External drivers of EU differentiated cooperation: How change in the nuclear nonproliferation regime affects member states alignment

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Contemporary Security Policy Pub Date : 2022-11-19 DOI:10.1080/13523260.2022.2146336

M. Onderco, C. Portela

引用次数: 5

Abstract

ABSTRACT Since its establishment, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has strived to increase convergence among EU member states. Yet, convergence remains elusive and scholars have started to explain the emergence of differentiated cooperation resulting from multiple internal EU crises. We posit that the convergence in the EU member states with respect to nuclear weapons has been fundamentally altered by the humanitarian turn to nuclear disarmament. This has led to a crystallization of differentiated subgroups among the member states, whose membership coincides with that of informal groupings active in the broader nuclear nonproliferation regime. Combining quantitative data on resolution sponsorship at the Non-Proliferation Treaty review process and voting at the UN General Assembly, we show that significant change in the international nuclear nonproliferation regime led to differentiated cooperation within the CFSP, resulting in two cohesive subgroups of member states.

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欧盟差别化合作的外部驱动因素:核不扩散制度的变化如何影响成员国结盟

摘要共同外交与安全政策（CFSP）自成立以来，一直致力于加强欧盟成员国之间的趋同。然而，趋同仍然难以捉摸，学者们已经开始解释欧盟内部多重危机导致的差异化合作的出现。我们认为，欧盟成员国在核武器问题上的趋同已因人道主义转向核裁军而发生根本性改变。这导致了成员国之间分化的分组的结晶，这些分组的成员与活跃在更广泛的核不扩散制度中的非正式分组的成员一致。结合《不扩散条约》审议过程中决议提案国和联合国大会投票的定量数据，我们表明，国际核不扩散制度的重大变化导致了CFSP内部的差异化合作，形成了两个有凝聚力的成员国分组。

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14.60

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6.80%

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期刊介绍： One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy. Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include: War and armed conflict Peacekeeping Conflict resolution Arms control and disarmament Defense policy Strategic culture International institutions. CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.