The political weakness of the EU in East Asia: a constructivist approach |
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| Authors: | Ramon Pacheco Pardo |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper provides a constructivist explanation of the political weakness of the EU in East Asia. By examining the corporate
identity of the EU as well as its social identities towards ASEM, China and Japan, I argue that the identities which the EU
has constructed towards the outside world and in relation to the region, based on self recognitions of its superpower status
and the defence of certain political values, is disliked by both China and Japan for different reasons. Without the support
of the two regional superpowers, the EU is not capable of getting involved in the resolution of East Asian hard political
affairs.
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