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https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.60.2.05

The Concept of Awkward Powers in Foreign Relations: Comparative Analysis of Canada and the European Union

Jernej Pikalo ; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mitja Durnik ; Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia


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str. 93-121

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Sažetak

This paper addresses a specific phenomenon concerning power concepts in‎ Canadian and EU foreign policies. As is widely known, the liberal-democratic ‎platform has dominated global relations after the end of the Cold War. Implemented ‎power approaches are studied from theoretical perspectives of liberalism/‎constructivism standpoints and their realist critique. Canada has been ‎presented mostly as a middle power in international relations trying to find‎ its specific role as a mediator and balancer among superpowers. On the other ‎hand, the EU is classified predominantly as a normative power with tendencies ‎to act as a great power from some point of view. In the paper, we analyse ‎both entities through the recent concept of ‘awkward power’, whereby states ‎have a so-called “dubious character”, acting in-between the potential of great‎ and middle powers.‎

Ključne riječi

Power; Awkward Power; Realism; Liberalism/Constructivism; EU; Canada

Hrčak ID:

304811

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/304811

Datum izdavanja:

28.6.2023.

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