title: EU AS A GLOBAL PLAYER IN THE CURRENT GEO-POLITICAL FRAMEWORK
abstract: Currently, the European Union finds itself at the crossroads of an international geo-political environment marked by a series of tensions and challenges (the cooling effect in relations with the Russian Federation following the annexation of the Crimea, the Brexit effect and its possible implications for the transatlantic partnership, the migration crisis, and the recrudescence of terrorism in the European territory). Against this background, there is a clear need for EU to rethink its instrumen
journal: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics