The European Union’s Regionalism Diplomacy in Africa: An English School Approach
Staeger, Ueli (2015). The European Union’s Regionalism Diplomacy in Africa: An English School Approach. United Nations University and College of Europe.
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Sub-type Working paper Author Staeger, Ueli Editor Kingah, Stephen
Schunz, Simon
Van Langenhove, Luk
Gstöhl, SieglindeTitle The European Union’s Regionalism Diplomacy in Africa: An English School Approach Volume/Issue No. 2 Publication Date 2015 Place of Publication Bruges Publisher United Nations University and College of Europe Pages 33 Language eng Abstract This paper proposes an innovative analytical approach to regionalism promotion by the European Union (EU) in Africa. The approach pursues the dual aim of accommodating African approaches to regionalism in EU foreign policy analysis and of expounding the centrality of diplomacy in negotiating a renewed EU-African Union relationship. The concept of ‘regionalism diplomacy’ brings the negotiated and contentious nature of EU regionalism promotion to the fore. The paper espouses contemporary English School thinking about ‘international society’ and argues that EU regionalism promotion cannot just remain the expansion of European regional international society onto Africa. Instead, EU regionalism diplomacy should acknowledge and incorporate the anticolonial pan-African roots of African regionalism. Overall, the EU should seek a more diplomacy-focused, negotiated Africa-Europe interregional relationship. The paper concludes with an outline of a pan-African approach to regionalism diplomacy and avenues for future research. UNBIS Thesaurus AFRICA
REGIONALISM
DIPLOMACY
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