CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Venturi, Jacopo |
|---|---|
| Title | Exploring the relationships between the grand strategies of the Member States and the European Union. The Cases of France and Germany |
| Summary | This research analyzes the relationships between the grand strategies of the Member States and that of the European Union. The evolution of the literature on grand strategy led to the accepted idea that international organizations can express a grand strategy. Consequently, the academic and political debate on the European Union’s grand strategy began, but the relationships between it and the grand strategies of the Member States are still unclear. The analysis of the case studies of France and Germany, concerning two specific goals of the European Union’s grand strategy, namely NATO’s role in European security and strategic autonomy and enlargement policy, shows that when two or more grand strategies present a strong correlation – which can be the foundation for a potential two-way influence as well –, their assumptions must be compatible and their objectives must be similar, while their interests might differ. The research concludes that there is a strong correlation between the grand strategies of Germany and the EU, while there are incompatibilities at the level of assumptions with France. This is relevant not only for the international relations tradition of grand strategy and the debate on the EU’s grand strategy but also to broaden and better understand the concept of EU’s actorness. |
| Supervisor | Izsak, Daniel |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/venturi_jacopo.pdf |
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