“主权欧洲”:欧盟向“硬实力”转型?

面对国际秩序和国际格局深度重组,欧盟在“主权欧洲”的话语体系下推动对外战略转型。多边主义多重受压、地缘政治博弈加剧以及大西洋联盟频现危机是欧盟战略转型的外部推动力量,而一体化的多重危机则是其转型的内部根源。欧盟所追求的“主权欧洲”并非进一步从成员国寻求主权让渡,而是意在提升在大国博弈中的地位。为实现上述目标,欧盟希望成为国际社会的地缘政治行为体,强势推进维护多边主义新方略,寻求平衡的跨大西洋关系,并推动一体化的外向性突破。欧盟的战略转型进程在决定其内外政策走向的同时,将会对世界格局和秩序演变产生重要影响。

“Sovereign Europe”:European Union Turning to “Hard Power”?

Confronted with a major realignment of the international order and pattern, theEuropean Union is promoting its external strategic transformation with a “sovereignEurope” discourse system. External driving forces of the transformation include thepressured multilateralism, increasing tensions of geopolitical maneuvering and frequentcrises in the Atlantic alliance, while the internal source is the multiple crises amidthe EU integration process. The “sovereign Europe” that EU pursues is not aimed atseeking sovereignty transfer from its member states but at improving the EU’s status inthe major country competition. In order to achieve the above objectives, the EU aspiresto become a geopolitical actor in the international community, forcefully promote newstrategies to defend multilateralism, strike a balance in the trans-Atlantic relations, andachieve outward breakthroughs in the integration. While determining the direction ofits internal and external policies, the EU’s strategic transformation process will greatlyinfluence the world structure and order.