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L'Union européenne face aux BRICS dans la gouvernance mondiale: Une réponse efficace? = The European Union facing the BRICS countries in world governance: an effective response? Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Paper 2/2014
Le présent travail se concentre sur deux principaux acteurs du monde en évolution, l'Union européenne (UE) et l'ensemble des pays BRICS, et le défi que posent collectivement ces derniers à la première sur la base de leurs poids économique et politique accrus dans le cadre de la gouvernance mondiale. On fait valoir que la doctrine d’un « multilatéralisme efficace » décrivant la position de l’UE sur la gouvernance mondiale est de plus en plus remise en cause par les BRICS dont l’approche repose sur un autre principe : celui d’un « multilatéralisme relationnel ».
Afin de pouvoir analyser comment l’UE réagit à la confiance et la cohérence croissante des BRICS dans les instances internationales, ce travail examine la réponse de l’UE dans trois domaines de la gouvernance mondiale que sont le commerce, le changement climatique et la sécurité internationale. Ceci permet d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les différentes institutions européennes mettent en œuvre ce que ce travail qualifie de « réponse efficace » à la montée en puissance des BRICS. Au terme de l’analyse, cette étude s’attache à souligner que la réaction des institutions de l’UE à l'influence grandissante des BRICS sur la scène internationale ne peut être considérée comme efficace que dans le domaine du changement climatique
The EU Global Strategy: from effective multilateralism to global governance that works? Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 76 July 2016
Delivering effective global governance is amongst the five priorities of the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS). After its modest success in promoting its ‘effective multilateralism’ doctrine and rendering the world like itself, the European Union (EU)’s approach to global governance has now been somewhat overhauled. The Union remains idealist in promoting universal regimes with binding rules to be endorsed by the United Nations, but much more pragmatic in achieving this outcome. Effective multilateralism is now the end, not the means
The European Union and the China-led transformation of global economic governance. Egmont Paper 85, June 2016
From the Introduction. Since the inception of the Bretton Woods system in 1945, major fields of global
economic governance have been essentially associated with a single international
organisation or arrangement. Trade was governed by the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and later the World Trade Organisation (WTO), whereas the
International Monetary Fund has been a key point of reference in finance and
monetary issues and the World Bank1
played a similar role in development policy. A
common characteristic of these institutions is that they were set up in the wake of
World War II, and the distribution of influence among their members was, for the
most part, reflective of mid-twentieth-century balance-of-power considerations.
While these long-term institutional arrangements remain cemented, world affairs
constantly change, raising the risk of a glaring mismatch between the way in which
power is shared in these international institutions and the realities of global politics
The BRICS’ New Development Bank and the EU’s options. College of Europe Policy Brief #7.16, April 2016
Executive Summary
> Global economic governance is currently
undergoing a significant transformation led by
China and its emerging economy partners.
> China’s increased activism on the global stage rests
on the reform of established organisations, the
design of parallel institutions, the revitalisation of
neglected frameworks and the creation of novel
networks.
> One example of the creation of a new institution
concerns the New Development Bank, which is set
to complement the World Bank’s efforts, but may
also dilute the very standards in development
finance that the EU has long championed.
> After an initial focus of two years on Brazil, China,
India, Russia and South Africa (BRICS), the Bank
will co-opt new members.
> After failing to show a united front vis-Ã -vis the
Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB),
EU member states should now seize the
opportunity to respond strategically to a new
global institution created by non-traditional
powers
The Global Strategy – reinvigorating the EU’s multilateral agenda?. Security Policy Brief No. 69, March 2016
The EU’s effective multilateralism doctrine is hardly a defining characteristic of the international system of today. While established multilateral structures are far from reflective of the realities of the twenty-first century, multilateral practices remain dominant in most parts of the world. Multilateralism, however, carries a different meaning to different actors. Emerging powers have become increasingly assertive in promoting their own multilateral approach and now set the pace in international affairs. The EU remains, nonetheless, well-placed to respond to this challenge through a revision of its multilateral agenda
EU-China co-operation in global governance: going beyond the conceptual gap. Egmont Paper 92, April 2017
From the Introduction. The European Union (EU) and China are both central actors in international affairs,
collectively accounting for almost 40% (in current market prices) of the world’s gross
domestic product (GDP).1
While addressing the key global challenges of the 21st
century increasingly requires an entente between these two actors, their relationship
is often plagued by conflicting interests. Whether or not the EU will grant market
economy status to China still looms largely in the trade relations of the two; the EU
is still yet to lift its arms embargo on China; and they also differ in climate action
responsibilities, to name a few
The Belt and Road Initiative – the ASEAN Perspective. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 107, March 2019
It has been more than five years now that Chinese President Xi Jinping first referred to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or One Belt One Road as it was called at the time, during his visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in September 2013. Since then, the project has generated extensive intellectual curiosity among academics around the world, while policy-makers have sought to come up with the best possible policy response to reap the possible benefits of China’s grand strategy, which involves infrastructure development and investments to boost connectivity between Asia, Europe and Africa. The European Union (EU), for example, presented The European Way to Connectivity – A New Strategy on How to Better Connect Europe and Asia last September, in which the EU sets out the parameters under which in intends to engage in boosting connectivity between Europe and Asia. The strategy is by no means a rival to the BRI, but rather a reaffirmation of the EU’s own approach when it comes to connectivity projects. But Europe is not the only part of the world that is closely watching the evolution of China’s grand scheme. So does Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN), which is the focus of this policy brief. If observers argue that the BRI has created dividing lines between the EU member states, this is even more so among ASEAN countries
The EU in the AIIB: taming China’s influence from within. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 86 May 2017
With the recent approval of the membership request of Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Romania, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will soon count 20 EU countries among its members. But how could the EU make the most of this presence in the bank? Apart from direct business opportunities for its private sector, there are strategic, long-term considerations too. It will be imperative that the EU exploit the link between the AIIB and the Belt and Road Initiative and ensure that the bank’s functioning remains consistent with EU development standards through a carefully co-ordinated voice within the institution
The European Investment Bank: an overlooked (f)actor in EU external action? Egmont Paper 94, June 2017
This Egmont paper aims to 1) explore the extent to which the EIB already delivers, through its operations outside the Union, on the priorities guiding EU external action and 2) to identify ways in which the potential of the EIB as a multiplier of EU external action could be exploited in a better manner. The paper concludes with recommendations aimed at maximising the potential contribution of the EIB as an integral part of the overall EU toolbox for external action
Brexit and future of Europe – A new multilateral agenda? Egmont Commentary, 17 August 2016
With the European Union Global Strategy endorsed by the European Council, Balazs Ujvari, of Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations, assesses the long-term prospects for the EU’s multilateral action
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