Role Spillover: Roles’ Impacts across Contexts and the EU’s Struggle for Arctic Council Observer Status

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orad022

Aslak Veierud Busch

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Abstract

The way an international actor acts in one context impacts its ability to play a role in other contexts. Expanding on role theoretical insights, I develop a concept of role spillover to account for the ways in which roles interact across contexts. Acting in accordance with expectations in one context might not benefit an actor in another context; it can either support or impede an actor’s ability to play its preferred role elsewhere. I demonstrate this through a case study of the European Union (EU)’s bid for observer status at the Arctic Council, which has been left in limbo despite observing the Council’s work de facto for over 15 years. The EU’s issues with achieving permanent observer status can be explained by spillover from the EU’s role in animal welfare debates and its role as a strategic competitor to Russia. In both cases, the EU’s ability to take on its preferred role in the Arctic was hindered by role play elsewhere.

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角色溢出：角色在不同背景下的影响与欧盟争取北极理事会观察员地位的斗争

国际行为体在一种情况下的行为方式会影响其在其他情况下发挥作用的能力。在扩展角色理论见解的基础上，我提出了角色溢出的概念，以解释角色在不同背景下互动的方式。在一种情况下按照期望行事可能不会使另一种情况的行为者受益；它可以支持或阻碍演员在其他地方扮演自己喜欢的角色。我通过对欧洲联盟（欧盟）申请北极理事会观察员地位的案例研究证明了这一点。尽管事实上观察了理事会15年多的工作，但北极理事会一直处于悬而未决的状态。欧盟在获得永久观察员地位方面的问题可以通过欧盟在动物福利辩论中的作用及其作为俄罗斯战略竞争对手的作用来解释。在这两种情况下，欧盟在北极发挥其首选作用的能力都受到了其他地方角色扮演的阻碍。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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