This volume brings together contributions that conceptualize and measure EU perceptions in the strategic regions around the world in the aftermath of the UK referendum. Contributors assess the evolution of EU perceptions in each location and discuss how their findings may contribute to crafting foreign policy options for the "new EU-27".
Brexit is very likely to have a substantial bearing on EU external policy, not merely because of the loss of a major member state with a special relationship to the US and the Commonwealth, but also because it challenges the integrational success story that the EU strives to embody. This book thus serves a dual purpose: on the one hand it broadens the recent studies on Brexit by focusing on external partners' reactions, and on the other it allows for an innovative evaluation of policy options for EU foreign policy. Based on a solid theoretical foundation and empirically rich data, it constitutes an innovative and timely addition to the evolving debate on Brexit and its consequences.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European politics, Brexit, British politics, EU politics, comparative politics and international relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction - Uncertain Change and Changing Uncertainty: The Brexit Referendum and the EU in the Eyes of the World 2. The UK's View on Brexit and its Foreign Policy Implications Part I: EU Perceptions by Neighbours to the East and South 3. 'Brexit' in Turkish Political Debates: End of the Road or a New Trajectory? 4. Perceptions of the EU and Brexit in Russia and their Influence on Russia-EU Relations 5. Brexit and EU Perceptions in Ukraine Part II: EU Perceptions Across the Wide Atlantic 6. Increasingly Brittle? US-perceptions of the EU after Brexit and their impact on EU-US relations 7. Canada's Two Europe's: Brexit and the Prospect of Competing Transatlantic Relationships 8. Perceptions of the EU/Brexit in Mexico: Offsetting Negative Impacts 9. Brazil's Perceptions of the EU after Brexit: A weaker but desirable partner Part III: EU Perceptions in the Middle East and Africa 10. A Troubled Pair? The MENA region and the EU after Brexit 11. South Africa's Perception of the EU after Brexit Part IV: EU Perceptions in Asia 12. China's Perception of Brexit and its Influence on China-EU Relations 13. A Shift of Strategic Interests: Indian Elite Perceptions of Europe after Brexit 14. A Distant Partner: The Japanese Perspectives of a Post-Brexit European Union 15. EU Perceptions in Korean YouTube Videos before and after the Brexit Referendum: A Semantic Network Analysis Approach 16. So Close Yet So Far: Australian and New Zealand perceptions of the EU post-Brexit vote 17. Conclusion: External Perceptions of the EU and EU Foreign Policy Making at Times of Brexit
