The Edification of the International Identity and Actorness of the EU: Exploring the Significance of EU’s Engagement with Major Powers in Shaping its Global Self-Image

Bricart, Vincent

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The Edification of the International Identity and Actorness of the EU: Exploring the Significance of EU’s Engagement with Major Powers in Shaping its Global Self-Image

Bricart, Vincent

2025 • In EU Geopolitical Actorness in a Changing World

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European Union; International Identity; Actorness; Socialization; EU Strategic Document

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[en] This chapter discusses the European Union’s ways of shaping its self-representation on the world stage—more precisely its international identity and global actorness—through interactions and strategic positioning with other major international players. By analyzing the EU’s socialization processes with the United States, China, and Russia since the late 1990s, this chapter reveals the adaptable nature of the EU’s self-image in response to changing global dynamics and engagements with these significant others. In this context, this chapter also underscores the importance of discursive analysis and narratives to highlight those changes. It concludes by arguing that even so the EU has not succeeded in shaping these powers in its own image, or in gaining full recognition as a legitimate partner, as it aspired to do, its overall representation of itself has evolved in reaction to its interactions with these powers.

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CEFIR (Center for International Relations Studies

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Political science, public administration & international relations

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Bricart, Vincent ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Cité

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English

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The Edification of the International Identity and Actorness of the EU: Exploring the Significance of EU’s Engagement with Major Powers in Shaping its Global Self-Image

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[fr] L'Édification de l'identité internationale et de la capacité d'action de l'UE : exploration de l'importance de l'engagement de l'UE avec les grandes puissances dans la formation de son image de soi mondiale

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27 February 2025

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EU Geopolitical Actorness in a Changing World

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Springer Nature Switzerland

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978-3-03-181160-9
978-3-03-181159-3

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pp. 55–82

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Peer reviewed

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