EU
The Politics of Global Europe 2023-24
Answer ONE of the following questions.
Word Limit: 3,500 words.
The weighting for this answer is 100%
1. Critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of the EU’s approach to foreign policy.
2. Can the EU escape the shadow of its cold war relations with Russian and the USA to develop a distinctly ‘European’ defence and security identity?
3. The EU does not have a coherent strategy towards China. Discuss.
4. To what extent has EU enlargement been a successful policy?
5. Brexit has strengthened the EU. Discuss.
6. Evaluate the role the EU has played in the Ukraine crisis.
7. Which factors best explain the EU’s flawed efforts to develop a coherent response to recent migration flows?
8. What are the most important challenges affecting the EU’s aim of diversifying and securing sources of energy?