Allied Constructive Criticism?

The EU and Crises In Its Immediate Neighbourhood from the American Perspective

Authors

  • Magdalena Góra Jagiellonian University in Kraków

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.16.2019.63.02

Keywords:

European Union, European Neighbourhood Policy, Foreign policy, United States of America

Abstract

The main aim of the article is to answer the question of how the involvement ofthe European Union (EU) in its immediate neighbourhood, and in particular the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), is perceived by American foreignpolicy experts. What aspects of EU activities are assessed positively, and which are the most controversial? Particular attention is paid to the key challenges that the EU has been facing in recent years – the Ukrainian crisis and the political consequences of the so-called Arab Spring of 2011, with a special focus on migration pressure in the Mediterranean region. The analysis focuses how EU roles are perceived by American political actors. As the most important international actor, the views of the United States regarding the EU’s activity have a significant influence on what the EU does. The study is based on interviews conducted with experts and political actors of American foreign policy in 2015 and 2016.

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Author Biography

  • Magdalena Góra, Jagiellonian University in Kraków

    Assistant Professor (political science) at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University. She is primarily concentrating her work on the external relations of the European Union, EU actorness in international relations especially in EU’s close neighborhood, the changes in foreign policy and international relations in Central and Eastern Europe as well as on collective identification changes in the European Union after enlargement. Magdalena has worked and taught in a number of academic institutions worldwide. She has participated in several research projects and has published several peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and co-edited volumes: Contestation of EU Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy. Actors, Arenas and Arguments (co-edited with Natasza Styczyńska and Marcin Zubek) (Djof Publishing, 2019), Expertisation and Democracy in Europe (co-edited with C. Holst and M. Warat) (Routledge, 2018), Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe (co-edited with Z. Mach and K. Zielińska) (Peter Lang, 2012) and Democracy, State and Society. European Integration in Central and Eastern Europe (co-edited with K. Zielińska) (JUK Press, 2011).

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31-12-2019

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Vol. 16 No. 6(63) (2019): Europe of Fatherlands?

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“Allied Constructive Criticism? The EU and Crises In Its Immediate Neighbourhood from the American Perspective”. 2019. Politeja 16 (6(63): 27-42. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.16.2019.63.02.

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