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Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation : The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order

Bengtsson, Rikard LU orcid (2024) p.31-48
Abstract
This chapter scrutinizes the European Union (EU)’s response to the crisis engulfing the European security order, within the broader context of global value contestation. Focused on the aftermath of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, the chapter delineates the EU’s role evolution, transitioning from a security promoter to a pragmatic actor and responsible stakeholder in global governance. This shift reflects not only the exigencies of the crisis but also member state interests, EU identity and its relationship with the United States. The chapter contends that monocausal explanations are insufficient to explain these role changes, emphasizing the multifaceted influences at play. It concludes by outlining four key implications of the EU’s role... (More)
This chapter scrutinizes the European Union (EU)’s response to the crisis engulfing the European security order, within the broader context of global value contestation. Focused on the aftermath of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, the chapter delineates the EU’s role evolution, transitioning from a security promoter to a pragmatic actor and responsible stakeholder in global governance. This shift reflects not only the exigencies of the crisis but also member state interests, EU identity and its relationship with the United States. The chapter contends that monocausal explanations are insufficient to explain these role changes, emphasizing the multifaceted influences at play. It concludes by outlining four key implications of the EU’s role enactment, including ‘crises-driven integration’, revived dynamics in EU accession and neighbourhood policies, and a perceptible power shift with the EU assuming a more assertive stance, juxtaposed with an authoritarian repositioning by China and Russia vis-à-vis the ‘West’. (Less)
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International Organizations Amid Global Crises : Analysing role selection and impact through role theory - Analysing role selection and impact through role theory
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Panke, Diana and Friedrichs, Gordon M.
pages
31 - 48
publisher
Bristol University Press
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  • scopus:105004151902
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978-1-5292-4296-6
DOI
10.1332/policypress/9781529242966.003.0002
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English
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  author       = {{Bengtsson, Rikard}},
  booktitle    = {{International Organizations Amid Global Crises : Analysing role selection and impact through role theory}},
  editor       = {{Panke, Diana and Friedrichs, Gordon M.}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-5292-4296-6}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{31--48}},
  publisher    = {{Bristol University Press}},
  title        = {{Complex Role Enactment Amid Global Value Contestation : The European Union and the Crisis of the European Security Order}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529242966.003.0002}},
  doi          = {{10.1332/policypress/9781529242966.003.0002}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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