Global Power Transition and the Future of the European Union: Will EU Leaders Stop Missing Key Opportunities?
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2015

Global Power Transition and the Future of the European Union Will EU Leaders Stop Missing Key Opportunities? Birol Yeşilada, Portland State University & Osman Göktuğ Tanrıkulu, Portland State University ABSTRACT Paper presented at the 2015 Conference of the European Union Studies Association in Boston, March 5-8. This paper applies power transition theory to EU’s future as a global power. It assesses economic and political/strategic capabilities of the EU vis-à-vis other global contenders as Tra