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The European Union and International Politics: Beyond Accession

Conflict Resolution
Foreign Policy
Islam
Regionalism
Security
Global
International
Refugee
P080
Meltem Müftüler-Baç
Sabancı University
Meltem Müftüler-Baç
Sabancı University

Building: 9RC, Room: 933

Friday 09:00 - 10:45 CEST (15/06/2018)

Abstract

The European Union has already become a force in international politics with its ability to bring about significant transformation in countries aspiring for accession, as well as its role in stabilizing the borders of Europe. However, some of the key mechanisms that the EU had at its disposal to act as such a force have their own sell-by dates such as the enlargement process or the limits to their applicability as in the EU’s inability to positively reinforce political change in Turkey. An important test case of the European foreign policy is its relations with Turkey- a particularly difficult case for the EU’s external relations. The diverging member state preferences, the checks and balances over the EU institutions’ role in European foreign policy as well as the challenges that the EU confronts in its external relations, specifically in the Middle East and in Eurasia, add up together to limit the effectiveness of the EU in its international role. This panel aims to put together multiple papers from different IR perspectives in assessing the EU’s role in international politics, specifically with regards to its relations with Turkey. The panel assesses the EU’s effectiveness in its borderlands, its ability to deal with new foreign policy challenges, as well as potential for collaboration with regional players such as Turkey.

Title Details
Alternative Futures of 'Europe as an Empire' and 'Europe as a Project' and Turkey-EU Relations View Paper Details
The Evolution of Turkey-European Union Relations in the European Parliament Argumentative Discourses View Paper Details
The Comparative Approaches of the EU and Turkey towards EU-East View Paper Details
Differentiated Integration, the European Union and Turkey: Chance for the Coordination of Activities in Foreign Policy? View Paper Details
De-Europeanisation through Securitisation: Insights from Turkey View Paper Details