Studies in Politics, Security and Society 20 20 Studies in Politics, Security and Society 20 Roman Kuz´niar Roman Kuz´niar Europe in the International Order Kuz´niar Roman The subject of this work is the rise and fall of Europe’s aim to rebuild its position in global politics after the Cold War. With success in the unification of Europe and the subsequent deepening and enlargement of its integration, the Union set Europe in the itself the ambitious task of becoming a global power, even a superpower. However, starting with the first decade of the XXI century, we have witnessed International Order a rapid erosion of the international position of Europe (the EU). The author carefully analyses the causes of the EU’s failure in pursuing the role of European representative, Europe thereby pretending to the role of one of three world powers. Besides cultural and demographic trends, the author identifies the main factors leading to this failure: the divergent interests of individual European powers, their incapacity to act in a geopolitical context and the rapid erosion of Europe’s civilizational identity. The rapid decline of Europe’s international position threatens the appearance of a new and bipolar global arrangement together with the further marginalisation of Europe. The Editor inEurope the International Order Roman Kuz´niar is Professor at the Chair of Strategic Studies, University of Warsaw. His research and publications focus both on Poland’s and international security, human rights in international relations, contemporary world politics, Poland’s foreign policy, strategic issues and Europe as an international actor. In the years 2010 – 2015, he was advisor to the President of Poland (Bronisław Komorowski) on international affairs. He also served as director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs and head of policy planning at the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ISBN 978-3-631-75885-4 PSS_20 275885_Kuzniar_TL_A5HC 151x214 fusion.indd 1 19.07.18 14:14 Studies in Politics, Security and Society 20 20 Studies in Politics, Security and Society 20 Roman Kuz´niar Roman Kuz´niar Europe in the International Order Kuz´niar Roman The subject of this work is the rise and fall of Europe’s aim to rebuild its position in global politics after the Cold War. With success in the unification of Europe and the subsequent deepening and enlargement of its integration, the Union set Europe in the itself the ambitious task of becoming a global power, even a superpower. However, starting with the first decade of the XXI century, we have witnessed International Order a rapid erosion of the international position of Europe (the EU). The author carefully analyses the causes of the EU’s failure in pursuing the role of European representative, Europe thereby pretending to the role of one of three world powers. Besides cultural and demographic trends, the author identifies the main factors leading to this failure: the divergent interests of individual European powers, their incapacity to act in a geopolitical context and the rapid erosion of Europe’s civilizational identity. The rapid decline of Europe’s international position threatens the appearance of a new and bipolar global arrangement together with the further marginalisation of Europe. The Editor inEurope the International Order Roman Kuz´niar is Professor at the Chair of Strategic Studies, University of Warsaw. His research and publications focus both on Poland’s and international security, human rights in international relations, contemporary world politics, Poland’s foreign policy, strategic issues and Europe as an international actor. In the years 2010 – 2015, he was advisor to the President of Poland (Bronisław Komorowski) on international affairs. He also served as director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs and head of policy planning at the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. PSS_20 275885_Kuzniar_TL_A5HC 151x214 fusion.indd 1 19.07.18 14:14 Europe in the International Order STUDIES IN POLITICS, SECURITY AND SOCIETY Edited by Stanisław Sulowski Institute of Political Science of the University of Warsaw VOLUME 20 Roman Ku niar ź Europe in the International Order Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. © for the Polish edition by The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw, 2016 This publication was financially supported by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Warsaw. Translated by Patrick Trompiz ISSN 2199-028X ISBN 978-3-631-75885-4 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-631-75886-1 (E-PDF) E-ISBN 978-3-631-75887-8 (EPUB) E-ISBN 978-3-631-75888-5 (MOBI) DOI 10.3726/b14256 Open Access: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © Roman Kuźniar, 2018 Peter Lang – Berlin ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.