COMBINING SOFT POWER WITH THE GEOPOLITICAL APPROACH - HOW DIFFICULT IS FOR THE EU TO CHANGE ITS ATTITUDE?
Journal: Proceedings of the ... International Scientific Conference "Strategies XXI". Romania in the New International Security Dynamics/Proceedings of the ... International Scientific Conference "Strategies XXI". Romania and the New Dynamics of the International Security
Year: 2021

After gradually evolving from an economic project to a political one, European Union leaders declare nowadays that it is time to go forward and to build a geopolitical actor on the international stage. This paper does make an account on the current stage of relevant geopolitical actors and how they view EU. In order to address this issue, EU have to focus more on its soft power instruments, like multilateralism and the promotion of democracy, rule of law and human rights, and also climate change