Europe's Grand Strategy : Navigating a New World Order

Szewczyk, Bart M. J.

ISBN 10: 3030605221 / ISBN 13: 9783030605223

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Seller Inventory # 42575369-n

Synopsis:

This book proposes that the European Union should craft a grand strategy to navigate the new world order based on a four-pronged approach. First, European decision-makers (both in Brussels and across EU capitals) should take a broader view of their existential interests at stake and devote greater time and resources to serving them within the wider cause of the liberal order. Second, Europe needs to help reinvigorate the West by restoring a sense of solidarity through fairer distribution of benefits and burdens. Third, it should develop separate strategies for parts of the world, such as Russia and China, where liberal values are not likely to be attainable in the foreseeable future yet order is still necessary. Fourth, Europe needs to clarify its core interests elsewhere and help stabilize the Middle East and Africa. With this book, the author seeks to lay the essential building blocks for developing a European strategy, which is a complex process involving multiple decision-makersand institutions.

 

About the Author:

Bart M.J. Szewczyk served as Member of the Policy Planning Staff at the US State Department and Adviser on Global Affairs at the European Commission’s think-tank. He is Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and author of two books: European Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Power (2020) and Partners of First Resort: America, Europe, and the Future of the West (with David McKean, 2020).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Europe's Grand Strategy : Navigating a New ...
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New