Connections
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Central Asian States: Matching Military Means to Strategic Ends
NATO, Russia and European Security: Lessons Learned from Conflicts in Kosovo and Libya
The Kosovo Model: A (Bad) Precedent for Conflict Management in the Caucasus?
Military Security within the Framework of Security Studies: Research Results
Content Language Integrated Learning in Polish Higher Military Education
This article analyzes the EU's response to COVID-19 against the backdrop of a changing international environment, which is characterized by globalization and a global shift of power. It raises the question of the implications of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic changes in the international system for the EU's internal and external development. The article argues that the EU can seize the opportunity and gain more influence on the global level if it uses its strength as a manager of interdependencies by rulemaking and rule shaping as well as exercising its influence as a central node in transnational networks. Internal cohesion, the support of human rights and democracy and a strong role in global governance are prerequisites for this particular normative and transformative power of the EU.
Previous Issue
The lead article in the Spring 2014 issue of Connections looks into the interplay of incentives and requirements for NATO membership from the point of view of an aspirant country, Georgia. Other papers question the effectiveness of the UN Security Council vis-a-vis the Syrian crisis, the US pivot to Asia in view of the enduring terrorist threat, an...
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