• Network Party for Support of the Small and Middle Business (RSP, 2002–2004). Free Russia Party (PSR, 2004—2007). Civilian Power (GS, 2007—2008).
  • Numerous papers and articles written in the last few years insist that we can (and should) still characterise the European Union (EU) as a ‘civilian power’, or civil...
  • This study concludes that the EU, which reinforces and actively uses civilian power instead of military preferences, is a civilian power.
  • The notion of civilian power emerged in the 1970s to define Europe’s changing role in the international system.
  • This study addresses what characterises the EU’s role as an international actor by drawing on ‘civilian power Europe’ role concept as a fruitful point of reference.
  • The EU prefers acting a civilian power since it has committed to economic cooperation and social justice in the age of globalization.
  • This study concludes that the EU, which reinforces and actively uses civilian power instead of military preferences, is a civilian power.
  • As if from a dream, Europe is awakening to a world at war. Will Europe have to choose between civilian power and military power?
  • The new concept of civilian power was introduced as different from the traditional concept of military power. The EC behaved as a significant actor in external...