A need for strategy in a multipolar world: Recommendations to the EU after Lisbon

Abstract:

Published a few month after the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force at the end of 2009, this paper argues that to avoid becoming an irrelevant international actor, the European Union would have to develop a grand strategy to define the true purpose of its foreign policy; forge solid strategic partnerships with key global players; and contribute to the building of a new effective multilateral system which would take into account the new global structure of power.