title: Conceptually Defining “Global Strategic Partner(ship)”
abstract: This working paper provides an assessment of the European Union’s (EU’s) global strategic partners by putting forward a theoretical and conceptual definition of strategic partnership. The paper identifies the EU’s global strategic partners both in terms of those which are defined within a legal framework and those that are selected on a more ad-hoc basis. The paper’s conceptual examination of the term “strategic partner(ship)” and identification of the EU’s global strategic partners aligns with 