Catarina Thomson, Matthias Mader, Felix Münchow, Jason Reifler, Harald Schoen
Abstract • How strong is public support for Ukraine in Europe? Given reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be ‘playing for time’ in the hopes that weary publics will demand an end to supporting Ukraine, this is an important question. • In February 2023, we conducted a survey of public attitudes in ten major European countries: France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Italy and Spain. • Our findings suggest that Europeans are (almost) unanimous in blaming Russia for the war and strongly in favour of standing by Ukraine in its war effort. • Only minorities of respondents are of the opinion that Ukraine should be urged to accept territorial losses that could help end the war, or that economic sanctions against Russia should be lifted. Even in countries where support for Ukraine is lower (Hungary and Italy), or among more sceptical groups, we typically find a majority or plurality on Ukraine's side (or, at worst, we find only a small majority are pro-Russia). • Regarding NATO, there is no widespread appetite for increasing its presence in eastern Europe (except in Poland and Estonia), and even less support for Ukraine joining the alliance. At least in the eyes of the public, fighting a war in Ukraine is perceived as a goal in itself that does not necessarily elicit broader changes to existing security alliances like NATO. • Looking ahead, if the gap between the expectations audiences had for the Ukrainian counter-offensive and what it actually delivers is too great, we would expect public support for Ukraine in the conflict to weaken overall. • If governments wish to keep support levels high, we recommend targeting communications to reach groups we have found to be less supportive. This could include utilizing non-traditional media platforms to reach younger audiences, or members of populist right-wing groups.
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Abstract Following the failure of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) in 2009 in Copenhagen, the European Union has significantly altered its negotiation strategy in the global climate regime. It moved from an emphasis on ‘leadership by example’ and an insistence on top-down, binding targets within a framework of strong global governance institutions (impartiality in global justice terms) towards a strategy of shared leadership, increased dialogue (mutual recognition) and acceptance of more voluntary instruments (non-domination). This article traces this shift through an examination of EU policy documents and makes sense of it by reference to learning effects of an EU with solidarist ambitions in a pluralist international society, and the changing power distribution and contestations of the post-Cold War liberal order on the global level. Furthermore, it assesses the consequences of the shift for international society (especially concerning different ‘solidarisms’) and global climate justice. We argue that while a changed EU approach has been vital to maintaining the EU's status as a relevant actor and to secure the Paris Agreement, too much emphasis on the pluralist dimension and non-domination may also hinder effective global solutions to climate change. It is therefore vital that the EU continues its solidarist ambitions by pushing for rigorous measures of accountability, but also by alleviating structural domination in the climate regime and particularly by better recognizing and including civil society actors from the global South.
{"title":"Global justice and EU climate policy in a contested liberal international order","authors":"Thomas Diez, Franziskus von Lucke","doi":"10.1093/ia/iiad231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad231","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Following the failure of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) in 2009 in Copenhagen, the European Union has significantly altered its negotiation strategy in the global climate regime. It moved from an emphasis on ‘leadership by example’ and an insistence on top-down, binding targets within a framework of strong global governance institutions (impartiality in global justice terms) towards a strategy of shared leadership, increased dialogue (mutual recognition) and acceptance of more voluntary instruments (non-domination). This article traces this shift through an examination of EU policy documents and makes sense of it by reference to learning effects of an EU with solidarist ambitions in a pluralist international society, and the changing power distribution and contestations of the post-Cold War liberal order on the global level. Furthermore, it assesses the consequences of the shift for international society (especially concerning different ‘solidarisms’) and global climate justice. We argue that while a changed EU approach has been vital to maintaining the EU's status as a relevant actor and to secure the Paris Agreement, too much emphasis on the pluralist dimension and non-domination may also hinder effective global solutions to climate change. It is therefore vital that the EU continues its solidarist ambitions by pushing for rigorous measures of accountability, but also by alleviating structural domination in the climate regime and particularly by better recognizing and including civil society actors from the global South.","PeriodicalId":48162,"journal":{"name":"International Affairs","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135723745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Why did Theresa May's government introduce the narrative about ‘Global Britain’, and how did this narrative evolve and manifest itself in UK foreign policy discourse in the ensuing years? We make the case that Brexit distressed the United Kingdom's foreign policy identity, and that the ‘Global Britain’ narrative emerged as a means to consolidate that identity—at a time marked by uncertainty and political turmoil. Scholarship on ontological security has theorized how states employ narratives to restore and stabilize their identities when they become ontologically insecure. It has not sufficiently addressed how these narratives evolve, and the conditions under which they come to resonate with key audiences. We suggest that identity consolidating narratives are more effective when they are anchored in familiar spaces and contexts—what we call home turfs. We show how filling ‘Global Britain’ with content constituted a process of moving from existential anxiety about the country's future role, to anchoring UK foreign policy in and around such home turfs. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the ‘Global Britain’ narrative in official UK discourse, we find that ‘Global Britain’ gradually homed in on two secure narrative bases: first, security and defence; and second, the Anglosphere and Euro-Atlantic.
{"title":"On safer ground? The emergence and evolution of ‘Global Britain’","authors":"Kristin Haugevik, Øyvind Svendsen","doi":"10.1093/ia/iiad186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad186","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Why did Theresa May's government introduce the narrative about ‘Global Britain’, and how did this narrative evolve and manifest itself in UK foreign policy discourse in the ensuing years? We make the case that Brexit distressed the United Kingdom's foreign policy identity, and that the ‘Global Britain’ narrative emerged as a means to consolidate that identity—at a time marked by uncertainty and political turmoil. Scholarship on ontological security has theorized how states employ narratives to restore and stabilize their identities when they become ontologically insecure. It has not sufficiently addressed how these narratives evolve, and the conditions under which they come to resonate with key audiences. We suggest that identity consolidating narratives are more effective when they are anchored in familiar spaces and contexts—what we call home turfs. We show how filling ‘Global Britain’ with content constituted a process of moving from existential anxiety about the country's future role, to anchoring UK foreign policy in and around such home turfs. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the ‘Global Britain’ narrative in official UK discourse, we find that ‘Global Britain’ gradually homed in on two secure narrative bases: first, security and defence; and second, the Anglosphere and Euro-Atlantic.","PeriodicalId":48162,"journal":{"name":"International Affairs","volume":"27 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135585609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article The struggle for Iran: oil, autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951–1954 Get access The struggle for Iran: oil, autocracy, and the Cold War, 1951–1954. By David S Painter and Gregory Brew. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. 2023. 324pp. £98.00. Isbn978 1 46967 165 9. Available as e-book. Hassan Ahmadian Hassan Ahmadian University of Tehran, Iran Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2541–2542, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad273 Published: 06 November 2023
《伊朗之争:石油、独裁与冷战，1951-1954》。作者:David S Painter和Gregory Brew。教堂山，北卡罗来纳州:北卡罗来纳大学出版社，2023。324页。£98.00。Isbn978 1 46967 165 9。以电子书形式提供。搜索作者的其他作品:牛津学术谷歌学者国际事务，第99卷，第6期，2023年11月，第2541-2542页，https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad273出版:2023年11月6日
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Journal Article The European Union as a global counter-terrorism actor Get access The European Union as a global counter-terrorism actor. By Christian Kaunert, Alex MacKenzie and Sarah Léonard. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2022. 192pp. £80.00. Isbn978 1 78254 827 0. Available as e-book. Inés Bolaños-Somoano Inés Bolaños-Somoano European University Institute, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2534–2535, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad267 Published: 06 November 2023
{"title":"The European Union as a global counter-terrorism actor","authors":"Inés Bolaños-Somoano","doi":"10.1093/ia/iiad267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad267","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article The European Union as a global counter-terrorism actor Get access The European Union as a global counter-terrorism actor. By Christian Kaunert, Alex MacKenzie and Sarah Léonard. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2022. 192pp. £80.00. Isbn978 1 78254 827 0. Available as e-book. Inés Bolaños-Somoano Inés Bolaños-Somoano European University Institute, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2534–2535, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad267 Published: 06 November 2023","PeriodicalId":48162,"journal":{"name":"International Affairs","volume":"20 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135684130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article The Dean of Shandong: confessions of a minor bureaucrat at a Chinese university; Money machine: a trailblazing American venture in China Get access The Dean of Shandong: confessions of a minor bureaucrat at a Chinese university. By Daniel A Bell. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2023. 208pp. £22.00. Isbn978 0 69124 712 0. Available as e-book.Money machine: a trailblazing American venture in China. By Weijian Shan. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2023. 336pp. £26.99. Isbn978 1 39416 120 1. Available as e-book. Tim Summers Tim Summers The Chinese University of Hong Kong Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2545–2547, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad277 Published: 06 November 2023
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Abstract This article reflects on how European Union (EU) narratives of the crisis of the liberal international order (LIO) have reshaped its resilience approach and its foreign and security policy more broadly. Drawing on qualitative textual analysis, we trace the evolution of the EU's resilience approach over time and the way it has been shaped by crisis narratives. While the idea of resilience was introduced in EU foreign policy to foster the resilience of crisis-affected societies from the bottom up, the perception of an increasingly contested world first led to a reinterpretation of resilience in pragmatic ways, with values and interests combined selectively to protect the rules-based international order. More recently, on the grounds of a worsening crisis of the LIO, resilience has taken a defensive turn, adopting a more geopolitical stance to strengthen the EU's own resilience and that of the LIO. We argue that EU crisis narratives about the LIO thus serve to sustain and to rescue it. Furthermore, we conclude that the defensive reinterpretation of resilience is eroding the normative character of EU foreign and security policy. It also challenges the persistence of the LIO in the long term.
