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@article{ART002898725},
author={Sungwook Yoon},
title={The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous},
journal={Analyses & Alternatives},
issn={2508-822X},
year={2022},
volume={6},
number={3},
pages={45-80},
doi={10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002}

TY - JOUR
AU - Sungwook Yoon
TI - The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous
JO - Analyses & Alternatives
PY - 2022
VL - 6
IS - 3
PB - Korea Consensus Institute
SP - 45
EP - 80
SN - 2508-822X
AB - The purpose of this research is to analyse what motivates the EU for its strategic autonomy, but to explore what makes the EU still uncertain over European strategic autonomy. Even though there are still controversies over the issues regarding strategic autonomy, the EU is likely to intend to pursue its autonomous policies in various fields. The problem is, however, that it is not clear yet what the EU’s position is in terms of strategic autonomy. This results in various speculations on the possibility and necessity of the EU’s policies based on the notion of strategic autonomy, and even implications on transatlantic relations. This paper introduced various issues which motivated the EU to strengthen strategic autonomy such as rivalry competition between the US and China, the US withdrawal of the JCPOA and the Paris Climate agreement, the EU-China CAI and the AUKUS pact. The advent of the Trump administration which caused transatlantic tensions served as a momentum to add fuel to blazing up debates over strategic autonomy within the EU. In spite of these motivations, this research argues that the reasons for the EU’s ambiguous position on strategic autonomy are internal and external worries: internally, there are worries of power concentration to particular member states, notably France and Germany; and externally, the pursuit of European strategic autonomy is generally perceived to deteriorate a traditional transatlantic relationship.
KW - The European Union;Strategic Autonomy;Security and Defence;Transatlantic Alliance;The US
DO - 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002
ER -

Sungwook Yoon. (2022). The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 45-80.

Sungwook Yoon. 2022, "The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous", Analyses & Alternatives, vol.6, no.3 pp.45-80. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon "The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous" Analyses & Alternatives 6.3 pp.45-80 (2022) : 45.

Sungwook Yoon. The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous. 2022; 6(3), 45-80. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon. "The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 45-80.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon. The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 45-80. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon. The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous. Analyses & Alternatives. 2022; 6(3) 45-80. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon. The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous. 2022; 6(3), 45-80. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002

Sungwook Yoon. "The Pursuit of the EU’s Strategic Autonomy: Motivated, but still Ambiguous" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 45-80.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.002