Europe’s Pathetic Lack of Foreign Policy Ambition

Carnegie Europe has published during 2015 a series of features from each EU Member State in which a native writer was asked to assess the level of foreign policy ambition of their country. In this August 2015 feature Judy Dempsey gives an overview of the conclusions of the series and suggests that the European Union is strategically and politically ill prepared to make a difference at the regional or global level.

She conclude by says 'the series exposed how most countries neither see the relevance of Europe nor want to make Europe relevant. As long as this perception continues, Europe will slip further into decline—unless EU leaders embrace real, strategic foreign policy ambition for the continent'.

• Primary Source

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe: Capitals Series http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=showIssue&id=1465&title=Capitals%20Series

ESO: Background information: The road back to European power http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-road-back-to-european-power/

EU: EEAS: The European Union in a changing global environment. A more connected, contested and complex world http://eeas.europa.eu/docs/strategic_review/eu-strategic-review_strategic_review_en.pdf

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe: Capitals Series, 31.07.15: Letter From the Brussels Bubble http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=60910

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