EU Orchestration in the Nuclear Weapons Regime Complex
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چکیده
While often recognised as a difficult actor in global efforts addressing the proliferation, control, and disarmament of nuclear weapons, EU is also assumed to have potential play more cohesive “state-like” role, especially multilateral forum such Treaty on Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons review cycle. Such assumptions raise expectations external action influence, which then invariably fails meet. This article offers reframing how we understand an actor, focusing its role weapons regime complex. Specifically, considers how, under what conditions, orchestrates within across Drawing orchestration complex scholarship, alongside empirical data from 2003 2019, shows EU’s natural proclivity for effective multilateralism, coupled with functional limitations, political cleavages impeding both progress complex, presence like-minded intermediaries, create ripe conditions this field. It further argues that while has struggled inject agency individual negotiation forums, use soft indirect mode governance not only well-established but advancing. Orchestration therefore found serve important metric understanding evaluating scope
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Politics and Governance
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2183-2463']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i2.6323