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Europe's challenge is to shake-off inertia before it becomes paralysis
16/02/2011 By Richard Youngs
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It seems that only when external challenges are really serious do EU governments overcome their squabbles and unite. Now, the EU faces the tough challenge of how to respond to its relative decline and the rise of Asia in a ‘post-Western world. Will member states ‘convergence-in-adversity’?
Beyond short-term measures, an effective counter-strategy is nowhere in sight. A deepening of the EU's internationally-oriented strategic reflection is urgently needed before inertia mutates into terminal paralysis.
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Keywords
Democracy European Union Human rights SecurityBio author: Richard Youngs
Democracy promotion. EU foreign policy.
