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Promoting norms or protecting interests? The role of democratic values in the european union’s indo-pacific strategy

dc.abstract.enThe European Union (EU) has been perceived as a normative power (by itself and some others) in the international system. Through this concept, the EU’s policies and actions can be aligned with its identity, which is grounded in democratic values. Yet there is often a gap between those values and their practical implementation. The EU’s 2021 Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific offers an opportunity to test how well it is positioned to advance democratic norms in the world’s most economically dynamic and increasingly geo-politically contested region. This article argues that, while the Strategy reflects the EU’s foundational democratic values, it lacks clarity regarding the primacy of those values. As currently framed, the Strategy leaves the EU facing key unresolved democratic dilemmas in its Indo-Pacific engagement. The article concludes that the efficacy of the Strategy as a vehicle for bolstering democracy in the region will hinge on how it is operationalised, which will require confronting these dilemmas and making hard choices, especially between interests and values. Such choices are exemplary of a more general conundrum for the EU as an international organisation with 27 members whose interests often constrain the pursuit of its role as a self-consciously normative actor in international affairs.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorHeidrich, Dorota
dc.contributor.authorRabel, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T18:09:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-25T18:09:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financeNie dotyczy
dc.description.number39
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.identifier.doi10.24193/OJMNE.2022.39.02
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/117236
dc.identifier.weblinkhttp://dx.doi.org/10.24193/ojmne.2022.39.02
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationpolitical and administrative sciences
dc.relation.ispartofOnline Journal Modelling the New Europe
dc.relation.pages25-43
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enEuropean Union
dc.subject.enIndo-Pacific region
dc.subject.enDemocratic values
dc.subject.enEuropean Union Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
dc.titlePromoting norms or protecting interests? The role of democratic values in the european union’s indo-pacific strategy
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication