EU External Policy–Making and The Case of Morocco: ‘Realistically’ Dealing with Authoritarianism?
EU External Policy–Making and The Case of Morocco: ‘Realistically’ Dealing with Authoritarianism?
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欧盟对外政策制定和摩洛哥案例：“真的”应对威权主义吗？
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2008
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Arantza Gomez Arana
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F. Cavatorta;R. Chari;S. Kritzinger;Arantza Gomez Arana
关于欧盟对外关系的文献经常强调欧盟政策的规范性。因此，具体的政策倡议，如欧洲-地中海伙伴关系，然后根据规范参数进行评估。本文挑战这一假设，并认为，欧盟的对外政策的现实主义的解释有助于更好地了解欧盟在国外做什么。为了证实这种理论主张，本文详细分析了欧盟与摩洛哥的专制国家的关系，并强调现实主义的关注如何主导欧盟的当务之急，以损害它在纸上支持的规范价值观。本文最后认为，如果一个不同的理论框架，从主流规范的一个是用来评估欧盟的政策，这种评估的结果变化相当彻底。例如，在EMP的情况下，我们声称，欧盟在追求其物质的、现实的利益方面相当成功。这对欧盟在外交政策问题上进一步一体化时如何运作具有重要意义。
The literature on the external relations of the EU often emphasises the normative nature of the Union’s policies. It follows that specific policy initiatives such as the Euro–Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) are then assessed according to normative parameters. This paper challenges this assumption and argues that a realist interpretation of the Union–s external policies contributes to a better understanding of what the EU does abroad. In order to substantiate such theoretical claims, the paper analyses in detail the EU’s relations with the authoritarian state of Morocco and highlights how realist concerns dominate the Union’s preoccupations to the detriment of the normative values it espouses on paper. The paper concludes by arguing that if a different theoretical framework from the mainstream normative one is used to assess the Union’s policies, the outcome of this assessment changes quite radically. In the case of EMP, for instance, we claim that the Union has been rather successful in pursuing its material, realist interests. This has important implications for how the EU will operate when more integration on foreign policy matters occurs.