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Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2012. What kind of geo-economic Europe?

19/12/2011 By Publicaciones FRIDE

At the end of each year, the FRIDE team reflects on the challenges likely to dominate the EU’s foreign policy agenda in the following twelve months. The unifying thread of these challenges for 2012 is that of geo-economics. The euro crisis and shifts in global power require a more assertive focus on immediate economic interests. Geo-economics is likely to be of increasing relevance to European foreign policy debates in 2012.

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Keywords

Africa Asia Crisis Economic crisis Energy EU Foreign Policy European Union Governance Latin America Middle East Security Trade

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