COMBINING SOFT POWER WITH THE GEOPOLITICAL APPROACH - HOW DIFFICULT IS FOR THE EU TO CHANGE ITS ATTITUDE?

Authors

  • Prof. Dr. Radu CARP University of Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53477/2668-5094-21-14

Keywords:

democracy, European Union, geopolitics, human rights, multilateralism, rule of law, soft power.

Abstract

After gradually evolving from an economic project to a political one, European Union leaders declare nowadays that it is time to go forward and to build a geopolitical actor on the international stage. This paper does make an account on the current stage of relevant geopolitical actors and how they view EU. In order to address this issue, EU have to focus more on its soft power instruments, like multilateralism and the promotion of democracy, rule of law and human rights, and also climate change, apart from hard power instruments like trade, security and defense, cybersecurity and data privacy.

Author Biography

Prof. Dr. Radu CARP, University of Bucharest

Professor Radu Carp is Head of the Department of Public Policies, International Relations and Security Studies, University of Bucharest and National Director/EMA Director on behalf of the University of Bucharest, European Masters Programme in Human Rights and Democratization, Venice.

He previously served as Head of the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest; Director General of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute;

Professor Carp was associate professor at many universities, including: The Institute of Political Science at the University of Vienna; The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; National Tchengchi University in Taiwan; Global Campus of Human Rights, Venice; Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica; University of Florence; Institute of Political Science, Wroclaw University; Charles University in Prague; University of Szeged and many more.

Professor Carp is author and co-author of 21 books and tens of scientific articles and studies. Latest books: O lumină în întuneric. Democraţie, stat de drept şi drepturile omului într-o lume în schimbare (A light in the dark. Democracy, rule of law and human rights in a changing world) - 2020, Cetatea de Scaun; (with Cristina Matiuţa) The EU Party Democracy and the Challenge of National Populism – 2020, Brill.

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Published

2021-07-15

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 72 (2021): Proceedings 2021  „Romania and the new dynamics of international security”.

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