humanitiesГуманитарные науки. Вестник Финансового университетаHumanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University2226-78672619-1482Financial University under The Government of Russian Federation10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-2-31-37humanities-633Research ArticleТЕМА НОМЕРА: МИРОВАЯ ПОЛИТИКА В УСЛОВИЯХ ГЛОБАЛЬНОЙ ТУРБУЛЕНТНОСТИCOVER STORY: WORLD POLITICS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL TURBULENCEСтратегия ЕС в Индо-Тихоокеанском регионе: внутренние драйверы и фактор КНРEU Strategy in the Indo-Pacific region: Domestic drivers and the Chinese factorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-2498МельниковаЮ. Ю.MelnikovaYu. Yu.

аспирант; программный координатор

Москва 

 PhD Student; Program Coordinator

Moscow 

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На фоне системного соперничества США и КНР поведение других ключевых международных игроков часто рассматривается в контексте их позиции по отношению к Вашингтону и Пекину. Так, выпуск Стратегии ЕС в Индо-Тихоокеанском регионе в 2021 г. был воспринят многими как шаг, свидетельствующий о солидарности Брюсселя и Вашингтона. В статье выдвигается гипотеза, что принятие документа отражает скорее общую эволюцию внешнеполитического планирования ЕС под воздействием Глобальной стратегии 2016 г. и направлено на укрепление самостоятельной роли Союза во всех регионах мира. Практически это выражается в изменении инструментария Брюсселя при работе с партнерами. Для проверки гипотезы последовательно проводится дискурс-анализ программных документов ЕС по Азии в постбиполярную эпоху и выделяются характерные для каждого методы работы. Отдельно анализируется документ 2021 г. для выявления общего и различий с предыдущими. Для структурирования полученных выводов о стратегии ЕС в ИТР используется модель анализа организационного поведения MOST. Для учета роли КНР в принятии документа отдельно рассматривается эволюция места Пекина в европейской политике в Азии. Полученные результаты приводят к подтверждению гипотезы.

Amidst the US-China confrontation the behavior of other key international players is often construed regarding their stance towards Washington or Beijing. For example, when the EU published a Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in 2021, many saw it as a gesture of solidarity with Washington. The article suggests that the document reflects rather the general evolution of the EU foreign policy under the influence of the Global Strategy of 2016 and aims at proactive strengthening of the EU’s “actormess” in different regions of the world. In practice, it leads to changing methods and instruments of dealing with partners. To verify the hypothesis the article does the following — uses discourse analysis to study all EU strategic documents on Asia in the post-bipolar era and identify typical methods of engaging with the region; specifically analyses the recent document to show similarities and differences with previous ones; visualizes the results of the analysis through the MOST model of organizational behavior. Apart from this, to see if the Chinese factor played its role in adjusting the EU policy in Asia, the article plays particular attention to the evolution of Beijing’s place in the EU strategy. The conclusions confirm the hypothesis.

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