Determinants of regional leadership: is the European Union a leading regional actor in peace and security

Zwartjes, Marieke, Van Langenhove, Luk, Kingah, Stephen and Maes, Leonie, (2012). Determinants of regional leadership: is the European Union a leading regional actor in peace and security. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12(3), 393-405

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    Author Zwartjes, Marieke
    Van Langenhove, Luk
    Kingah, Stephen
    Maes, Leonie
    Title Determinants of regional leadership: is the European Union a leading regional actor in peace and security
    Appearing in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
    Volume 12
    Issue No. 3
    Publication Date 2012-09
    Publisher Routledge
    Start page 393
    End page 405
    Language En
    Abstract This article introduces a conceptualization of regional leadership, including an analytical framework whereregional leadership is considered to be based on three necessary ‘determinants’. Regional leadership is defined as a concept used to describe the power of an actor to influence certain aspects of the international relations and/or the internal functioning of an actor in its neighbourhood. The aforementioned necessarydeterminants are: (i) the actor’s willingness to act as a leader; (ii) the actor’s capacity to act as a leader and (iii) the acceptance of the leadership actions by followers and external actors. Each of thesedeterminants will be applied to the European Union (EU) in the area of peace and security to assess whether the EU is a regional leader in this domain.
    Keyword Regional leadership
    Willingness
    Capacity and acceptance
    Eurpoean Union
    Peace and security
    Copyright Holder Taylor & Francis
    Copyright Year 2012
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISSN 17439639
    DOI 10.1080/14683857.2012.711093
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