EU Power (Strategic Autonomy) in a Multipolar World

Molnár, Anna and Csiki, Varga Tamás (2023) EU Power (Strategic Autonomy) in a Multipolar World. In: Security, Resilience and Sustainability of the European Union. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 9-31. ISBN 9786156598042

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview on the international role of the European Union (EU) and on the debate referring to the concept of strategic autonomy. The discussion on creating/strengthening/ restoring European strategic autonomy has gained visibility and significance after the European Union issued its first Global Strategy in 2016, calling for “an appropriate level of ambition and strategic autonomy” to strengthen “Europe’s ability to promote peace and security within and beyond its borders”. This has been triggered by external pressures, namely the deterioration of the EU’s security environment and the fragmentation of the international order against which the EU should have more action potential for promoting its own and hedging others’ interests. External pressures included subsequent crises since 2008, the U.K. leaving the Union (Brexit) and the transformation of Transatlantic relations. This concept paper highlights the conceptual elements and key practical aspects of European strategic autonomy not only in the traditional defence-oriented sense but in the wider, global perspective, which we need to study to gain a thorough understanding of the ways and means of creating/strengthening/restoring European strategic autonomy in these fields.

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