{"title":"Rescuing the liberal international order: crisis, resilience and EU security policy","authors":"Pol Bargués, Jonathan Joseph, Ana E Juncos","doi":"10.1093/ia/iiad222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad222","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article reflects on how European Union (EU) narratives of the crisis of the liberal international order (LIO) have reshaped its resilience approach and its foreign and security policy more broadly. Drawing on qualitative textual analysis, we trace the evolution of the EU's resilience approach over time and the way it has been shaped by crisis narratives. While the idea of resilience was introduced in EU foreign policy to foster the resilience of crisis-affected societies from the bottom up, the perception of an increasingly contested world first led to a reinterpretation of resilience in pragmatic ways, with values and interests combined selectively to protect the rules-based international order. More recently, on the grounds of a worsening crisis of the LIO, resilience has taken a defensive turn, adopting a more geopolitical stance to strengthen the EU's own resilience and that of the LIO. We argue that EU crisis narratives about the LIO thus serve to sustain and to rescue it. Furthermore, we conclude that the defensive reinterpretation of resilience is eroding the normative character of EU foreign and security policy. It also challenges the persistence of the LIO in the long term.","PeriodicalId":48162,"journal":{"name":"International Affairs","volume":"23 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135684295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies Get access The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies. By Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. London: Allen Lane. 2023. 368pp. £25.00. Isbn978 0 24157 308 2. Available as e-book. Hilde Rapp Hilde Rapp Centre for International Peacebuilding and Patrick Schröder, Chatham House, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2524–2525, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad260 Published: 06 November 2023
{"title":"The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies","authors":"Hilde Rapp","doi":"10.1093/ia/iiad260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad260","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies Get access The big con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies. By Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. London: Allen Lane. 2023. 368pp. £25.00. Isbn978 0 24157 308 2. Available as e-book. Hilde Rapp Hilde Rapp Centre for International Peacebuilding and Patrick Schröder, Chatham House, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2524–2525, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad260 Published: 06 November 2023","PeriodicalId":48162,"journal":{"name":"International Affairs","volume":"22 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135684298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal Article The civil condition in world politics: beyond tragedy and utopianism Get access The civil condition in world politics: beyond tragedy and utopianism. Edited by Vassilos Paipais. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2022. 264pp. £85.00. Isbn978 1 52922 417 7. Available as e-book. Iain Ferguson Iain Ferguson HSE (Higher School of Economics) University, Russia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 99, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 2501–2502, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad257 Published: 06 November 2023
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Lisbeth Aggestam, Isabell Schierenbeck, Arne Wackenhut
Abstract When and how do diasporas influence the foreign policy of liberal democratic states? Few studies have sought to conceptualize how diasporas affect strategic bilateral relations between states. We argue that these non-state actors are an increasingly important factor in western liberal democratic societies, which challenge traditional theories of foreign policy. To explore when and how the transnational societal ties and interests of diaspora groups affect foreign and security relations between states, we develop a triadic analytical model of state–diaspora interactions and specify key contextual factors. To illustrate the dynamics at play, we analyse the influence of the Kurdish diaspora in Sweden on Turkish–Swedish bilateral relations in the wake of Sweden's decision to apply for full NATO membership. Our case-study builds on semi-structured interviews as well as news media sources, speeches and official documents. The study shows that the Kurdish diaspora demonstrates an independent role and an ability to shape the policy process due to the permeability of the political system. As a result, the policy-process is becoming more domesticated, thereby constraining the role of the executive. The article contributes important insights to policy-makers and diplomats on what impact transnational state–society relations can have on foreign policymaking.
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