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A 14 page research paper that deals with aspects of EU foreign policy. The first section of the paper deals with which factors are most prevalent in EU foreign policy, political or economic factors. The second section discusses how the end of the cold war affected EU foreign policy and the last section is series of definitions for EU terms. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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is difficult to differentiate these factors from the tangled web of elements making up the current geopolitical spectrum. However, if forced to pick one of the two, the literature on
this subject tends toward economic factor being the deciding element in political developments over the last several decades. For example, Walker (2001) points out that the "traditional diplomatic minuet
of nuclear superpowers discussing missiles at arms control summits" has been replaced by "commercial superpowers discussing currency markets and trade agreements at economic summits" (p. 69). Furthermore, Walker asserts that
"Exports, not warheads" are the "new definitions of power" (2001, p. 69). On the other hand, the current situation, with one EU member state, Great Britain, supporting the American led
offensive against the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and two other member states, Germany and France, vehemently opposing this action, the foreign policy equation in the EU appears decidedly
hazy. The Maastricht treaty states the official foreign policy for the European Union. This reads: "Member states shall support the Unions external and security police actively and unreservedly in
a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity" (Anonymous, 2003, p. 50). While this is the an idealized version of EU foreign policy, the reality of EU foreign policy in regards
to the US-Great Britain proposed Iraqi war is far from united (Anonymous, 2003). The EUs goal of presenting a united front to the world regarding foreign policy has disintegrated into
a tangle of alliance reminiscent of the nineteenth century (Anonymous, 2003). By 2004, the EU will have increased its membership from fifteen to twenty-five member states and will represent
450 million people (Fischer, 2003). The task of integrating new members, mostly from Eastern Europe, into the existing union will not be easy; particularly since the EU will also be
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