Bulletin n. 2/2016
December 2016
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Karolina Pomorska, Sophie Vanhoonacker
    Europe as a Global Actor: Searching for a New Strategic Approach
    in Journal of Common Market Studies , Volume 54, Issue Supplement S1 ,  2016
    The one image of 2015 that depicts a dramatic interaction between the EU and the rest ofthe world is the world-famous picture of the Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi, who togetherwith at least 12 other Syrians, drowned in an attempt to reach the Greek island of Kos.Apart from symbolizing the human tragedy of the refugee crisis unfolding at the EU’sexternal borders, the picture is also illustrative of broader developments and challengesfor European foreign policy. It shows that crises in the neighbourhood and in seeminglyfaraway regions like Iraq and Afghanistan cannot simply be ignored as they can have animmediate impact on the EU’s domestic situation. A second telling illustration of howinternal and external security have become increasingly intertwined are the Novemberterrorist attacks in Paris. After having been trained in Syria by representatives of theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), radicalized EU nationals returned home tocommit suicide attacks in the French national capital.
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