Journal•ISSN: 0393-2729
International Spectator
Routledge
About: International Spectator is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & European union. It has an ISSN identifier of 0393-2729. Over the lifetime, 1450 publications have been published receiving 9402 citations.
Topics: Politics, European union, Foreign policy, European integration, China
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TL;DR: In the 1990s, Europe in the Nineties: Toward a New International Order, this paper, the International Spectator: Vol. 26, No. 6, 1992, pp. 136-153.
Abstract: (1991). Culture and society. The International Spectator: Vol. 26, Europe in the Nineties: Toward a New International Order, pp. 136-153.
379 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the EU has established itself as an international leader on climate change and has considerably improved its leadership record, but implementation and policy coherence, coordination of EU environmental diplomacy, evolving international agenda, EU enlargement, and a still precarious EU unity remain major challenges.
Abstract: Climate change has taken centre stage in European and international politics. Since the second half of the 1980s, the EU has established itself as an international leader on climate change and has considerably improved its leadership record. The Union has significantly enhanced both its external representation and its internal climate policies. However, implementation and policy coherence, coordination of EU environmental diplomacy, an evolving international agenda, EU enlargement, and a still precarious EU unity remain major challenges. Shifts in underlying driving forces and advances of EU domestic climate and energy policies nevertheless support the expectation that the EU will remain a progressive force in international climate policy for some time.
309 citations
TL;DR: The dynamics of segmented and overlapping regionalism in Latin American attempts at regionalism have undergone distinct phases as discussed by the authors, and they have tended to diverge across space, gradually giving birth to separate blocs that seem to be tearing South, Central and North America apart.
Abstract: Since 1960, Latin American attempts at regionalism have undergone distinct phases. More notably, they have tended to diverge across space, gradually giving birth to separate blocs that seem to be tearing South, Central and North America apart. Additionally, within and across these regions several overlapping projects coexist. This article focuses on the dynamics of segmented and overlapping regionalism in order to describe what they look like, analyse how they articulate with one another, and explain why member states have pushed for such a messy outcome. This situation, linked to the evolution of the global context, might be indicating that regionalism in Latin America has reached its peak, beyond which it may be difficult to achieve further progress. Two conclusions are elicited: first, economic integration is becoming a geographically diffused phenomenon rather than a regional one; second, regionalism is still a compelling foreign policy but its causes, goals and outcomes are no longer what they used to be.
143 citations
TL;DR: In contrast, the authors argues that the contemporary interest in comparing regions and regionalisms may not completely new, it is different from older approaches. And they argue that our understanding of what makes regions has changed with social constructivist and critical theoretical approaches that have led to a less behavioural and more nuanced, complex, contested and fluid understanding of regions.
Abstract: Is comparative regionalism a field whose time has come? While the contemporary interest in comparing regions and regionalisms may be not completely new, it is different from older approaches. Our understanding of what makes regions has changed with social constructivist and critical theoretical approaches that have led to a less behavioural and more nuanced, complex, contested and fluid understanding of regions. Moreover, the globalisation phenomenon has deeply affected all social sciences and radically redefined the relative autonomy of regions. In keeping with the rapid growth and development of regionalism and institutions in the non-Western world, including in regions which were relatively late starters, such as Asia, there have emerged new ways of looking at regional cooperation, including claims about distinctive approaches and even ‘models’ that are not only different from those identified with the EU, but also supposedly more appropriate and thus ‘workable’ for non-Western regions than the EU stra...
126 citations
TL;DR: In Turkey the year 2014 can be described as a period when the governing AKP (Justice and Development Party) made a sustained and systematic effort to establish its control over the judiciary by means of a series of laws of dubious constitutionality.
Abstract: Turkey has always been considered an “illiberal democracy”, or in Freedom House’s terms, a “partly-free” country. In recent years, however, there has been a downward trend toward “competitive authoritarianism”. Such regimes are competitive in that opposition parties use democratic institutions to contest seriously for power, but they are not democratic because the playing field is heavily skewed in favour of incumbents. One of the methods employed by competitive authoritarian leaders is the use of informal mechanisms of repression. This, in turn, requires a dependent and cooperative judiciary. Thus, in Turkey the year 2014 can be described as a period when the governing AKP (Justice and Development Party) made a sustained and systematic effort to establish its control over the judiciary by means of a series of laws of dubious constitutionality.
119 citations