TY - JOUR

T1 - Эволюция дискурса о суверенитете и санкциях и её значение для внешних связей ЕС

AU - Romanova, T.

N1 - Export Date: 4 November 2024

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - The EU has introduced two new concepts in its discourse: European/strategic sovereignty and sanctions. The analysis of the EU's official texts, its representatives' speeches and experts' essays reveals that to date there has been two iterations of the discourse on sovereignty and sanctions. The first one emerged in 2017 whereas the second one took hold in 2022. The goal of the article is to identify key changes between the first and second iterations, as well as the importance of these changes for the EU's external relations. Theoretically, the article draws on the writings of Robert H. Jackson and Stephen Krasner on sovereignty, supplemented by critical geopolitics studies. Methodologically, the article is based on qualitative content-analysis and critical discourse analysis. The ideas expressed by R. H. Jackson help to qualify the first iteration of the EU's discourse on sovereignty and sanctions as sovereignty from (from the extraterritoriality of the USA) whereas the second one can be defined as sovereignty for (for putting pressure on Russia). The article also reveals that in each iteration Brussels reinterprets attributes (aspects) of sovereignty (S. Krasner). Domestic aspect of sovereignty is characterized by deeper cooperation within the Union as well as intensified implementation of already adopted decisions, although some priorities vary between the two iterations. Westphalian attribute of sovereignty has evolved from the limitation of US extraterritorial sanctions to the elimination of economic links with Russia, which, according to the EU, is meant to weaken Moscow and strengthen the European Union. Finally, the interdependence aspect of sovereignty has morphed into the refusal of globality, with the EU clinging to like-minded countries. The evolution from the first iteration to the second one demonstrates Brussels' transfer from the understanding of economic contacts as a stabilizing factor, which leads to political, legal and normative convergences, to dominating concerns about weaponization of global interdependence. Moreover, sanctions and their support by EU partners help Brussels to structure the global space, on a par with EU-promoted liberal values and their backing. This transformation conditions the present logics of the EU's foreign policy decision-making. © 2024 Academic Educational Forum on International Relations. All rights reserved.

AB - The EU has introduced two new concepts in its discourse: European/strategic sovereignty and sanctions. The analysis of the EU's official texts, its representatives' speeches and experts' essays reveals that to date there has been two iterations of the discourse on sovereignty and sanctions. The first one emerged in 2017 whereas the second one took hold in 2022. The goal of the article is to identify key changes between the first and second iterations, as well as the importance of these changes for the EU's external relations. Theoretically, the article draws on the writings of Robert H. Jackson and Stephen Krasner on sovereignty, supplemented by critical geopolitics studies. Methodologically, the article is based on qualitative content-analysis and critical discourse analysis. The ideas expressed by R. H. Jackson help to qualify the first iteration of the EU's discourse on sovereignty and sanctions as sovereignty from (from the extraterritoriality of the USA) whereas the second one can be defined as sovereignty for (for putting pressure on Russia). The article also reveals that in each iteration Brussels reinterprets attributes (aspects) of sovereignty (S. Krasner). Domestic aspect of sovereignty is characterized by deeper cooperation within the Union as well as intensified implementation of already adopted decisions, although some priorities vary between the two iterations. Westphalian attribute of sovereignty has evolved from the limitation of US extraterritorial sanctions to the elimination of economic links with Russia, which, according to the EU, is meant to weaken Moscow and strengthen the European Union. Finally, the interdependence aspect of sovereignty has morphed into the refusal of globality, with the EU clinging to like-minded countries. The evolution from the first iteration to the second one demonstrates Brussels' transfer from the understanding of economic contacts as a stabilizing factor, which leads to political, legal and normative convergences, to dominating concerns about weaponization of global interdependence. Moreover, sanctions and their support by EU partners help Brussels to structure the global space, on a par with EU-promoted liberal values and their backing. This transformation conditions the present logics of the EU's foreign policy decision-making. © 2024 Academic Educational Forum on International Relations. All rights reserved.

KW - attributes of sovereignty

KW - critical geopolitics

KW - European sovereignty

KW - European Union

KW - positive and negative sovereignty

KW - sanctions

KW - strategic sovereignty

KW - European Union

KW - European sovereignty

KW - attributes of sovereignty

KW - critical geopolitics

KW - positive and negative sovereignty

KW - sanctions

KW - strategic sovereignty

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/eaeeb1b2-4350-3c96-a4e2-2390206d39e5/

U2 - 10.46272/IT.2024.22.1.76.6

DO - 10.46272/IT.2024.22.1.76.6

M3 - статья

VL - 22

SP - 22

EP - 41

JO - МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ

JF - МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ

SN - 1728-2756

IS - 1

ER -