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Moving beyond the normative-geopolitical ambiguity of the EU's imperial politics in the neighbourhood: the case of Lebanon

Titel:	Moving beyond the normative-geopolitical ambiguity of the EU's imperial politics in the neighbourhood: the case of Lebanon
Verfasser:	Pänke, Julian
Körperschaft:	Institut für Europäische Politik e.V. (IEP) (Herausgeber)
Veröffentlicht:	Berlin, 2014
Umfang:	Online-Ressource, 19 S.
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk:	IEP Policy Papers on Eastern Europe and Central Asia ; Bd. 4

Bemerkung:	Veröffentlichungsversion begutachtet
Zusammenfassung:	Abstract: Since 2005, the European Union intensified its political commitment in Lebanon. The same year an Association Agreement was signed and the first Action Plan published in 2007. The Arab Uprisings of 2011 – and on its coat-tails the brutal war in Syria – fortified an enduring imperative of stability. Over the last years, the EU became more realistic in its ambitions – more assertive in its claims for influence, and demonstrated a greater capacity to play to its political strengths. An increasing realism was obscured by prevalent normative discourses reflected in EU documents. A particular normativegeopolitical ambiguity in its external relations is caused by the imperial nature of the EU. This paper argues that Brussels operates in legacies of imperial rule in its efforts to stabilize and transform the Near East. The first chapter of the paper conceptualizes the EU’s imperial politics. The second section analyzes contents of the bilateral agenda, as formulated in the Action Plan, whic

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Zusammenfassung:

Abstract: Since 2005, the European Union intensified its political commitment in Lebanon. The same year an Association Agreement was signed and the first Action Plan published in 2007. The Arab Uprisings of 2011 – and on its coat-tails the brutal war in Syria – fortified an enduring imperative of stability. Over the last years, the EU became more realistic in its ambitions – more assertive in its claims for influence, and demonstrated a greater capacity to play to its political strengths. An increasing realism was obscured by prevalent normative discourses reflected in EU documents. A particular normativegeopolitical ambiguity in its external relations is caused by the imperial nature of the EU. This paper argues that Brussels operates in legacies of imperial rule in its efforts to stabilize and transform the Near East. The first chapter of the paper conceptualizes the EU’s imperial politics. The second section analyzes contents of the bilateral agenda, as formulated in the Action Plan, whic

Moving beyond the normative-geopolitical ambiguity of the EU's imperial politics in the neighbourhood: the case of Lebanon

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