Aug 2026· Journal of European Integration· Vol 48, pp. 901 - 921· 3 citations· ⚡ 1 influential· 80 references
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ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) launched the Global Gateway initiative in 2021 as a strategic pivot in European approaches to development aid and foreign policy amid intensifying great power competition. This Special Issue examines the extent to which the Global Gateway constitutes a genuine geoeconomic innovation or consolidates and rebrands existing development policy with a new framing. Five years after its launch, contributors analyze three critical dimensions: the initiative’s novelty as an economic security instrument; its implications for intra-EU institutional balance between the Commission, Member States, and European Parliament; and its impact on the EU’s positioning in great power competition vis-à-vis China’s Belt and Road Initiative and U.S. infrastructure partnerships. Drawing on empirical analyses of flagship projects, financing mechanisms, Team Europe coordination, and perceptions across the Global South, this collection advances understanding of the EU’s geoeconomic turn and its capacity to act as a geopolitical actor in global infrastructure finance.
This article examines the infrastructure aspects of the 2026 Armenia-European Union (EU) Joint Declaration through the lens of infrastructure sovereignty and geo-economic governance. It is noted that this document establishes an important political framework for expanding cooperation between the EU and Armenia, yet its...
A. A. Markarov, V. Davtyan· Geoeconomics of Energetics· 0 citations
The European Union is adapting its economic governance to an international environment shaped by geopolitical rivalry, geoeconomic competition and security challenges. Existing research has examined economic security, industrial policy, technological sovereignty and competitiveness largely as separate policy fields, wh...
Michal Kaššaj, Agneša Víghová, Daniela Gregušová et al.· World· 0 citations
Geopolitical fragmentation, intensifying geoeconomic competition, and the securitisation of economic relations are reshaping the international environment and changing the conditions under which the European Union (EU) conducts its external economic policy. As economic interdependence has become a source of both prospe...
The European Union’s (EU) 2023 Voluntary National Review (VNR) marks a historic milestone as the first supranational assessment presented to the High-Level Political Forum, reflecting the shared commitment of 27 Member States and 447 million citizens to the United Nations’ (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (...
The relevance of the research is driven by the global geopolitical shift that forces the European Union to reconsider its traditional reliance on soft power, normative influence, and economic interdependence. In light of rising instability, armed aggression in Europe, and shifting transatlantic relations, the problem o...
K. Ladychenko, Iryna Troian· Eastern Europe: Economy, Bus...· 0 citations
This study examines the strategic dilemmas posed by China's global rise for the European Union (EU). In this context, it focuses on how Europe balances its geopolitical autonomy with protecting its economic interests in the face of China. The theoretical framework is based on realism and liberalism approaches, and also...
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