THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, MULTILATERALISM AND INTERNATIONAL STABILITY
Abstract
What role does the European integration process play in shaping transatlantic relations, if any? The question brings forth the related issue of whether the EU is able to exercise leadership in fostering changes in the international system and through its relationship with the US. The article provides a literature review on the EU as a foreign policy actor, specifically the extent to which it contributed to changes in the international system along a multipolar pattern. To do so, it looks at the EU’s ability to strengthen multilateralism in international trade and its role in international security. The article’s analysis of the EU and its ability to speak with one unified voice is significant in understanding the EU’s role in Transatlantic relations and its ability to become player on its own right with regard to the US in international politics.
Keywords
Transatlantic relations European integration EU international trade international security multilateralism
References
- World Bank (2014) World Development Indicators Database, “Gross Domestic Product 2014”, <http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GDP .pdf; accessed 20 February 2016>.
- Yost, D.S. (2002) “Transatlantic Relations and Peace in Europe”, International Affairs, 78 (2): 277-300.
- Young, A. and Peterson, J. (2006) “The EU and the New Trade Politics”, Journal of European Public Policy, 13 (6): 795-814.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Makaleler |
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| Publication Date | June 30, 2016 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 24 Issue: 1 |
