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The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation

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  • Sandro KNEZOVIC

    (Marco ESTEVES LOPES)

  • Marco ESTEVES LOPES

    (EU Affairs Consultant and Project Manager at INOVA+, Porto)

Abstract

The article contextualises the concept of the European army within wider European security and defence discourse. The European Union (EU) is facing complex challenges, which requires a strategic approach to IR. This research examines the EU's strategic posture and capacities in the international arena by employing two leading concepts of IR theory - constructivism and realism. Since the EU operates in an interlinked world, the article takes into account a wider geostrategic environment and heterogeneity of concepts and interests of actors in various pockets of the globe, offering viable future perspectives for the phenomena in its focus. It suggests a functional development of a EU's strategic culture and a fine-tuned reconsideration of its exclusively constructivist approach to contemporary security challenges.

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  • Sandro KNEZOVIC & Marco ESTEVES LOPES, 2020. "The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 11, pages 334-352, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:jes:journl:y:2020:v:11:p:334-352
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