CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Nagy, Cecília |
|---|---|
| Title | The European Union as a 'Power through Trade': the Case of the Mediterranean |
| Summary | In the lack of an institutionalized foreign policy the European Union was forced to use its trade policy in the region of the Mediterranean to achieve its foreign policy goals –where the Union has a peculiar interest due to the interconnectedness of the two regions. In the 1990’s after the securitization of the region new institutional frameworks, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy have been established. In my thesis I focus on European foreign policy in the Mediterranean using the discourse analysis method of related EMP and ENP documents to justify my claim that the EU is using trade policy to achieve foreign policy aims in the region in order establish and maintain security. While the Association Agreements are providing more general objectives for the Mediterranean countries, the Action Plans are composed of detailed instructions for short and medium term to realize the main objectives applying positive conditionality. The analysis of the Action Plans of Jordan and Morocco showed that both documents are focusing on achieving higher security in the region, although the focus of the documents has been different. While in the case of Morocco migration and related social issues were the most important issues related to security, Jordan is closely connected to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. |
| Supervisor | Bodenstein, Thilo Daniel |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/nagy_cecilia.pdf |
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