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  • 3An initial clarification is needed between exercising civilian power and being a civilian power.
  • Central to this analysis is a consideration of whether the conception of civilian power Europe was undermined by the creation of the Common Foreign and...
  • It was this notion of civilian power which Bull criticized in 1982 for its ineffectiveness and lack of self-sufficiency in military power.
  • Whilst this backs up the argument that the EU is not a military power, it also dismisses civilian power in such an environment and is ultimately concerned with...
  • STAVRIDIS, Stelios, “Militarising the EU: The Concept of Civilian Power Europe Revisited”, The International Spectator...
  • The only way of quantifying the Union’s increase in power is through the detailed analysis of its civilian and military capabilities.
  • Civilian Power supports limiting the use of military force to reduce violence in order to build international institutions, promotes collective action to cope better...
  • Through its very close trans-Pacific ties with the United States, and its worldwide economic presence, Japan has become the first global civilian power.
  • This chapter presents an evaluation of EU policy towards its immediate neighbours: by offering full membership, did the EU use its civilian power to expand its...