The EU Global Strategy: Is It Global and Strategic?

... strategies, which reflect aspirations and expectations of nations. Since the collapse of European empires, nation states have been key players in generating this highest form... ... recently, it had been taken for granted that new actors in global politics, like TNCs, NGOs and supranational institutions were overshadowing nation states. However, the course... ... sovereignty upwards. But there have been areas ring-fenced from dilution of sovereignty. Security and defense is the domain where an average EU member state still resembles...