Overcoming Challenges to the EU as a Global Actor

Chad Damro; Ester Sabatino; Viktor Szép; Marie Vandendriessche

doi:10.54648/eerr2025023

Overcoming Challenges to the EU as a Global Actor

Chad Damro, Ester Sabatino, Viktor Szép, Marie Vandendriessche

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The European Union (EU) is at the centre of geopolitical tensions characterized by the war in Ukraine, wavering security support from the US, tensions in the Middle East and the IndoPacific, as well as climate, energy and trade concerns. This geopolitical landscape requires the EU to act more effectively, coherently and sustainably to finally become the global actor it aspires to be. This paper introduces a Special Issue that analyses some of the most pressing challenges the EU is facing, as well as pathways to overcome these hurdles and improve its external engagement. After introducing the concepts underlying the analysis, the paper presents the contributions to the Special Issue and suggests future research areas that may aid the EU in overcoming its challenges as a global actor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-308
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Foreign Affairs Review
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2025023
Publication status	Published - Oct-2025

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