Closing the closing space: sustaining democracy promotion in European foreign policy

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Closing the closing space: sustaining democracy promotion in European foreign policy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Democracy promotion is a policy firmly embedded in the EU's external action. However, amidst a proclaimed "backlash" against democracy and the questioning of the merits of value-based policies by certain European leaders, the EU needs to reaffirm the importance of democracy promotion activities in pursuing its interests. This issue is all the more relevant as the EU elaborates its planned Global Strategy. This article argues that the promotion of democracy is - on the one hand - an important aspect of the EU's political identity formation and - on the other hand - a policy with potentially important strategic payoffs. The EU needs to be aware of the strategic (as opposed to the normative) aspects of the policy and emphasize these to counter criticism that value-based policies only hurt the Union's material interests. Furthermore, the paper proposes policy recommendations for burden-sharing and instrumental labour division among the EU, member states and organizations to help all actors navigate through the "closing space" for democracy promotion.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Closing the closing space: sustaining democracy promotion in European foreign policy

Popis výsledku anglicky

Democracy promotion is a policy firmly embedded in the EU's external action. However, amidst a proclaimed "backlash" against democracy and the questioning of the merits of value-based policies by certain European leaders, the EU needs to reaffirm the importance of democracy promotion activities in pursuing its interests. This issue is all the more relevant as the EU elaborates its planned Global Strategy. This article argues that the promotion of democracy is - on the one hand - an important aspect of the EU's political identity formation and - on the other hand - a policy with potentially important strategic payoffs. The EU needs to be aware of the strategic (as opposed to the normative) aspects of the policy and emphasize these to counter criticism that value-based policies only hurt the Union's material interests. Furthermore, the paper proposes policy recommendations for burden-sharing and instrumental labour division among the EU, member states and organizations to help all actors navigate through the "closing space" for democracy promotion.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Global Affairs

ISSN

2334-0460

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

273-285

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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