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Combining soft power with the geopolitical approach – how difficult is for the EU to change its attitude?

Radu Carp

University of Bucharest, radu.carp (at) fspub.unibuc.ro

DOI number: 10.53604/rjbns.v12i2_6

Radu Carp (2020), Combining soft power with the geopolitical approach – how difficult is for the EU to change its attitude? . RJBNS 12(2), 107-115. DOI: 10.53604/rjbns.v12i2_6. https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org/files/2020/12/08.-Carp.pdf

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
Rezumat
După ce au evoluat treptat de la un proiect economic la unul politic, liderii Uniunii Europene declară în zilele noastre că este timpul să mergem mai departe și să construim un actor geopolitic pe scena internațională. Această lucrare face o prezentare a stadiului actual al actorilor geopolitici relevanți și a modului în care aceștia privesc UE. Pentru a aborda această problemă, UE trebuie să se concentreze mai mult pe instrumentele sale de soft power, cum ar fi multilateralismul și promovarea democrației, statului de drept și a drepturilor omului, precum și schimbările climatice, în afară de instrumentele de hard power precum comerțul, securitatea și apărarea. , securitatea cibernetică și confidențialitatea datelor personale.
Keywords: democracy; European Union; geopolitics; human rights; multilateralism; rule of law; soft power
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This paper has been presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Baltic and Nordic Studies in Romania: ReThinking Europe in Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region, hosted by the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies, May 28–29, 2020.

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