birliğin dış politika davranışları açısından orta ölçekli bir güç olarak hareket ettiğini göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Avrupa Birliği,Orta Ölçekli Güç,Davranışsal Model,Çok Taraflılık,Hayırlı Uluslararası Vatandaşlık

The European Union as a Middle Power: Discourse and Practice

Abstract

This article aims to find whether the EU is labeled as a middle power in accordance with behavioural model offered by Andrew F. Cooper, Richard A. Higgott ve Kim Richard Nossal. It is concluded that EU’s activities towards making the world a better place for everybody pursuant to its “force for good” discourse, the importance given by the EU to effective multilateralism and the United Nations in its foreign policy, intellectual and entrepreneurial leadership, broker and bridge-builder role played by the EU in the run up to and during 2015 Paris Climate Conference which was finalized with the signing of Paris Agreement and its act of coalition-building with like-minded actors demonstrated that the EU acts as a middle power in terms of foreign policy behaviours.

Keywords

• European Union,Middle Power,Behavioural Model,Multilateralism,Good International Citizenship

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