Shaping the EU Global Strategy

This book explores the images and perceptions of the EU in the eyes of their Strategic Partners. Spanning four continents, these ten important global actors - the BRICS together with the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Mexico - are of profound significance to the EU in economics, politics, security and global governance. In 2015, the volume's editors and contributors were commissioned by the European External Action Service to research these countries' perceptions towards the EU. The research highlights how in changing multilateral settings, images and perceptions significantly influence the behaviour and foreign policy choices of actors. The findings presented in this book helped to inform the content and focus of the 2016 EU Global Strategy, and will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign policy, European integration and public diplomacy.

This book explores the images and perceptions of the EU in the eyes of their Strategic Partners. Spanning four continents, these ten important global actors – the BRICS together with the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Mexico – are of profound significance to the EU in economics, politics, security and global governance. In 2015, the volume’s editors and contributors were commissioned by the European External Action Service to research these countries’ perceptions towards the EU. The research highlights how in changing multilateral settings, images and perceptions significantly influence the behaviour and foreign policy choices of actors. The findings presented in this book helped to inform the content and focus of the 2016 EU Global Strategy, and will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign policy, European integration and public diplomacy.

Chapter 1: Introduction. Partners and Perceptions. Natalia Chaban and Martin Holland.- Chapter 2: The EU seen from Brazil: Images and Perceptions. Paula Sandrin and Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann.- Chapter 3: Managing Europe’s reputation in Canada: searching for a strategy in times of crises. Antoine Rayroux.- Chapter 4: Trajectories and Transformations: Relations and Perceptions of the EU in China, 2006 to 2015. LAI Suetyi.- Chapter 5: The EU Global Strategy and EU-India Relations: A Perceptions Study. Rajendra K. Jain and Shreya Pandey.- Chapter 6: The European Union as Seen by Japan in an Age of Uncertainty. Michito Tsuruoka.- Chapter 7: Strategic Partner and Model of Governance: EU Perceptions in Mexico. Roberto Dominguez.- Chapter 8: Russia’s Vision of EU Migration Policy (2011-2015): Critical Assessment. Olga Gulyaeva.- Chapter 9: South African Perceptions on the European Union: Soft Power and Security. Kirsty Agnew and Lorenzo Fioramonti.- Chapter 10: Behind the Scenes: EU Images and Perceptions in South Korea. Sunghoon Park and Sae Won Chun.- Chapter 11: United States. Roberto Rodreiguez and Maxime Larivé.